Agence MCA-Morocco
Specific Procurement Notice
DP/QCBS/MCA-M/EW-19/Compact

Selection of consulting firms to provide technical assistance to beneficiaries of Fonds Charaka Projects

On November 30, 2015, the Government of the Kingdom of Morocco concluded a second cooperation program (Compact II) with the United States Government, represented by the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), with the objective to improve the quality of human capital and land productivity.

The budget allocated by MCC to Compact II, which came into effect on June 30, 2017, amounts to 450 million dollars, to which is added a contribution of the Moroccan Government of a value equivalent to at least 15% of the American contribution. The global budget will finance, over a period of five years, two projects, namely "Education and Training for Employability" and "Land Productivity", the implementation of which has been entrusted to the Millennium Challenge Account - Morocco (Agence MCA-Morocco).

By way of this specific procurement notice, Agence MCA-Morocco requests proposals for the services of consulting firms to provide technical assistance to beneficiaries of Fonds Charaka Projects.

More details of these consultant services are provided in the Terms of Reference.

MCA-Morocco invites proposals from legally constituted consulting firms to provide the services.

Please note that this is an English translation of a notice originally drafted in French. Please note that all communication and solicitation documents related to this notice will be in French.

MCA-Morocco will award a contract, for each of the 7 lots with a base period and two optional periods, except for Lot 4 for which MCA-Morocco will award a contract with a base period and one option period. The duration for all lots is for a maximum of 24 months and would not go beyond the Compact End Date which is June 30, 2022.

Firms will be selected under the Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) method, the evaluation procedure for which is described in the RFP in accordance with “MCC Program Procurement Guidelines” which are provided on the MCC website (www.mcc.gov/ppg).

Consultants ‘’Firms’’ interested in submitting a Proposal should register their interest by sending an e-mail giving their full contact details to [email protected]

A Pre-Proposal Conference will be held on 27 February 2020 at 3:00 p.m. (local time), at the address below:

Agence MCA-Morocco,
Complexe administratif et culturel de la Fondation Mohammed VI des œuvres sociales de l’Education - Formation, Avenue Allal EL FASSI- Madinat AL IRFANE,
Hay Riad, Rez-de-chaussée, Rabat- Maroc

Consultants ‘’Firms’’ may also attend this pre-proposal conference via the following link : https://zoom.us/j/154050835
Attendance is strongly advised for all prospective Consultants or their representatives but is not mandatory.

Proposals must be submitted electronically no later than 26 March 2020 at 3:00 p.m. in Rabat, Morocco via the links given in the RFP. Submissions in hard copy and email will not be accepted.

For the Special Procurement Notice, please visit: https://mcc.dgmarket.com/tender/32217076

DISCLAIMER: THIS NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. FOR UPDATES ON THIS SOLICITATION, PLEASE FOLLOW THE FULL ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE LINK PROVIDED. THIS PROCUREMENT IS NOT CONDUCTED UNDER THE FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS, IS NOT ADMINISTERED BY THE US GOVERNMENT, AND THE RESULTING AWARD WILL BE MADE BY THE COUNTRY INDICATED IN THE FULL ANNOUNCEMENT. 

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS PROCUREMENT, PLEASE CONTACT THE PERSON NAMED IN THE FULL ANNOUNCEMENT.