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STATEMENT OF WORK

Water Sector Projects Consultant

A. Introduction

The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is a Federal Corporation created under Title VI of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2004. Its mission is to provide assistance that will support economic growth and poverty reduction in carefully selected developing countries that demonstrate a commitment to just and democratic governance, economic freedom, and investments in their citizenry.

Compacts typically include the planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance of major infrastructure elements. Since its inception, MCC has developed and implemented many Compacts in various low and lower-middle income countries that included the planning, design, and construction of transport and vertical structure infrastructure. The MCC requires professional services to provide advisory expertise in transport planning, engineering construction, management, operations, maintenance and institutional capacity development as well as port related transportation logistics.

B. Scope

MCC seeks a consultant to support MCC’s Water, Sanitation and Irrigation Practice Group (WSI) in conducting due diligence and oversight of Compact and/or Threshold activities related to the development and strengthening of institutions involved in policy, regulation, and coordination, as well as those entities involved in owning, planning, managing and operating assets under water supply, sanitation, and irrigation sectors. The portfolio is global in scale in nature.

The overall objectives of this procurement are to:

Assess and monitor compact development and implementation by select MCC eligible countries.

Provide technical assistance to select MCC eligible countries, or countries that have signed an MCC Compact, to develop, implement, and maintain water supply, sanitation, and irrigation projects and in supporting the MCC mission.

C. Country

Any MCC eligible country.

The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) will be engaging with a number of countries designated as eligible to apply for MCC assistance and, eventually, will enter into a Compact for assistance with countries that submit quality proposals that support economic growth.

Each Compact will include an element outlining the mechanisms proposed to manage MCC funds, account and report for its use, and assure that funds are used for the purposes intended.

D. Tasks/Services

The Expert shall provide assessment and technical assistance services to MCC in the areas of economic assessment, planning, engineering and management, maintenance, and institutional development in response to long-term and short-term task assignments.

The Expert shall carry out the following specific tasks (but not limited to) related to this assignment during both the compact development and implementation stages.

Task 1: Due Diligence

The tasks of the consultant are to support the MCC technical team from the selection of the target sector (water, sanitation, or irrigation), the development of a root cause analysis and identification of broad opportunities, the development of an interim project description, and ultimately, the final project description consistent with MCC’s requirements. For this task, we seek individuals who can support:

· Root Cause Analysis

· Logical Frameworks and Systems Approaches

· Multiple MCC disciplines and practice groups;

· Waterfall and Agile planning

· Development of Preliminary SOWs for major work items

· Designing Project Implementation Structures

· Budget Development

· Risk Identification and Management

· Developing Monitoring Indicators and Evaluation strategies

Task 2: Oversight

At this stage of the project life cycle, the tasks of the consultant is to support the MCC technical team in the periodic oversight of the Compact Project during implementation.

For this task, we seek individuals who can support:

· Coaching country counterparts;

· Multiple MCC disciplines and practice groups;

· Reviewing of documents for informal or technical reviews;

· Risk Identification and Management

Task 3: Evaluation & Learning

· Identification of lessons learned and recommendations to incorporate best practices

· Periodic trend analysis of performance indicators and metrics (implementation)

E. Deliverables

Deliverables will be outlined via Technical Directives that will be issued by the Contracting Officer's Representative or the Project Monitor including appropriate levels of effort, field missions, deliverable requirements, and timing of deliverables. Deliverables may include the following:

· Reports, reviews and analyses as may be required under the scope above according to the needs of the MCC Compact timeline and lifecycle,

· Recommendation regarding project design,

· Briefings on the progress of the consultancy and findings, and

· Review and comments on terms of reference for engineers/construction supervision terms of reference,

· Review and comments on construction works packaging, documents, and procurement strategy, and

· Provide lessons learned for improving due diligence practices, project development and implementation

All deliverables shall be submitted in electronic form where feasible, and in hardcopy as necessary and/or required. Deliverables will be considered “draft” upon initial receipt. Drafts will be reviewed and accepted or concerns raised/comments provided within two weeks of receipt. The Expert shall appropriately address the Corporations’ concerns and provide final deliverables within one week of receiving the MCC response.

The Individual Consultant and MCC shall establish quarterly objectives with biweekly progress reviews using an Agile like approach. Initial assignment will be to support the Tunisia Water Demand and Productivity Project which has an approximate value of $100M.

· Finalize and Launching of key TORs

· Support MCC’s approval of deliverables from Strategic Groundwater Management Plans (SGWMP) for four (4) governorates by 3rd party contractor, including

· Resource Assessment

· Decentralization Strategy

· Ground Water Management Alternatives This will likely span multiple quarters and contingent on work progress.

Support MCC’s No Objection on multiple key procurements Support

Support MCA-Tunisia initial kick off meeting

· Initial planning for the Policy and Institutional Reform TA;

· Initial Planning for the Regional Water and Agricultural Information Platform;

· Development of Operations Manual for selection of high performing public irrigation perimeters;

· Initial Cooperative TA assessments and planning;

Provide support on process and progress to address key Conditions Precedents necessary of Entry into Force and initial disbursements.

F. Period and Place of Performance

All work under this contract will be completed between effective date of the contract award through a one-year base period with up to a four (4) one-year option period. The estimated level of effort is estimated at up to 1,200 hours per year with up to 4 trips per year. MCC anticipates this level of effort but does not guarantee this level of effort as it may increase or decrease.

The performance period of the contract is as follows:

The Expert shall perform the tasks under this contract at his/her own facilities with occasional travel to MCC offices in Washington DC and eligible countries as requested.

G. Subcontracting

Experts are authorized to subcontract data collection, data preparation, data or economic analysis, and related services as needed. The overall costs for subcontracting shall not exceed 25% of the expert’s total negotiated unloaded direct labor cost.

H. Conflict of Interest

The expert will be precluded from bidding on work and services (design, assessment, construction, and supervision) to be procured by the local accountable entity or using funds advanced under MCC work in the relevant country.

I. Timing and Reporting

All formal communication with MCC, including reports, will be submitted to the COR/PM. The COR/PM for this requirement will be identified via separate correspondence.

The COR/PM will have technical responsibility for monitoring the contractor’s performance. The COR/PM will review and evaluate the contractor’s performance, and also will coordinate any communications with relevant counterparts and other donor agencies and organizations.

Any changes in the terms of the Call Order will be made in writing and approved by the Contracting Officer. No representation of the COR/PM shall serve as a basis for an alteration in the general scope of this Call Order or of the terms and conditions of the Call Order unless confirmed in writing by the Contracting Officer. The contractor must communicate with the Contracting Officer on all matters that pertain to the Contract terms. Proceeding with the work without proper contractual coverage could result in nonpayment for that work.

The designated Expert would be expected to coordinate with local authorities responsible for MCC Compact implementation as well as other donors, where relevant. However, designated Expert would report directly to the designated COR/PM.

ng Officer Technical Representative (COR) and/or Program Manager (PM).

J. Evaluation Criteria

The Senior Water Advisor shall have:

Mandatory:

· A Bachelor of Science or advanced degree in civil engineering or water related engineering field, or the equivalent from a recognized university,

· Minimum fifteen (15) years successful experience in the planning and development of water related infrastructure that includes project preparation due diligence and preparation of assessment reports suitable for MCC decision making,

· Minimum fifteen (15) years of experience in capacity building or institutional strengthening in the water sector and able to demonstrate how best international engineering practice has been applied through detailed knowledge of advanced engineering and project management practices including risk management,

· Minimum fifteen (15) years of experience leading or as part of a team of experts in engineering design, project management, construction management, operations, maintenance, financial, policy and regulatory aspects and institutional capacity building,

· Experience in the design and implementation of Policy and Institutional Reform efforts;

· Demonstrated experience working on wicked problems in the water sector and in particular addressing institutional challenges at various scales.

· Demonstrated experience in traditional waterfall, agile, and hybrid environments and an understanding of co-design and adaptive management principals.

· Prior MCC and/or other relevant international development experience supporting the development and implementation of water infrastructure projects

Preferred:

· Previous experience in with MCC project development and implementation

· Experience with Co-design and adaptive management theory and tools

· Experience with execution of multiple small projects

· Experience with results-based financing methods and tools

· Experience in Tunisia

K. Other requirements:

International travel is required. The Expert may be requested to mobilize on a short notice and will be expected to deliver high quality finished products in a timely manner.