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SOURCES SOUGHT: Power Africa Healthcare Facility Electrification Activity (HFE)

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USAID/Power Africa is exploring opportunities to invest and attract private capital investment in health facility electrification to support short- and long-term response efforts in collaboration with private sector partners. This Alliance can include companies, non-governmental organizations, foundations, governments, and other relevant parties committed to promoting health facility modernization (electricity, telecommunications, and water) across SSA.

The Alliance would be created to build on existing Power Africa and USAID health programming efforts to enhance private sector participation in health facility electrification in the SSA region through sustainable, clean generation measures. Our goal is to help improve health services and COVID-19 vaccine distribution by providing reliable, sustainable, and affordable electricity. To achieve long-term success, the Alliance may seek sustainable ways to finance and electrify health facilities on a large scale to be replicated and scaled upon throughout the years of implementation. Innovative solutions to governance, financing and delivery challenges are welcome to solve this development challenge. More information on USAID Alliance Building can be found at: https://www.usaid.gov/gda

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  • Product Service Code:
  • NAICS Code: 541611 – Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
  • Place of Performance: USA
  • Updated Response Date: May 17, 2021 05:00 pm EDT
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SOURCES SOUGHT: RFI for SIRAP

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The USAF is seeking to procure a varying quantity of interns and research associates for the 88th Air Base Wing (88th ABW), National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC), and Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) for 1 base year and 4 option years. This includes the hiring, managing, security clearances including top secret, training and supervising of interns and research associates. The Student Intern and Research Associate Program (SIRAP) shall utilize undergraduate and graduate students, and/or postdoctoral research associates for tasks within the scope of this contract throughout each period of performance. The contractor will provide the technical and functional expertise required for effectively executing the performance, and schedule associated with the requirements of each task order from the IDIQ.

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  • Product Service Code: R499 – SUPPORT- PROFESSIONAL: OTHER
  • NAICS Code: 541618 – Other Management Consulting Services
  • Place of Performance: Wright Patterson AFB , OH USA
  • Updated Response Date: May 07, 2021 01:00 pm EDT
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$60M Architect-Engineering Contract Awarded to Stantec Consulting Services

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Stantec Consulting Services Inc., Burlington, Massachusetts, is awarded a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, architect-engineering contract with a maximum amount of $60,000,000 for multi-discipline waterfront architect-engineering services in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Mid-Atlantic area of operations (AO). Task Order 0001 is being awarded at $1,389,246 for 35% design of Dry Dock #1 caisson replacement at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine.

Projects may include single or multiple disciplines, including but not limited to, structural, civil, mechanical, electrical, architectural, planning, environmental, fire protection, cost estimating and/or geotechnical. The types of waterfront projects may include piers, wharves, quay walls, dry docks, bulkheads, crane rail systems, fender systems, berthing and mooring, dredging, coastal and shoreline protection and waterfront related utilities (e.g., steam, low pressure compressed air, fresh water, salt water, sanitary sewer, oily waste water collection, high voltage to low voltage electrical, fire protection and alarm systems, control systems, lighting and communications (telephone, television, fiber optics, cyber security, supervisory control and data acquisition and local area network)).

Work for this task order is expected to be completed by May 2023. All work on this contract will be performed at various Future task orders will be primarily funded by O&M. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website with four proposals received. NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity.

Stantec Consulting Services Inc. provides architectural, engineering, and environmental services. The Company offers interior design, power engineering, geotechnical, transportation infrastructure, and geomatics engineering services.(bloomberg.com)

 

Alexander Hassan: Certified Professional Contracts Manager

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An experienced and certified professional contracts manager, Alexander Hassan shares his insights about the contracting process and his advice for small businesses. 

BACKGROUND

Alexander Hassan is a graduate from Liberty University with degrees including a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Biology, an MBA with a concentration in leadership, and a Ph.D. in the field of education.

He has also pursued a master’s degree in Military Occupational Arts and Sciences and attended the Business Development and Negotiation Modules in Harvard Business School. 

Hassan began his career as a contracting specialist and officer in the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and became the Propulsion Procurement Program Lead of the F-35 Joint Program Office in 2014.

He then transitioned into teaching logistics, supply chain management, and international business in the American University and afterwards taught contract management in the Defense Acquisition University. 

Currently, he is the Director of Contracts of the Pioneering Evolution, a private-owned management consulting services and software development company.

RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PROGRAM TEAM

The program team is essentially a team responsible for the acquisition process in the DOD. This team includes a program manager, engineers, finance team, other officers with different roles, and lastly the contracting officer. 

Before a contract is made public, the program team first makes sure that all of the information in the contract is accurate depending on the variables made through their assessment. 

This assessment is a way to make sure that a project is within the budget allocated by the Congress and that all of the contract’s proposals are realistic for the project to be performed.

“Like they would do an audit to make sure, okay, well it says 100 hours proposed. Can this actually be done in 100 hours or is it going to take 200 hours or could it be done in 50 hours?”

Then, the program team will also calculate the risk in doing the overall contract before choosing what type it is.  

“It really depends on the level of complexity related to the effort and on the amount of the risk that the contractor or the government is willing to take that really has the most bearing on selecting contract time.”

ADVICE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES

Hassan recommends small businesses to communicate with other small businesses who have a federal contracting experience because these people can give you an insight on how everything works as well as learn from their experiences. 

Then, you can also work with contracting consultants or a mentor as they can help you in your proposal creation as well as provide you with the necessary insight on how to improve your business and your future contract proposals. 

Lastly, you should communicate with the agency’s contracting officers and specialists because they can provide you the information on what that agency needs.

Just remember to communicate with these people and the government because most of the time opportunities come to those who seek for it.  

“The government isn’t going to give it to you unless you ask for it.”

RESOURCES

If you want to watch the full video of the interview with Alexander Hassan as he shares his insights about the contracting process and his advice for small businesses, then be sure to click the link down below.

025: Alexander Hassan – Professor of Contract Management

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1AeW-dpk68&list=PL6-jBNNcc98vTBvNhFYfUTeH0k-Vx2VBH&index=18

https://govcongiants1.wpengine.com/podcast/alexander-hassan-professor-of-contract-management/