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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Listing of Incorporated Purchase Requisitions Section B - Supplies or Services and Prices/Costs Section C - Description/Specifications/Work Statement Section D - Packaging and Marking Section E - Inspection and Acceptance Terms Section F - Delivery or Performance Section G - Contract Administration Data Section H - Special Contract Requirements Section I - Contract Clauses Section J - List of Documents, Exhibits, and other Attachments Section K - Representations, Certifications, and Other Statements of Offerors Section L - Instructions, Conditions and Notices to Offerors Section M - Evaluation Factors for Award

Listing of Incorporated Purchase Requisitions

Incorporated Purchase Requisition Numbers:

Section B - Supplies or Services and Prices/Costs

Item Number Base Item Number

Supplies/Services Quantity Unit

0001 YEAR 1 - TECHNICAL SUPPORT 0

Contract Type:Time and Materials

Unit Price Other Direct Costs

Extended Price

Description:

LABOR AND OTHER DIRECT COSTS

Purchase Requisitions

IDC Type: Not Applicable

Supplies/Services Quantity Unit

1001 YEAR 2 - TECHNICAL SUPPORT 0

Contract Type:Time and Materials

Unit Price Other Direct Costs

Extended Price

Description:

LABOR AND OTHER DIRECT COSTS

Supplies/Services Quantity Unit

2001 YEAR 3 - TECHNICAL SUPPORT 0

Contract Type:Time and Materials

Unit Price Other Direct Costs

Extended Price

Description:

LABOR AND OTHER DIRECT COSTS

Supplies/Services Quantity Unit

3001 YEAR 4 - TECHNICAL SUPPORT 0

Contract Type:Time and Materials

Unit Price Other Direct Costs

Extended Price

Description:

LABOR AND OTHER DIRECT COSTS

Supplies/Services Quantity Unit

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Contract Type:Time and Materials

Unit Price Other Direct Costs

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Description:

LABOR AND OTHER DIRECT COSTS

Clauses incorporated by reference

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Clauses incorporated by full text

Section B NOTE: The following document has been automatically generated by an electronic system. Some errors in spacing, "unclassified markings", formatting and punctuation may have occurred throughout the document.

B.1 SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED

The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) seeks service contractor(s) that can mobilize a fully integrated technical team capable of performing complex and interdisciplinary assessments of potential Compacts and projects against MCC's investment criteria. This could include experts in engineering, environmental issues, resettlement, climate change, gender and social inclusion, private sector, education, health, policy reform who are capable of addressing the full range of issues that face MCC during the compact development process, the pre-entry-into-force start up period. The contractor will also be required to provide or contract regional and local expertise to ensure context-sensitive inputs. Most importantly, the contractor(s) should have, or be able to rapidly acquire, deep technical expertise in the focus sectors of the compact

B.2. BUSINESS ARRANGEMENT / CONTRACT TYPE / PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE (PoP)

This Solicitation is for the establishment of a Multiple Award (up to 2), Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract type. Contract Line Item Numbers (CLINs) will be established for both the IDIQ and any resultant Task Order(s) on a Time & Materials (T&M), Firm Fixed Price (FFP) and or Other Direct Costs (ODC) basis with Not to Exceed (NTE) and or estimated amounts, as applicable. Task Order(s) can be placed against the IDIQ, which will have a five (5) year ordering PoP; Optional provision(s)/period(s)s do not apply at the IDIQ level, but may and likely will apply at the Task Order level.

B.3. IDIQ MIN/MAX CEILING CONSTRAINTS & OTHER PRICING SCHEDULE PARAMATERS

Minimum Obligation: The minimum obligation is established at $2,500.00 for the Contract Period. Maximum: The maximum obligation IDIQ NTE price ceiling, is established at $37,800,000.00 for the Contract Period; thus: the sum of all order(s) over the life of the IDIQ, shall not exceed: $37,800,000.00.

Labor Rates: Labors rates shall be fixed hourly rates for each period and shall be used to developing pricing during that period with the approved rate of escalation not to exceed 3%.

Additional labor categories: In the performance of this contract, it may become desirable to add new labor categories to Section B. In such cases, the Government may identify additional labor categories and the Contractor shall, in good faith, negotiate the hourly rates for the categories with the Contracting Officer. Upon completion of such negotiation, the Contracting Officer will modify the contract to add the new categories.

Other Direct Costs (ODCs): ODCs will be cost reimbursable in accordance with applicable Government regulations; ODCs will be identified and definitized at the Task Order level and are expected to: include necessary international travel and other ancillary items.

B.4. Task Order # 1: BUSINESS ARRANGEMENT / CONTRACT TYPE / PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE (PoP)

Togo: Is for the establishment of a single award, two (2) year task order on a Time & Materials (T&M), Firm Fixed Labor Rate and or Other Direct Costs (ODC) basis with Not to Exceed (NTE) and or estimated amounts, as applicable. The Base Year of the task order is for twelve (12) months and there is one (1) optional period for twelve (12) months if the option period is exercised.

B.5 ORDERING PROCEDURES

Any MCC warranted Contracting Officer may order services under this IDIQ with appropriate warrant level.

Purchases shall be in accordance with FAR Subsection 16.505 Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contracts.

Specifically, IDIQ holders shall use the labor rates in accordance with their proposed and/or approved IDIQ rates to develop order pricing.

B.6 ORDER OF PRECEDENCE: In the event of an inconsistency between the IDIQ contract terms and provisions and any subsequent task order(s) issued against it, the provisions of the underlying IDIQ shall take precedence.

B.7 FUNDING: Task Order(s) may be fully and or incrementally funded at the time of award, with one of the agency's no expiration year contract funding appropriation sources, i.e. Due Diligence, Compact

Development or Administrative Funding. Funding obligated on task order(s) may be used during the entire period of performance of the order. Funding will be obligated to Individual Task Order(s) for the services to be provided. The Government is not obligated to reimburse and the Contractor shall not incur any costs in excess of the total amount allotted by the Government to the Task Order. The Contractor assumes the risk for any increased costs beyond what the Government obligates. Funding from one task order shall not be used to expense work on another task order unless a modification to both task orders has been issued, in writing, by a warranted Contracting Officer. Increases in ceiling or funding amounts shall only be accomplished through direction and/or execution of modifications against the Task Orders.

B.8 LIMITATION OF FUNDS - INCREMENTALLY FUNDED CONTRACTS

In accordance with clause 52.232-72 MCC 52.232-72 LIMITATION OF FUNDS - INCREMENTALLY FUNDED CONTRACTS (NOV 2006) MCC 52.232-72 Limitation of Funds - Incrementally Funded Contracts funds in the amount of $_________ have been allotted to this contract. It is contemplated that funds now obligated under this contract will cover the work to be performed until _________. The Contractor shall not perform work on the contract which exceeds the total amount actually allotted by the Government to the contract. The Government is not obligated to reimburse the Contractor for costs incurred in excess of the total amount allotted by the Government to this contract. The contractor assumes the risk for any increased costs beyond what the Government obligates.

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Section C - Description/Specifications/Work Statement

Section C

Integrated Technical Advisory Consultant Services for Fast Track Compact Development

A. Introduction The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is testing new approaches to substantially shorten its compact development process for a subset of countries – and seeks a multidisciplinary technical advisor to provide integrated design and assistance for its full compact investment cycle – from development to implementation and close-out. In this contractor or consortium, we are looking for an active thought partner to work with us – and our country counterparts – to design a compact on an accelerated timeline of 24 months. The selected contractor or consortium must be able to mobilize a fully integrated and dedicated team capable of addressing the full range of issues and activities that need to support MCC during a Compact.

B. Background MCC is a Federal Corporation created under Title VI of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2004. MCC's mission is to reduce poverty around the world through the promotion of sustainable and inclusive economic growth based on the principle that aid is most effective when it strengthens good governance, economic freedom, and investments in people. For more information on MCC, please visit www.mcc.gov.

MCC is a prime example of smart U.S. Government assistance in action, benefiting both developing countries and the American taxpayers through:

• Competitive selection: MCC's Board examines a country's performance on 20 independent and transparent policy indicators and selects countries based on policy performance.

• Country-led solutions: MCC requires selected countries to identify their priorities for achieving sustainable http://www.mcc.gov economic growth and poverty reduction. Countries develop their MCC proposals in broad consultation within their society. MCC then works in close partnership to help countries refine programs.

• Country-led implementation: When a country is awarded an MCC compact, it sets up a local accountable entity to manage and oversee all aspects of implementation. Monitoring of funds is rigorous, transparent, and managed through independent fiscal agents.

• Focus on results: MCC is committed to producing results and ensuring that the American people are getting a good return on their investment. MCC employs technically rigorous, systematic, and transparent methods of projecting, tracking, and evaluating the impacts of its programs.

MCC Investment Tools

MCC grants are designed to complement other U.S. and international development programs, as well as create an enabling environment for private sector investment. There are three primary types of MCC grants:

• Compacts—large, five-year grants for selected countries that meet MCC's eligibility criteria; and,

• Concurrent Compacts for Regional Investments—grants that promote cross-border economic integration, and increase regional trade and collaboration; and,

• Threshold Programs—smaller grants focused on policy and institutional reform in selected countries that come close to passing MCC's eligibility criteria and show a firm commitment to improving their policy performance.

Traditional Compact Development Process

The MCC "Compact Development Guidance" (CDG) provides a complete overview of MCC's mission and mandate, with principles and practices for selecting countries for MCC assistance. The CDG describes in detail the rigorous Compact Development Process, consisting of the following Phases:

Table 3. Compact Development Process

Phase 1 Preliminary Analysis

Phase 2 Problem Diagnosis

Phase 3 Project Definition

Phase 4 Project Development

Negotiation

Project Mobilization

MCC's Compact Development process is long, averaging over 36 months, and the trend is towards increasing durations.

MCC, its stakeholders, and partner countries are interested in finding ways to accelerate compact development without impacting MCC expectations of thoroughness.

C. Accelerating Compact Development MCC has identified a number of success factors necessary for rapid compact development: prior experience with MCC, proactive engagement with MCC, clarity of problem, effective partner coordination, rapid core team staffing, efficient decision making, efficient inter-ministerial mechanism, meaningful stakeholder engagement, agile processes, and investment characteristics.

One of the challenging elements is that MCC's compact development typically involves many individual and firm consultants, which creates potential for conflicting advice, differing timelines, and coordination challenges; increases communication complexity; adds additional costs; and otherwise adds to the MCC management burden.

MCC is developing a new approach to accelerate compact development, in certain cases and when appropriate, to move Country selection to Board approval in 24-months. Not all countries, and not all projects will be suitable for this new, and faster, process.

This solicitation aims to source firms capable of working with MCC as partners to demonstrate and then replicate the 24-month timeline; and therefore, capable of providing the full suite of services as described below.

https://www.mcc.gov/resources/doc/guidance-compact-development-guidance https://www.mcc.gov/resources/doc/country-factors-for-rapid-compact-development

Summary of Accelerated Timeline Hypothesis

The notional work planning is based on multiple workstreams against quarterly outputs (as shown in the figure below).

Quarter 1: Constraints Analysis, Root Cause Assessments, Country Assessment, Identification of Problem Archetypes.

Quarter 2: Very high-level understanding of project components, Sector Assessments, First order estimates of costs and benefits, identification of major stakeholders, screening for climate and natural capital risks for sectors.

Quarter 3: Development of stakeholder engagement plan, first order estimate of economic rate of return, first assessment of risks to program, start defining roles and responsibilities including responsibility-accountability-consulted-informed matrices.

Quarter 4: Identification of major contracts, assessment of Environmental and Social Protection (ESP) and Gender and Social Inclusion (GSI) guidelines including but not only IFC Performance Standards (2012), climate mitigation, resilience and adaptation, and Counter-Trafficking in Persons (CTIP); initial assessment of indicators, and an initial organogram for the accountable entity.

Quarter 5: Identification of key Policy and Institutional Reform (PIR) issues. Initial framing of conditions precedent (notably expressions of political will; passage of laws etc.). Second round of cost and benefit estimates. Preliminary design of key process engineering.

Quarter 6: Update procurement planning, assess evaluation strategy, second estimate of economic rate of return, finalize position descriptions and implementing entity agreements.

Quarter 7: Finalize planning documents, workplan, financial plan, and prepare summary (or final) scopes of work.

Quarter 8: Ad hoc support during the preparation Investment memo, investment committee meeting, negotiations, and board approval. Initiate support for MCA start up, preparation of on-boarding materials, support to the Interim Procurement Agent regarding staff recruitment.

Following Board Approval, the notional work plan is as follows, again with a goal of minimizing the period between board approval and Entry-Into-Force:

Quarter 9: Tasks in this period might include acting as observers on various MCA related procurements. Follow on due diligence of on-going design work. Due diligence of the development of the Social and Gender Inclusion Plan and the Stakeholder Engagement Plan.

Quarter 10: On-boarding, coaching, and mentoring new MCA staff. Support MCA staff in finalizing Implementing Entity Agreements. Due diligence of the development of the Counter Trafficking in Persons and Social and Environment Management Plan.

Quarter 11: On-boarding, coaching, and mentoring new MCA staff. On-going assessment of key Conditions Precedent related to Entry-Into-Force or initial project disbursement.

Quarter 12: Tasks may include contract close-out, preparation of handover documents, on-boarding and handover to a Compact Implementation due diligence consultant(s).

The contractor will serve in an advisory capacity to MCC to provide technical inputs to the development of investment proposals for one or more countries and to assess the fitness of proposed investments against MCC's investment criteria. For more detailed information regarding investment criterion, see: Chapter 8: Guidelines for Developing Project Proposals | Millennium Challenge Corporation (mcc.gov).

D. Scope MCC seeks service contractor(s) that can mobilize a fully integrated technical team capable of performing complex and interdisciplinary assessments of potential Compacts and projects against MCC's investment criteria. This could include experts in engineering, environmental issues, resettlement, climate change, gender and social inclusion, private sector, education, health, policy reform who are capable of addressing the full range of issues that face MCC during the CDP, the pre-Entry-Into-Force (pre-EIF) start up period; additionally, the consultant may be requested to provide oversight support during implementation after Entry Into Force (EIF), and program closeout. The contractor will also be required to provide or contract regional and local expertise to ensure context-sensitive inputs. Most importantly, the contractor(s) should have, or be able to rapidly acquire, deep technical expertise in the focus sectors of the compact. The contractor shall (1) support MCC's work on due diligence, and implementation mobilization OR (2) support MCC's partners in program design:

1. Compact Development and Mobilization prior to Entry-Into-Force: Assist and guide MCC in the development of Compacts that meet MCC investment criteria. Support MCC in managing work planning, reporting on internal management, drafting and/or reviewing Scopes of Work to be funded with 609(g) Compact Development Funds.

The key output of this phase is a Design Document that reflects MCC partner's vision, and which is due diligenced by MCC and this consultancy. Roughly the content of that assessment will be addressed in a document with roughly the following organization:

1. Executive Summary,

2. Country Context and Overview,

3. Constraints and Root Cause Analysis,

4. Project Description,

5. Environmental and Social Performance issues using the IFC Performance Standards,

6. Gender and Social Inclusion and Safeguards,

7. Monitoring and Evaluation including indicators, baselines, and targets,

8. Economic and Beneficiary Analysis – including a Cost Benefit Analysis at the project level, and where feasible for sub-components, including a distributional assessment,

9. Implementation Strategy,

10. Risk Management Strategy, and

11. Annexes that include work plans, multi-year budgets, references used, and drafts of key Terms of Reference to be used during implementation.

2. Project or Component Design: Assist and guide MCC's partners in the development of their project or component that meets MCC's investment criteria. The deliverables will vary per Task Order but will likely roughly follow the outline above. This activity will be funded using funds made available under the 609(g) clause of the MCC legislation where the country delegates back to MCC the responsibility to procure and manage the design work – but where the beneficiaries (MCC's country partner) retain a strong voice in key design decisions.

E. Tasks The Contractor shall provide technical advisory services that will include analysis, guidance, and recommendations on the overall merit of proposed projects and their policy, institutional, regulatory, and technical context, or potential alternative projects to inform MCC's investment decisions and to recommend actions to address gaps, inadequacies, and risks in terms of cost, quality, performance, and successful implementation during the anticipated Compact period.

Projects will be assessed and developed with explicit considerations of Private Sector Participation, MCC's Gender and Inclusion Policy, and with a climate lens, identifying opportunities to enhance mitigation, adaptation and resilience. The Contractor shall also support MCC in reviewing sector policies and other critical elements to identify necessary and sufficient components to achieve inclusive growth and poverty reduction by addressing the constraint to growth.

https://www.mcc.gov/resources/doc/requirements-milestones-social-inclusion-gender https://www.mcc.gov/resources/doc/requirements-milestones-social-inclusion-gender

MCC is seeking a firm to support MCC staff during the entirety of the Compact Development effort and that has a demonstrated ability to evolve its resources along a development and start up cycle. At no time will the consultant be expected to fulfill any inherently governmental function; those responsibilities will remain the responsibility of MCC staff. The objectives are to develop a Compact within 24 months (roughly from Board selection to Board approval) that address MCC's key investment criteria:

• Reflects country-led initiatives,

• Addresses a constraint to inclusive economic growth and poverty reduction,

• Has an economic rate of return of 10 percent,

• Meets MCC's Environmental and Social Performance Guidelines,

• Furthers the MCC Climate Strategy and other initiatives,

• Meets MCC's Gender and Social Inclusion Guidelines,

• Is sustainable, and

• Is implementable within MCC's statutory limit of 5-years.

This is a partnership, and the firm is to provide strategic guidance as well as work under comprehensive Technical Directives indicating scope and deliverables associated with the General Tasks described in this section.

General Tasks

• Participate and contribute to project management efforts within Compact development, including supporting MCC and the joint MCC and Partner Country team in Project Management: including traditional waterfall, Agile, and hybrid approaches using tools like sprint planning, long-term objective tracking, internal stakeholder and "scrum" meetings, etc.

• Propose, track, and periodically update a draw down plan for contractor efforts to ensure that effort stays within the available budget.

• Support travel, missions and reverse missions, consultant staff, preparing agendas, background materials, discussion items.

• Develop and maintain a list of risks that might delay or compromise the development process and timely achievement of Board approval of the Compact, successful Compact implementation, and/or effective close-out of the Compact; and similar opportunities to achieve stronger results. Incorporate recommended mitigation strategies and track the implementation of such mitigation activities.

• Periodic reviews of lessons learned and proposed adjustments regarding Compact objectives and MCC processes, including preparation and follow up on After Action Reviews on a periodic basis and at the end of the Compact Development Phase.

Compact Development

Constraint and Root Cause Analysis, Program Logic, Economic Rates of Return and Evaluation Strategy

During initial stages of Compact development, the contractor will provide technical support to MCC and the partner country, including:

• The development of a constraints analysis and subsequent root cause analysis using the best-suited analytical tools.

In particular, knowledge of and experience with systems analysis and translation of presented symptoms into problem archetypes or syndromes are required.

• Assessments of:

o firm-level (microeconomic) constraints to economic growth.

o key climate change and natural capital issues.

o gender and poverty distribution constraints to broad based and inclusive economic growth.

• Progressive development of economic models to allow for iterative estimates of returns to help guide the design of cost effective and impactful programs. These economic models will lead to an Economic Rate of Return (ERR) being calculated for each project comprising the Compact.

• A strategy that proposes ways to measure medium- and long-term impacts over time through the evaluation design and outlines the M&E requirements that the recipient government and Implementing Entities must meet to receive project disbursements. This strategy should also identify indicators for project monitoring, assist in establishing corresponding baselines, and suggest end-of-compact targets.

https://www.mcc.gov/our-impact/constraints-analysis https://www.mcc.gov/resources/story/story-cdg-chapter-6-guidelines-for-root-cause-analysis

• Serving as a guide for program implementation and management, so that MCC, the MCA management unit, Board members, program implementers, beneficiaries, and other stakeholders understand the objectives and targets they are responsible for achieving, and are aware of their progress towards those objectives and targets during implementation; and establishes a process to alert implementers, stakeholders and MCC to any problems in program implementation and provides the basis for making any needed program adjustments.

Project Definition

For each project proposed by the partner country to be part of the Compact, the contractor will assess the proposal and ensure that the project meets the characteristics described by MCC's Project Development Guidelines, which indicate that each Project Proposal should:

• Refine and sharpen the specific core problem that the proposed project will address and the specific project objective it will achieve;

• Describe the combination of specific components that comprise a proposed project (including any physical construction or rehabilitation of "hard" assets along with "soft" investments in policy, legal and regulatory reforms, institutional capacity building, technical assistance, environmentally-sound design and social and behavior change), explain the current status of preparation of each component, and estimate the total cost of each;

• Present a detailed project logic that clarifies how the components will work together to address root causes of the core problem and links each proposed component to projected outputs, those outputs to anticipated intermediate outcomes, and those intermediate outcomes to the primary objective and the long-term goals of increased income, economic growth, and poverty reduction;

• Identify the expected beneficiaries of the proposed project, including opportunities for women and disadvantaged populations, specify the economic benefit streams that the proposed project is expected to deliver, and where possible estimate the total magnitude of expected benefits;

• Catalogue critical technical, economic, environmental, climate, resettlement, social and gender issues and risks that must be understood and mitigated before the proposed project can be considered for a final investment decision;

• Assess the likely sustainability of the proposed project and define any particular measures that may be necessary to strengthen the proposed project's viability or to enhance, expand or extend its expected economic benefits; and

• Propose specific implementing entities that will lead, manage, or oversee the implementation of the proposed project.

• Identify and assess opportunities to "crowd in" private sector investment including blended finance opportunities, PPPs and other partnered approaches and expanding access to finance for key private sector stakeholders.

The contractor will also:

• Review, assess, and update:

o country- and sector-level assessments o Root Cause Analysis o problem archetypes and country-specific adaptations o cost-benefit models and baseline data sources, distributional impacts o key project risks, mitigation strategies, and residual risk o key policy institutional and policy barriers; and propose technical assistance packages o project impacts across IFC Performance Standards and counter trafficking in persons o Climate change risks and opportunities (e.g. mitigation, adaptation, resilience).

o Conditions Precedent o sustainability.

• Develop an evaluation framework, including key indicators, establish baselines, and assess local capacity to collect critical data for such evaluations. Explain in detail how the MCC and the MCA will monitor each project to determine whether intended results are achieved. Assess the capacity of stakeholders to collect evaluation relevant data over time and recommend strategies to close gaps.

Stakeholder Assessment

• Conduct Political Economy Analysis to identify key formal and informal stakeholders, their relationships and power dynamics.

• Propose and prepare a stakeholder engagement plan for Compact development efforts.

Implementation Planning

• Develop a Compact implementation strategy including identification of key partners, Responsibility- Accountability-Consult-Inform (RACI) matrix, staffing requirements, position descriptions, implementing entity agreements, process engineering for high frequency/high effort tasks.

https://www.mcc.gov/resources/story/story-cdg-chapter-8-guidelines-for-developing-project-proposals

• Review, assess, and validate:

o Risk management plans o Communication strategies o Work plans o Key programmatic building blocks, including the costs, scheduling, and scope of each.

o Stakeholder engagement plans, including identifying key implementation stakeholders and assessing their implementation readiness.

• Define or review the proposed MCA organization and develop position descriptions.

• Assess the need for a project management firm or other mechanism to support implementation.

• Support the development and quality control of key Compact Terms Of Reference to facilitate effective procurement.

Compact Mobilization Prior to Entry-Into-Force (pre-EIF)

This phase typically begins after MCC's Board approves a Compact and continues until Entry-Into-Force (EIF) of the Compact. The pre-EIF period is a preparatory period during which resources are mobilized, staff hired, conditions precedent to EIF are addressed, and other similar work is undertaken. Historically this phase takes approximately 24 months, but MCC intends to accelerate this process – without compromising implementation or development impact.

During this phase the consultant may be expected to:

• Continue any follow-on work coming out of the program development process

• Advise on gender and social inclusion strategy implementation, stakeholder communication planning, Social and

Gender Integration Plan (SGIP) development and implementation, Counter-Trafficking in Persons (C-TIP) plan, and environmental issues

• Support the development of the Compact-wide Environmental and Social Management System

• Review all bidding documents to ensure they include all necessary information/requirements for design, safety, construction, environmental, social (including caste and ethnicity), gender, resettlement, climate, and health and safety issues.

• Advise on procurement strategy, including appropriate forms of contract, packaging, firm qualifications for all technical assistance, project management, construction supervision, and construction contracts

• Support MCC issuance of 'no objection' letters

• Assist in the review of evidence of satisfaction of Conditions Precedent

• Assist with pre-Bid meetings

• Assist in MCA led hiring and procurements by observing on panels

• Assist with the on-boarding and orientation of MCA Staff

Conflicts of Interest

The Contractor and its sub-contractors will be precluded from bidding on orders for work and services to be procured by the local MCA accountable entity or using funds advanced under a Compact in the relevant country; if the contractor is currently working or providing a service in that country with due diligence funding; unless the Contractor submits a mitigation plan sufficient to ameliorate any conflict of interest pursuant to the rules applicable to the procurement process.

See Section J.6 for Togo Specific Statement of Work

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Section D - Packaging and Marking

Section D The contractor shall ensure the contractor name and contract number and/or task order are clearly visible on all information submitted to the Contracting Officer Representative, Project Monitor and/or Contracting Officer.

The Contractor shall ensure that each report prepared by the Contractor and delivered under this Contract contains the following statement on the first or cover page of such report:

"The views and opinions expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent those of MCC or any other U.S. Government entity."

Section E - Inspection and Acceptance Terms

Section E Incorporated by Reference: FAR 52.212-4 (a) Inspection/Acceptance

Section F - Delivery or Performance

Section F F.1 PLACE AND PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE (PoP)

Tasks shall primarily be performed at the Contractor(s) Corporate and or Home Office location(s) in a remote / virtual environment;

Insert awardee's Sam Registration Address here;

There will be significant international travel required to partner country locations. Team design and organization that reduces travel requirements or potential impacts of future travel restrictions is preferred.

The overall anticipated IDIQ PoP / ordering period, will be date of IDIQ award plus five (5) calendar years.

F.2 DELIVERABLES

All reports and deliverables shall be submitted in electronic format and in hardcopy as necessary and/or required in specific task orders. Deliverables will be considered "draft" upon initial receipt. Unless otherwise stated in task order, drafts will be reviewed and accepted or concerns raised/comments provided within two weeks of receipt. The contractor shall appropriately address the MCC's concerns and provide final deliverables within one week of receiving the MCC response unless otherwise stated in the task order.

Acceptance Criteria

The deliverables will be evaluated according to the following criteria:

Thoroughness and timeliness in complying with all of the elements in the tasks specified.

Quality and clarity of analyses and work produced.

Timeliness and efficacy of communications with relevant counterparts at MCC, MCA, and other relevant organizations.

All reports are to be submitted in English in an electronic copy (in MS Word), with tables, data and calculations in MS Excel.

F.3 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

Reporting requirements for each task order will be specified in the task order. All reports will be provided to the COR, with a copy of the cover page only to the Contracting Officer.

The following provides illustrative examples of the types of reports that may be required:

F.3.1 Contract Monthly Report

Each month an overall contract status report will be produced. It should include staffing status, if applicable, and highlights for the month from all Task Order staff.

Other deliverables will be at the direction of the COR for the Task Order and created in the execution of job tasks.

F.4 KICK OFF MEETINGS

F.4.1 Contract Kick Off Meeting.

The CO will hold a contract kick-off meeting with the selected offeror. The purpose of the meeting will be to:

Have MCC program and acquisition staff meet the Contractor and Contractors' overall management staff to define and clarify roles;

Discuss the task order competition processed

Discuss the general contract administrative process;

Discuss the general task order administrative, invoicing, and reporting process; and

Answer any questions.

F.4.2 Task Order Kick Off Meeting.

At the discretion of the CO, and as identified in the task order, the contractor and key personnel (as identified in the task order) may be required to attend a task order kickoff meeting. The kick off meeting will generally be held within 5 business days after task order award and the contractor's attendance is MANDATORY. The location of the kick off meeting will be at MCC discretion. Generally, the purpose of the kickoff meeting will be to:

Have MCC task order program and acquisition staff meet the Contractor and Contractor's task order management staff, key personnel/subcontractors to define and clarify roles;

Overview the requirements of the task order and finalize the task order delivery calendar Contract on the order's delivery schedule and critical milestones;

Discuss SOW, task order objectives, and supplemental background and technical project information, as necessary;

Review the contractor's project plan submitted under the task order proposal;

Define and clarify roles related to the task order; and

Answer any questions.

UNCLASSIFIED

Section G - Contract Administration Data

Requesting Office Address

MCC-HQ

Millennium Challenge Corporation Contracts and Grants Management Division 1099 Fourteenth St NW, Suite 700 Washington DC 20005-3550 Phone: Fax:

Contact Details:

Property Administration Office Address

Millennium Challenge Corporation Contracts and Grants Management Division 1099 Fourteenth St NW, Suite 700 Washington DC 20005-3550

COR Office Address

Millennium Challenge Corporation Contracts and Grants Management Division 1099 Fourteenth St NW, Suite 700 Washington DC 20005-3550

Issuing Office Address

Millennium Challenge Corporation Contracts and Grants Management Division 1099 Fourteenth St NW, Suite 700 Washington DC 20005-3550

Payment Office Address

IBC-FIN

Interior Business Center M/S D-2773 7301 West Mansfield Avenue Lakewood CO 80235-2230

IPP-001 Electronic Invoicing and Payment Requirements - Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) Payment requests must be submitted electronically through the U. S. Department of the Treasury's Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) system using the "Bill to Agency" of Interior Business Center - FMD.

"Payment request" means any request for contract financing payment or invoice payment by the Contractor. To constitute a proper invoice, the payment request must comply with the requirements identified in the applicable Prompt Payment clause included in the contract, or the clause 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items included in commercial item contracts. The IPP website address is: https://www.ipp.gov.

The Contractor must use the IPP website to register, access and use IPP for submitting requests for payment. The Contractor Government Business Point of Contact (as listed in SAM) will receive enrollment instructions via email from the Federal Reserve prior to the contract award date, but no more than 3 - 5 business days of the contract award date.

Contractor assistance with enrollment can be obtained by contacting the IPP Production Helpdesk via email IPPCustomerSupport@fiscal.treasury.gov or phone (866) 973-3131.

If the Contractor is unable to comply with the requirement to use IPP for submitting invoices for payment, the Contractor must submit a waiver request in writing to the Contracting Officer with its proposal or quotation.

(End of Custom Clause)

MCC 52.201-70 CONTRACTING OFFICER'S REPRESENTATIVE (COR) AND/OR PROJECT MONITOR

(PM) (JULY 2012)

(a) The Contracting Officer may designate a Government representative to act as the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) or Project Monitor (PM) to perform functions under the contract such as review and/or inspection and acceptance of supplies, services, including construction, and other functions of a technical nature. The Contracting Officer will provide a written notice of such designation to the COR and/or PM and the Contractor. The designation letters will set forth the authorities and limitations of the COR and/or PM under the contract.

(b) Modifications to this contract are effective only if reduced to writing and executed by the Contracting Officer. The Contractor is specifically prohibited from performing any work that is outside the scope of this contract without the approval of the Contracting Officer. The Contracting Officer cannot authorize the COR or any other representative to sign documents (i.e., contracts, contract modifications, etc.) that require the signature of the Contracting Officer.

(End of clause)

MCC 52.232-70 INVOICE INSTRUCTIONS (MAY 2017)

Invoices shall be paid in accordance with the Prompt Payment Act, thirty days (30) following receipt of a proper invoice.

The Contractor shall submit each invoice electronically via email or fax to the following:

Fax: 303.969.5151/7281 ATTN: MCC Payments, or

Email: MCC_Accounting_IBCDENVER@ibc.doi.gov, or

As an alternative to electronic submission of invoices, one copy of each invoice may be submitted to the following address:

Interior Business Center

M/S D-2773

7301 West Mansfield Avenue mailto:MCC_Accounting_IBCDENVER@ibc.doi.gov mailto:MCC_Accounting_IBCDENVER@ibc.doi.gov

Lakewood, CO 80235-2230

If it is determined that the amount billed is incorrect, the invoice may be revised by the Government, or the contractor may be required to submit a revised invoice.

To constitute a proper invoice, each invoice must include the following information and/or attached documentation:

(1) Name, address and telephone of the Contractor

(2) Date of invoice and invoice number

(3) Contract number (including task order or call number and contract line item(s)) also modification number, if applicable

(4) Description (quantity, unit of measure, unit price, and extended price) of the supplies/services rendered (including hours incurred and billing rate, as applicable to the contract)

(5) A schedule depicting the following information:

Amount Invoiced

This Period

Cumulative Amount Invoiced Authorized Value of Contract Balance Remaining on Contract

If the contractor is billing for costs incurred over more than a single month, the costs for each month in which the costs were incurred and shall be segregated into the month they were actually incurred.

(6) Name of Contracting Officer's Representative (COR); and

(7) Signature of authorized representative of the firm with the following invoice certification:

"The undersigned hereby certifies to the best of my knowledge and belief that: the sum claimed under this contract is proper and due, and all the costs of contract performance have been paid, or to the extent allowed under the applicable payment clause, will be paid by the Contractor when due in the ordinary course of business; the work reflected by these costs has been performed, and amounts involved are consistent with the requirements of this Contract.

BY:______________________________________

TITLE:___________________________________

DATE: ___________________________________

Inquiries regarding the status of invoices may be directed to NBC Accounting. The email address is:

MCC_Accounting_IBCDENVER@ibc.doi.gov.

MCC 52.232-73 TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT (MAY 2017)

Policy.When authorized as part of the Scope of Work on this contract/order and within the contract/order ceiling and as approved by the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) and/or other MCC officials as described below, travel expenses incurred in performance of technical directives issued under this contractor/order may be reimbursed as allowed by the Federal Travel Regulations (FTR) in effect at the time of travel. MCC's supplemental policy interpretations are derived from the FTR and cannot grant additional benefits or adjust processes defined in the FTR. Supplemental policies of MCC set forth below:

a) Traveler Responsibilities. All contractor travelers must:

1) Exercise the same care in incurring expenses that a prudent person would exercise if traveling on personal business;

2) Travel in accordance with the FTR and the MCC policies included in this document; and

3) Pay any charges or fees associated with non-compliance of FTR or any MCC policies included in this document, and any expenses incurred for personal convenience. For example, the traveler may become personally responsible for travel costs associated with unauthorized use of other than coach class accommodations, failing to follow the Fly American Act requirements, exceeding per diem rates, changing departure or return flights, purchasing unapproved items, etc. regardless of the fact that travel arrangements may have been booked by others (e.g., Travel Agency).

b) Cabin Class Standards

1) The standard cabin class for contractor air-travel is coach class, regardless of destination or travel time.

2) Coach "premium" class may be authorized for destinations which have a travel time of more than 14 hours, consistent with the Federal Travel Regulations and the approval standards outlined in paragraph (f) of this document.

3) Business class travel accommodations will NOT be authorized except as determined through the approval process outlined in paragraph (f) of this document. This approval process is considered to be exceptional, to be part of a trip by trip analysis, and at the discretion of the government regardless of the destination or travel time.

c) Airlines and Flights. In accordance with the Fly America Act, contractors must use a U.S. flag air carrier service for all travel funded by the government beginning or ending in the U.S. unless a specific exemption to the "Fly America" rule applies. Flights on U.S. air carrier pairings with foreign carriers (i.e., code share flights) are regarded as meeting Fly America requirements if the ticket is issued on the American carrier and there is an American carrier flight number.

d) Limitations. Travel reimbursement, which is part of ODC, shall not exceed the authorized ODC amount on the contract. To be reimbursable, the travel expenses must be:

1) Allowable under the FTR and the provisions of this contract/order and associated technical directives;

2) Approved prior to travel expenditure by the COR; and

3) Allocable and necessary for performance of this contract/order and associated technical directives.

e) Reimbursement Requests. Travel reimbursement requests must be submitted in sufficient time for the COR to give prior approval, and must identify:

1) The name of the traveler.

2) Destination (s) including itinerary.

3) Purpose of the travel; and

4) Cost breakdown.

5) To be reimbursed, invoices including travel expenses must provide a detailed breakdown of the actual expenditures invoiced. Contractor shall maintain the original or legible copy of receipts for all travel expenses invoiced when the expenditure is $75.00 or more. MCC reserves the right to request evidence of any travel expense paid.

f) Approvals. All travel expenses, including rental cars, must be approved by the MCC COR in writing in advance of booking any travel and incurring travel expenses. The following expense types require additional MCC pre-approvals beyond that of the COR. These additional approvals and associated justifications will be documented in writing:

1) Business class - Business class travel is considered to be exceptional, to be determined as part of a trip by trip analysis, and at the discretion of the government regardless of the destination or travel time. To reflect the exceptional nature of this approval, the justification for use of business class must be prepared by the COR and approved in writing by the relevant Managing Director or Deputy Vice President of the organization requesting the contractor to travel.