- Introduction and Background
- In Nigeria, the Africa Center engages in direct action for peace by fostering the development of inclusive, accountable, and effective institutions of governance, security, and conflict resolution through strengthening the state-level peacebuilding architecture, including community peacebuilding.
- Across the Greater Horn of Africa, the Africa Center promotes inclusion through improved communication between government and citizens while building citizen capacity to conduct research, implement programming, and inform inclusive policymaking that prevents and reduces the threat of violence.
- In the Sahel region, the Africa Center empowers its partners to transform ongoing violent conflicts to build community resilience and inclusive and responsive institutions.
- Scope of Work
- USIP blog post. The contractor will write, or review and edit, a blog post for the USIP website, covering USIP projects in the Africa Center. Each blog post will be up to 800 to 1200 words.
- Question & answer. The contractor will write, or review and edit questions to be used for "Q&A's" with USIP Senior Advisors.
- Script for video product. The contractor will write, or review and edit scripts to be used for video products, as determined by the Africa Center and USIP's Communications team.
- Other web content. The contractor will develop, or support in the development of other forms of strategic communications products, as determined by the Africa Center.
- Submission Requirements
- Technical Narrative Proposal
- CV
- Prior Experience:
- Describe at least two projects of similar scope and complexity the offeror has worked on previously.
- Please submit a writing sample with a minimum of 1500 words.
- Budget
- Certification Page
- Selection Process
- Schedule
- Evaluation Criteria
- General Instructions and Terms
- Complete proposals must be submitted by email to by 5:00 PM on May 2, 2024.
- The Institute is not liable for any costs incurred by offerors prior to issuance of an executed contract with the Institute.
- Submissions must be typed and submitted electronically and must include all submission requirements outlined in the Submission of Requirements section of this RFP. No changes or corrections to a response will be allowed after the deadline.
- All submissions should be in English and US dollars.
- Any questions concerning this RFP should be directed to Bileh Dougsiyeh at Pertinent responses will be made available to all offerors by email. No inquiries will be accepted after specified time and date.
- Any proposal not addressing all RFP requirements may be considered non-responsive. Late proposals may be rejected as non-responsive.
- This RFP is not an offer to enter into an agreement with any party, but rather a request to receive proposals from offerors (organizations or persons) interested in providing the services outlined herein. Such proposals shall be considered and treated by USIP as offers to enter into a contract.
- USIP shall not be obligated for the payment of any sums whatsoever to any recipient of this RFP until and unless a written contract between the parties is executed.
- Unless stated otherwise within this RFP, the selected Contractor shall be responsible for providing all equipment and/or supplies required to perform the services.
- The selected Contractor shall not discriminate against any person in accordance with Federal, state, or local law.
- The submission of any materials to USIP in response to this RFP will constitute (i) a representation that the Offeror owns or has unrestricted license to use and license such materials and all intellectual property expressed therein; and (ii) the grant of a non-exclusive license to USIP to use such materials and intellectual property for any purpose, including specifically the evaluation, negotiation, and documentation of a contract with any party.
- Offeror will commit to adhering to the attached USIP Terms & Conditions, else risk removal from consideration. Exceptions to these terms must be clearly outlined in an annex to the Technical Narrative Proposal. Please reach out to Bileh Dougsiyeh to request a copy of USIP Terms and Conditions if they are not attached to the solicitation.
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Description
Request for ProposalUnited States Institute of Peace
Independent Contractor: Writer, Africa Center - Strategic Communications
Remote
Release Date: May 15, 2024
RFP Due Date: 5:00pm ET on May 29, 2024
Submit Questions and/or Proposals to: Bileh Dougsiyeh
Do not use the Apply button on this page.
Pertinent responses to questions will be made available to all offerors by e-mail. Questions will not be accepted after 5:00 pm on May 28, 2024.The final proposal must be submitted by time and date listed above to be considered.
The Africa Center partners with those working to prevent, mitigate, and resolve conflict by using analysis, training, and in-country programming to achieve sustainable and inclusive peace. Specifically, the Center leads the Institute's engagement in sub-Saharan Africa:
The Writer will submit up to two (2) strategic communications products to the Program Manager, Africa Center each month. The communications products include but are not limited to the following:
Expected Contract Type: Labor Hour
Schedule
May 15, 2024
RFP issued
May 22, 2024
Questions concerning RFP and project emailed to no later than 5:00 PM Eastern Standard Time.
May 24, 2024
Answers to questions will be made available to all offerors.
May 28, 2024
Proposals are due no later than [5:00 PM] Eastern Standard Time. Late submissions may not be accepted.
May 30, 2024
Notification to selected offeror
June 14, 2024
Estimated project commencement date
USIP may adjust dates in the schedule or cancel this RFP at any time prior to contract award.
Evaluation Criteria
Weight
CV
25%
Prior Experience:
Description of previous work
20%
Writing sample
30%
Budget Proposal
25%
(Please submit with the proposal)
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2)Has the offeror received funding from USIP? Yes/NO
If yes, provide the grant or contract number and the offeror's main point of contact at USIP:
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