Chemonics Foundation Haiti (hereinafter Chemonics) will implement Global Health Supply Chain Program—Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) under the US/Haiti Bilateral Agreement and Framework Assistance Agreement or Strategic Objective Agreement (SOAG). Chemonics will not transact any business in Haiti other than implementing foreign assistance projects covered by the USAID awarded contracts. The project office will be staffed by U.S. expatriates, third country nationals, and Haitian staff. The project will also use support/professional services provided by foreign and local individuals and firms. To support project activities, Chemonics needs to ensure it is operating in Haiti in full compliance with its laws and regulations.

The selected firm shall provide legal advice to Chemonics on the company’s in-country operations, including registration, and to ensure compliance with local laws and regulations. Selected Local Counsel shall provide analysis, feedback and guidance on (1) a written report that responds to questions included in a Local Counsel Checklist (see Annex A); (2) review of the employment agreement template for long-term staff and an employment agreement template for short-term staff (for hourly labor); (3) permis de sejour services for GHSC-PSM in Haiti’s expatriate and third-country national staff; (4) review of residential and commercial leases; and, (5) ad hoc legal services as requested by Chemonics on as needed basis. Local Counsel shall provide written analysis, feedback, and guidance on questions related to operating legally in Haiti.
In its analysis, Local Counsel shall take into consideration the following information:
• Chemonics is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware in the United States, and has a principal place of business in Washington, D.C.
• The activities of any local entity established will be limited to implementing US foreign assistance projects under the Bilateral, attached.
• Chemonics’ corporate indirect cost will be applied to expenses incurred in Haiti by the local entity, and the local entity will not have a separate cost structure.
• The local entity will not generate revenues in Haiti. Chemonics will receive payment for its services directly from USAID in the United States. The local entity will be used to pay for expenses incurred in Haiti for the implementation of USAID funded projects.
• Chemonics will transfer funds to the local entity, on a monthly basis, to cover its operation and administrative costs (e.g. salaries of local employees, rent, utilities, subcontractor fees, etc.).

Required Technical Qualifications:
• Proven track of record providing legal services outlined in Section 3.A of RFQ.
• Staff assigned to these tasks have obtained a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) undergraduate degree from an accredited and recognized institution, has completed the Bar course and Bar exam, and has obtained a Haitian law (bar) license and/or Haitian Lawyers Association certified and legally eligible to provide legal opinions in Haiti.
• Selected firm/individual has experience working with business registration process including assisting internationally-based companies, comprehensive familiarity with local labor laws and tax regulations.
• Experience with USAID projects, especially those implemented by for-profit international firms like Chemonics, is highly preferred.

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Contracts Management Unit at PSMHaiticontract@ghsc-psm.org

Offer Deadline and Protocol Offers must be received no later than 4:00 PM local Haitian time on August 25, 2017 by email or by hard copy delivery to the GHSC-PSM in Haiti project office. Any emailed offers must be emailed to PSMHaiticontract@ghsc-psm.org. Any hard copy deliveries must be stamped and signed by the offeror’s authorized representative and delivered to the GHSC-PSM in Haiti project office located at Airport Industrial Parc Fleuriot Warehouse # 118.

Please refer to the full RFQ attached in "Dossier d'appel d'offres" for more details.