Request for Proposal: Independent Contractor: Writer, Africa Center - Strategic Communications

Request for Proposal

 

United 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

 

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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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Introduction and Background

The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) is a national, nonpartisan, independent institute, founded by Congress and dedicated to the proposition that a world without violent conflict is possible, practical, and essential for U.S. and global security. In conflict zones abroad, the Institute works with local partners to prevent, mitigate, and resolve violent conflict. For more information, please visit http://www.usip.org.

 

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:

 

• 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.

 

USIP seeks an independent contractor to produce strategic communications products, highlighting the work being done in the Africa Center.

 

1. Scope of Work

The Writer, as available and with mutually agreed to timelines, will submit up to two (2) strategic communications products to the Program Manager, Africa Center each month. The communications materials format and topics will be determined by USIP and the contractor.

 

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:

• 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.

 

The anticipated period of performance is June 14, 2024 – October 14, 2024.

 

 

Expected Contract Type: Labor Hour

 

• Submission Requirements

Any proposal that does not contain all items listed below may be considered nonresponsive. For more detail on the selection process, including corresponding evaluation criteria, please see Section IV below. To be considered under this RFP, please submit the following:

 

1. Technical Narrative Proposal

The technical narrative proposal should be no more than 1 page and include the following sections:

1. CV
2. Prior Ex