Technical Advisory Services Supporting the Transition of Food for Peace to USDA

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking information from qualified sources to support the transition of the Food for Peace Program from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) within the USDA. The program operates in emergency, unstable, and non-traditional environments, and the USDA requires technical advisory services to bridge the operational and experience gap. The contractor shall provide technical advisors with expertise in areas such as communications, prepositioned commodities, non-traditional operating environments, geography and commodity prioritization, and known unknowns and unknown unknowns. The contract is expected to be performance-based, with a period of not more than one year and an aggregate value of $650,000.00. Some key areas of expertise include: • Branding within foreign markets • Publicity of program activities in foreign countries and the United States • Establishment and maintenance of prepositioned commodities • Program operation, monitoring, accountability, and oversight in unstable or hazardous contexts • Determining priority geographies and appropriate commodities • Considerations related to unknown areas in program administration