Mongolia - Procurement of Public Relations Agency Services

SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT NOTICE (SPN) Procurement of Public Relations Agency Services Ref No: MCA-M/Proc/048 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia July 26, 2023 1. The United States of America, acting through the Millennium Challenge Corporation (“MCC”) and the Government of Mongolia (the “Government”) have entered into a Millennium Challenge Compact for Millennium Challenge Account assistance to help facilitate poverty reduction through economic growth in Mongolia (the “Compact”) in the amount of 350 million USD (“MCC Funding”). The Government, acting through Millennium Challenge Account-Mongolia (the “MCA Entity”), intends to apply a portion of the MCC Funding to eligible payments under a contract for which this Request for Proposals (“RFP”) is issued. Any payments made by the MCA Entity under the proposed contract will be subject, in all respects, to the terms and conditions of the Compact and related documents, including restrictions on the use and distribution of MCC Funding. No party other than the Government and the MCA Entity shall derive any rights from the Compact or have any claim to the proceeds of MCC Funding. The Compact and its related documents can be found on the MCC website (www.mcc.gov) and the MCA-Mongolia website (http://mca-mongolia.gov.mn). 2. The Compact will assist the Government in meeting the projected demand for water in the capital city of Ulaanbaatar for residential consumers and commercial and industrial users through a Water Supply Project, consisting of three closely related investment activities: • Downstream Wells Activity, to construct new groundwater wells with attendant transmission lines, reservoirs, and an advanced water purification plant; • Wastewater Recycling Activity, to construct a new wastewater recycling plant and pipelines to provide high-quality treated wastewater that can be used instead of freshwater by water-intensive industries, thereby increasing the amount of fresh water available for household consumption; and • Water Sector Sustainability Activity, to support policy reforms, capacity building, and technical assistance to improve the long-term sustainability of Ulaanbaatar’s water supply. 3. Millennium Challenge Account-Mongolia now invites proposals from legally constituted consulting firms to provide consultant services for Public Relations Agency Services. More details on these consultant services are provided in the Terms of Reference. 4. The selection will be conducted through the Quality and Cost-Based Selection (QCBS) procedures as specified in the MCC Program Procurement Guidelines (PPG) and is open to all eligible consultant firms as defined in the RFP. The “MCC Program Procurement Guidelines” are provided on the MCC website: https://www.mcc.gov/resources/doc/program-procurement-guidelines . 5. To register and request the RFP, interested parties should send an e-mail with the subject line “Request for RFP for Procurement of Public Relations Agency Services” to the Procurement Agent at [email protected] with copy to [email protected]. Interested parties should provide their full contact information in the email message. This will also ensure that interested parties receive updates regarding this RFP. 6. A Pre-Proposal Conference will be held in the form of webinar on August 25, 2023, at 10:30 am local time in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (GMT+08.00). Consultants can register for and attend the webinar using this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEvfuurpzwjH9Ek2iQkkOdlQiuqggviMwZt Attendance to the Pre-Proposal Conference is strongly advised but is not mandatory. 7. Any clarifications needed shall be submitted in writing to Procurement Agent at [email protected], cc to [email protected] not later than September 1, 2023, by 5:00 pm Ulaanbaatar Time. MCA-Mongolia will consolidate all submitted requests for clarifications and will issue a Q&A document not later than September 13, 2023, by 5:00 pm Ulaanbaatar Time. 8. Proposals must be uploaded to the submission link (provided in the RFP) no later than September 25, 2023, at 10:00 am local time in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (GMT+08.00). Only electronic submissions will be permitted (hard copies will not be accepted). Late proposals will be rejected. Millennium Challenge Account-Mongolia 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 CONTRACT THE PERSON NAMED IN THE FULL ANNOUNCEMENT.