Amendment No.1_72052222R00003 Revised RFPfinal.pdf

Solicitation Issuance Date: October 18, 2022

Deadline for Receipt of Questions: November 2, 2022, 10:00 am (Honduras Time)

Closing Date: November 30, 2022January 6, 2023, 3:00 pm (Honduras Time)

Subject: Request for Proposals (RFP) # 72052222R00003; Strengthening Democratic Governance (SDG) Activity

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Mission to Honduras (USAID/Honduras) is seeking proposals from U.S. or non-U.S., non-profit or for-profit organizations, to provide services in support of the Strengthening Democratic Governance (SDG) Activity as described in the attached Request for Proposals

(RFP).

The authorized Principal Geographic Code for this solicitation is 937. The North American Institute Classification System (NAICS) code for this solicitation is 541611 - Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services.

USAID anticipates awarding a single-award Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity Contract (IDIQ) and Task Order 1 (See Attachment J.1) simultaneously. Any additional Task Orders will be placed in accordance with Section F.7 - Ordering Procedures. USAID anticipates that the maximum aggregate ordering limitation for the contract resulting from this RFP will be $90,000,000 over the five-year ordering period. The estimated total cost of Task Order 1 is between $30,000,000 and $35,000,000. There is no guarantee on the number of task orders that the successful contractor will receive or the amount of money beyond the minimum order guarantee set forth in the RFP.

This procurement will be conducted under full and open competition procedures, pursuant to Part 15 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) (48 CFR Chapter 1). Please refer to Section L for information regarding proposal requirements. Offerors should take into account the expected delivery time required by the proposal transmission method they choose, and they are responsible for ensuring proposals are received at USAID by the due date and time as specified in this cover page. Failure to comply with the submission date will deem any submission unacceptable and it will not be reviewed or evaluated. Faxed proposals are not acceptable, nor will they be reviewed or evaluated.

Questions and comments related to this RFP must be submitted in accordance with the instructions found in Section L of the solicitation and received at USAID by the due date and time as specified in this cover page.

USAID will publicly post all responses as an amendment to this RFP.

Section L of the RFP sets forth all instructions for the preparation and submission of required proposal contents.

Section M states the criteria by which proposals will be evaluated. Oral explanations or instructions given before award of the contract that are not formalized with an amendment will not constitute a formal amendment of the RFP and will not be binding.

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Project Title: Strengthening Democratic Governance (SDG) Activity Solicitation #: Amendment No. 1 RFP No. 72052222R00003

This RFP in no way obligates USAID to award a contract nor does it commit USAID to pay any cost incurred in the preparation and submission of a proposal. Award of a Contract under this RFP is subject to availability of funds and other internal USAID approvals.

This RFP can be viewed and downloaded from wwws.sam.gov. USAID bears no responsibility for data errors resulting from transmission or conversion processes. Further, be aware that amendments to solicitations are occasionally issued and will be posted on the same website from which you downloaded the solicitation.

USAID advises to regularly check the above website for amendments.

Sincerely, Nathan A. Olah Supervisory Contracting Officer USAID/Honduras

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Table of Contents

ACRONYMS SDG

PART I - THE SCHEDULE

SECTION B ‐ SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICE/COSTS

B.1 PURPOSE

B.2 CONTRACT TYPE AND SERVICES

B.3 MINIMUM OBLIGATED AMOUNT

B.4 MAXIMUM CONTRACT CEILING

B.5 FIXED FEE CEILING (Cost-Plus- Fixed-Fee Task Orders Only)

B.6 UNIFORM USE OF LINE ITEMS

B.7 INDIRECT RATES

SECTION C ‐ DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/STATEMENT OF WORK

C.1 PURPOSE

C.2 BACKGROUND

C.3 THEORY OF CHANGE

C.4 OBJECTIVE

C.5 GUIDING PRINCIPLES

C.6 EXPECTED RESULTS

C.7 GRANTS UNDER CONTRACTS (GUCs)

C.8 GENDER CONSIDERATIONS

C.9 MONITORING, EVALUATING, LEARNING AND ADAPTING

C.10 INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

C.11 GEOGRAPHIC SCOPE

SECTION D ‐ PACKAGING AND MARKING

D.1 AIDAR 752.7009 MARKING (January 1993)

D.2 BRANDING STRATEGY, IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND MARKING PLAN

SECTION E ‐ INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

E.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

E.2 INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE/RESPONSIBLE OFFICIAL

SECTION F ‐ DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE

F.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

F.2 PERFORMANCE PERIOD

F.3 PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

F.5 AUTHORIZED WORKDAY/WEEK

F.6 REPORTS AND DELIVERABLES OR OUTPUTS

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F.7 ORDERING PROCEDURES

F.8 KEY PERSONNEL

SECTION G ‐ CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA

G.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

G.2 CONTRACTING OFFICER

G.3 CONTRACTING OFFICER’S REPRESENTATIVE (COR)

G.4 CONTRACTOR’S PRIMARY POINT OF CONTACT

G.5 PAYING OFFICE

G.6 ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA

G.7 CONTRACTOR'S PAYMENT ADDRESS

G.8 TECHNICAL DIRECTION/RELATIONSHIP WITH USAID (IDIQ AND TASK ORDERS)

SECTION H ‐ SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS

H.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

H.2 AUTHORIZED GEOGRAPHIC CODE

H.3 DEFENSE BASE ACT (DBA) INSURANCE

H.4 SUBCONTRACTING CONSENT

H.5 LIMITATION ON ACQUISITION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (APRIL 2018) (DEVIATION Nos. M- OAA-DEV-FAR-22-03c and M-OAA-DEV-AIDAR-22-06c)

H.6 EXECUTIVE ORDER ON TERRORISM FINANCING

H.7 ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS SYSTEM

H.8 SUBMISSION OF DATASETS TO THE DEVELOPMENT DATA LIBRARY (DDL) (OCTOBER 2014)

H.9 GRANTS UNDER CONTRACTS (GUCs)

H.10 CLIMATE RISK SCREENING

H.11 INTERFACE WITH USAID/HONDURAS’ THIRD-PARTY MONITORING, EVALUATION, AND LEARNING

ACTIVITY

H.12 PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS

H.13 SURVEY DATASETS

H.14 GEOGRAPHIC DATA AND CARTOGRAPHIC PRODUCT REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

H.15 COLLABORATION, LEARNING AND ADAPTING (CLA)

H.16 REDUCING IRREGULAR MIGRATION

H.17 YOUTH PROGRAMMING AND DEVELOPMENT

H.18 GEOGRAPHIC APPROACH

H.19 USAID-FINANCED THIRD-PARTY WEB SITES (NOVEMBER 2017)

H.20 COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 508 OF THE REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973, AS AMENDED

H.21 LOGISTIC SUPPORT

H.22 FOREIGN GOVERNMENT DELEGATIONS TO INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

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H.23 PROHIBITION OF ASSISTANCE TO DRUG TRAFFICKERS

H.24 GENDER CONSIDERATIONS

H.25 GOVERNMENT FURNISHED FACILITIES OR PROPERTY

H.26 TITLE AND CARE OF PROPERTY

H.27 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE

H.28 STANDARDS OF CONDUCT -- IMPROPER BUSINESS PRACTICES

H.29 FAR PART 4.21 PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING FOR CERTAIN COVERED TELECOMMUNICATIONS

AND VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SERVICES OR EQUIPMENT (SECTION 889) (DECEMBER 2021)

PART II - CONTRACT CLAUSES

SECTION I ‐ CONTRACT CLAUSES

I.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

I.2 752.252-2 AIDAR CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (MAR 2015)

I.3 52.203-13 – CONTRACTOR CODE OF BUSINESS ETHICS AND CONDUCT (NOV 2021)

I.4 52.204-1 – APPROVAL OF CONTRACT (DEC 1989)

I.5 52.216-18 ORDERING (AUG 2020)

I.6 52.216-19 ORDERING LIMITATIONS (OCT 1995)

I.7 52.216-22 INDEFINITE QUANTITY (OCT 1995)

I.8 52.223-99 ENSURING ADEQUATE COVID-19 SAFETY PROTOCOLS FOR FEDERAL CONTRACTORS (OCT 2021)-Alternate 70 (OCT 2021) (M/OAA-DEVFAR-22-01c)

I.9 52.247-67 SUBMISSION OF TRANSPORTATION DOCUMENTS FOR AUDIT (FEB 2006)

I.10 AIDAR 752.222-70 USAID DISABILITY POLICY - ACQUISITION (DEC 2004)

I.11 AIDAR 752.222-71 NONDISCRIMINATION (JUN 2012)

I.12 AIDAR 752.228-3 WORKER’S COMPENSATION INSURANCE (DEFENSE BASE ACT) (DEC 1991)

[(DEVIATION JUN 2022)]

I.13 AIDAR 752.229-71 REPORTING OF FOREIGN TAXES (JUL 2007)

I.14 AIDAR 752.7007 PERSONNEL COMPENSATION (JULY 2007) (Applicable to Cost-Reimbursement task orders only)

I.15 AIDAR 752.7036 USAID IMPLEMENTING PARTNER NOTICES (IPN) PORTAL FOR ACQUISITION (JUL 2014) 80

I.16 AIDAR 752.231-72 CONFERENCE PLANNING AND REQUIRED APPROVAL (AUG 2013) (M/OAA-DEV- AIDAR-20-01c)

I.17 AIDAR 722.170 EMPLOYMENT OF THIRD COUNTRY NATIONALS (TCN’S) AND COOPERATING

COUNTRY NATIONALS (CCN’S)

PART II – LIST OF DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS AND OTHER ATTACHMENTS

SECTION J ‐ LIST OF ATTACHMENTS

SECTION K ‐ REPRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS AND OTHER STATEMENTS OF THE OFFEROR

K.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

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K.2 52.204-8 ANNUAL REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS (MAR 2020)

K.3 52.204-24 REPRESENTATION REGARDING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND VIDEO

SURVEILLANCE SERVICES OR EQUIPMENT (NOV 2021)

K.4 52.204-26 COVERED TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT OR SERVICES-REPRESENTATION (OCT 2020) 93

K.5 52.209-5 CERTIFICATION REGARDING RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS (AUG 2020)

K.6 52.209-7 INFORMATION REGARDING RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS (OCT 2018)

K.7 52.209-11 REPRESENTATION BY CORPORATIONS REGARDING DELINQUENT TAX LIABILITY OR A

FELONY CONVICTION UNDER ANY FEDERAL LAW (FEB 2016)

K.8 52.209-13 VIOLATION OF ARMS CONTROL TREATIES OR AGREEMENTS - CERTIFICATION (FEB 2021)

K.9 52.222.22 – PREVIOUS CONTRACTS AND COMPLIANCE REPORTS (FEB 1999)

K.10 52.227-15 – REPRESENTATION OF LIMITED RIGHTS DATA AND RESTRICTED COMPUTER SOFTWARE.

(DEC 2007)

K.11 52.230-1 COST ACCOUNTING STANDARDS NOTICES AND CERTIFICATION (JUN 2020)

K.12 52.230-7 PROPOSAL DISCLOSURE—COST ACCOUNTING PRACTICE CHANGES (APR 2005)

K.13 INSURANCE - IMMUNITY FROM TORT LIABILITY

K.14 AUTHORIZED NEGOTIATORS

K.15 SIGNATURE

SECTION L – INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS, AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS OR RESPONDENTS

L.1 NOTICE LISTING SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

L.2 52.216-1 TYPE OF CONTRACT (APR 1984)

L.3 52.215-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS – COMPETITIVE ACQUISITION (NOV 2021)

L.4 752.252-1 AIDAR SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (MAR 2015)

L.5 52.233-2 SERVICE OF PROTEST (SEPT 2006)

L.6 WAIVERS UNDER FAR PART 4.2101 PROHIBITION ON COVERED TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND VIDEO

SURVEILLANCE SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT (DECEMBER 2021)

L.7 GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS

L.8 DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS

L.9 INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE TECHNICAL PROPOSAL

L.10 INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE COST/BUSINESS PROPOSAL

SECTION M ‐ EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD

M.1 GENERAL INFORMATION

M.2 TECHNICAL EVALUATION CRITERIA

M.3 DETERMINATION OF COMPETITIVE RANGE

M.4 COST/PRICE EVALUATION

M.5 SOURCE SELECTION

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ACRONYMS SDG

ADS Automated Directive System AIDAR USAID Acquisition Regulation AO Agreement Officer AOR Agreement Officer Representative AWP Annual Work Plan BEO Bureau Environmental Officer CCN Cooperating Country National CDCS Country Development Cooperation Strategy CDR Ceiling Daily Rates CFR Code of Federal Regulations CIO Chief Information Officer CISO Chief Information Security Officer CLA Collaborating Learning and Adapting CO Contracting Officer COP Chief of Party COR Contracting Officer’s Representative CPAF Cost Plus Award Fee CPFF Cost Plus Fixed Fee CPIF Cost Plus Incentive Fee CPAR Contractor Performance Assessment Reports DBA Defense Base Act DDL Development Data Library DEC Development Experience Clearinghouse DO Development Objective DOAG Development Objective Agreement EA Environmental Assessment EMMP Environment Mitigation Management Plan FAPIIS Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System FAR Federal Acquisition Regulation FSN Foreign Service National FY Fiscal Year GBV Gender Based Violence GDP Gross Domestic Product GIS Geographic Information Systems GOH Government of Honduras GUCs Grants Under Contracts IEE Initial Environmental Examination

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IP Implementing Partner IPN Implementing Partner Notices IR Intermediate Results ISS Information System Security IT Information Technology LAC Latin American and Caribbean LGBTQI+ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex LPA Legislative and Public Affairs MACCIH Mission Against Corruption and Impunity in Honduras MEL Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning MELP Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Plan MEO Mission Environmental Officer NGO Non-Governmental Organization NXP Non-Expendable Property OAA Office of Acquisition and Assistance OMB Office of Management and Budget PBA Performance-Based Acquisition PII Personally Identifiable Information QASP Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan RCS Root Cause Strategy RCE Request for Categorical Exclusion RFP Request for Proposal SOW Statement of Work SSN Social Security Number TCN Third Country Nationals TEC Total Estimated Cost TO Task Order TOCO Task Order Contracting Officer TOCOR Task Order Contracting Officer Representative UFECIC Specialized Unit Against Corruption and Impunity USAID United States Agency for International Development USAID CST USAID Contractor Salary Threshold USG United States Government

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PART I - THE SCHEDULE

SECTION B - SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICE/COSTS

B.1 PURPOSE

The purpose of this contract is to provide services that fall within the Scope of Work (SOW) specified in Section C for the Strengthening Democratic Governance (SDG) Activity. USAID Task Order Contracting Officers (TOCOs) will request the work through the issuance of task orders during the ordering period as specified in Section F of the contract.

B.2 CONTRACT TYPE AND SERVICES

This is a single-award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) type contract. The Government will issue task orders that are one or more of the following: Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) (term or completion), Cost-Plus-Award-Fee (CPAF), Cost-Plus-Incentive-Fee (CPIF) or any Fixed-Priced type. The Government may elect to use Performance-Based Acquisition (PBA) methods for issuing task orders. The Contractor must perform the services set forth in task orders at prices consistent with the terms of this contract.

B.3 MINIMUM OBLIGATED AMOUNT

The initial obligation of funds under Task Order 1 (TO1) covers the minimum order guarantee USAID is required to order and the Contractor is required to furnish the minimum order amount of services.

Following this initial obligation, individual task orders will obligate funds to cover the work required under those task orders.

B.4 MAXIMUM CONTRACT CEILING

This is a single-award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) type contract with an overall ceiling price of $90,000,000 for Strengthening Democratic Governance in Honduras. The maximum aggregate dollar value of task orders awarded to the contractor must not exceed the contract ceiling.

B.5 FIXED FEE CEILING (Cost-Plus- Fixed-Fee Task Orders Only)

NOTE: The ceiling on fixed fee does not apply to Fixed-Price Task Orders.

(a) For each cost-reimbursement task order issued under this IDIQ, the TOCO and Contractor agree to negotiate a set dollar amount for a fixed fee. In negotiating the fixed dollar amount for fee, the TOCO must consider the policies and factors for establishing fee in FAR 15.404-4 as well as any applicable USAID policy on establishing a fixed fee amount. In no event, however, may the amount of fixed fee in any individual task order exceed _____ [TBD at time of award] percent of the task order’s estimated cost, excluding fee.

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This fee ceiling is not applicable to Grants under Contracts (GUCs), if any, or other costs that have a separate fee ceiling established in the task order. The fixed fee ceiling applies to the prime contract and all cost reimbursement subcontracts. GUCs have not been approved at the IDIQ level only at the task order level.

Fees for CPIF or CPAF task order types will be negotiated by the TOCO at the time of task order award.

(b) The Total Estimated Cost -Plus- Fixed- Fee for each Task Order must be negotiated in accordance with the terms of this contract.

(c) Fixed Fee Payment. For any Task Order issued under this Contract, at the time of each payment of allowable costs to the contractor, the USAID paying office ordinarily pays the contractor a percentage of fixed fees that directly corresponds to the percentage of allowable costs being paid. Two exceptions to paying fixed fee in this manner apply:

(1) If the TOCO determines that this method results in paying a disproportionately higher ratio of fixed fee than the percentage of work that the contractor has completed, then the TOCO may suspend further payment of any fixed fee until the contractor has made sufficient progress to justify further payment, up to the percentage of fixed fee that corresponds to the percentage of allowable costs approved by the TOCO.

(2) Because the clauses entitled "Allowable Cost and Payment" (FAR 52.216-7) and "Fixed Fee" (FAR 52.216-8) are incorporated into this Contract, the terms and conditions of these clauses apply after total payments of fixed fee reach eighty-five percent (85%) of the total fixed fee.

(d) Separate Fixed Fee Ceiling Applicable to Grants Under Contracts (GUCs).

(1) In no event may the amount of fixed fee (if any) applicable to GUCs in any individual task order exceed _____ [TBD at time of award] percent of the task order GUC cost.

OR

(2) If a Letter of Credit has been issued to the Contractor for GUC expenditures only, in no event may the amount of fixed fee (if any) applicable to GUCs in any individual task order exceed _____ [TBD at time of award] percent of the task order GUC cost.

B.6 UNIFORM USE OF LINE ITEMS

CLINs will be established based on the requirements in each respective Task Order.

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B.7 INDIRECT RATES

Pending establishment of revised provisional or final indirect cost rates, allowable indirect costs must be reimbursed on the basis of the following negotiated provisional or predetermined rates and the appropriate bases for prime contractors and their major subcontractors.

Contractor Fringe Rate % Overhead Rate %

G&A Rate %

PRIME (Insert Name) Base of Application Source: (insert) Period: (insert)

NOTE: Insert additional indirect rates as needed for all primes. Subcontractor(s) rates will be on file with the Government and available for internal use only.

*Special Note: The indirect cost table above is the current approved indirect cost rates for the prime and major subcontractor(s).

The Contractor will make no change in its established method of classifying or allocating indirect costs that impacts this contract without the prior written approval of the Contracting Officer.

Note: Contractors are allowed to recoup indirect costs (OH, G&A, etc.) as other direct costs if it is part of the contractor’s usual accounting procedures, consistent with FAR Part 31 and the contractor's NICRA.

[END OF SECTION B]

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SECTION C - DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/STATEMENT OF WORK

C.1 PURPOSE

Honduras remains a critical partner for the United States, as it struggles to address high levels of poverty and marginalization, combat violent crime including from transnational criminal organizations, stem the tide of irregular migration, fight impunity and corruption at all levels of government, within the private sector, and in some cases, within civil society, and strives to maintain the trust and engagement of citizens, especially youth.

The U.S. Government’s (USG) investments in Honduras and the Northern Triangle region have focused on the three interrelated objectives of prosperity, security, and governance. President Biden’s recent Executive Order directs agencies to prioritize combating corruption, strengthening democratic governance, and advancing the rule of law to address the root causes of irregular migration from Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador. The USAID/Honduras Strengthening Democratic Governance (SDG) Single-Award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract will advance long-standing governance priorities in Honduras and address these as important root causes of irregular migration from Honduras. Throughout this document, the terms “IDIQ” and “Activity” will be used interchangeably to refer to Strengthening Democratic Governance, with “IDIQ” referring to the overall form and contractual particulars of the award, and “Activity” referring to the operational and conceptual content thereof.

The purpose of the SDG IDIQ is to build the systemic accountability and responsiveness of the Government of Honduras (GOH) to citizens, while also strengthening civil society, in order to increase trust, safeguard human rights, and incentivize Hondurans to remain in their country and participate in their democracy.

The constantly changing and evolving nature of governance challenges, including windows of opportunity or reform that may arise and new challenges that may emerge from events such as COVID-19 or natural disasters, requires an agile implementing mechanism in which USAID and the Activity can respond to new information and adapt programming to respond to opportunities. Therefore, the Contractor must understand and employ the systems change approach adopted as part of USAID/Honduras’ recent Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS), and apply this approach across all IDIQ Task Orders (TOs) and activities.

For USAID, systems change approach focuses on changes in the norms, behaviors, and structures that influence how the systems function and produce results. This strategic choice reinforces the shift to an integrated approach, which means more deliberate focus on bridging our activities and intended results and recognizing that the complex interdependent development challenges in Honduras require an integrated approach across Development Objectives (DO), Intermediate Results (IR), and activities to realize systemic change. In addition, the Mission is taking a facilitative approach to development, which includes increasing work with and through local actors—whether they be GOH, private sector, civil society, or communities—as co-creators and co-implementers where there is mutual interest and shared benefit.

Task Orders (TOs) under this Activity will contribute to an improved governance environment in Honduras characterized by greater effectiveness, transparency and accountability; respect for human rights;

responsiveness to public needs; and enhanced citizen participation. Achievement of this outcome will

Project Title: Strengthening Democratic Governance (SDG) Activity Solicitation #: Amendment No. 1 RFP No. 72052222R00003 strengthen Honduras’ ability to address its persistent development challenges, including lack of economic opportunities, insecurity, corruption, human rights abuses, and irregular migration, while enhancing citizen trust in democracy.

C.2 BACKGROUND

USAID Policy The Activity supports USG objectives in Honduras under the U.S. Strategy for Central America and USAID/Honduras’ most recent Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS). This Activity addresses the drivers of irregular migration and illicit trafficking by combating corruption, promoting strong institutions and government accountability, reducing impunity, increasing protection of human rights, bolstering civil society engagement, and improving fiscal management.

On February 2, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order (EO) to create a comprehensive regional framework to address the causes of irregular migration, to manage migration throughout North and Central America, and to provide safe and orderly processing of asylum seekers at the U.S. border. The EO calls for the preparation of a strategy for Addressing the Root Causes of Migration (“Root Causes Strategy”). Among other elements, it recognizes combating corruption, strengthening democratic governance, and advancing the rule of law as key components.

The Activity has also been designed to directly contribute to USAID/Honduras’ goal of “[a] more prosperous, democratic, and secure Honduras where citizens, especially youth, are inspired to stay and invest in their future.” While centered squarely on the Mission’s DO2, Democratic Governance to Meet Citizen’s Needs Enhanced to Reduce Irregular Migration, the Activity has also been designed to complement desired outcomes and results under DO1, Socio-Economic Opportunities Improved to Reduce Irregular Migration, and DO3, Justice and Security Improved to Reduce Irregular Migration. The Activity will serve as a means for USAID to facilitate longer-term, sustainable, locally-owned, and locally-driven change in Honduras by working with and through local actors and partners within the GOH, civil society, and the private sector.

In this context, SDG is intended to serve as the lynchpin for working across the governance landscape in Honduras, operating under the principle that achieving USAID’s country objectives requires both a holistic approach to building good governance capacity across the public, private, and civil society sectors, and a focus on building systemic accountability to citizens.

Focused on enhancing overall good governance in Honduras, SDG intends to integrate effectiveness, transparency, accountability, respect for human rights and citizen-responsiveness as cross-cutting technical and operational principles within the Democracy and Governance (DG) portfolio and across the Mission’s broader portfolio. The Activity will do this by enhancing the GOH’s core capacities so that it can meet its fundamental duties in public administration, public financial management, and public service delivery, while also empowering citizens to hold the government to account and demand respect for human rights and governance.

SDG will enhance and bolster the Mission’s and DG objectives and activities in local governance, effective justice, free and fair elections, citizen security, human rights protection, as well as in environment, agriculture, Project Title: Strengthening Democratic Governance (SDG) Activity Solicitation #: Amendment No. 1 RFP No. 72052222R00003 youth empowerment, workforce development, education, and economic growth, among others. While many of the Mission’s activities contain elements of transparency, accountability, and good governance, SDG will be centered on the core public administration, oversight, and accountability approaches and mechanisms that will bolster core governance.

Summary Problem Analysis Corruption remains a pervasive and systemic challenge to country development in Honduras. Data on this is evident across all main global corruption indices. In Transparency International’s 2021 Corruption Perceptions Index, a global ranking of countries and territories’ perceived degree of corruption, Honduras ranked 157 out of 180, or the 23nd worst ranking in the world. The World Justice Project’s 2021 Rule of Law Index ranks Honduras at 126 out of 139 countries in rule of law, with similarly low scores on Control of Corruption and Open Government. The 2021 TRACE Bribery Risk Matrix, which measures bribery risks across 194 countries from high (100) to low (0), ranks Honduras at 146 out of 194 countries, and officially a high-risk country for bribery (59/100), primarily due to low scores in “capacity for civil oversight.” Honduras scored 61/100 on the 2021 International Budget Partnership’s Open Budget Survey’s Transparency Score, with a score of 48/100 on budget oversight and an abysmal 17/100 on public participation in budgeting.

Perhaps not surprisingly, according to the World Bank, Honduras is among the world’s lowest quartile in rule of law, government effectiveness, and corruption control, and below the global average in regulatory quality, political stability, participation, and accountability. In 2019, Honduras ranked 91/113 globally, and six out of seven compared to Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries. In 2018/19, over 25 percent of Hondurans admitted to paying bribes in exchange for social services. The 2019 Global Competitiveness Report ranked Honduras as the 30th worst out of 141 countries, primarily due to low scores on Incidence of Corruption. This fact underscores the degree to which poor democratic governance impedes economic growth. Corruption drives crime and violence throughout the region, fuels transnational criminal organizations, including gangs and cartels, enables human rights violations to flourish, and contributes to environmental degradation. In short, the data underscores the degree to which corruption and the fundamental lack of transparency, accountability, and citizen-responsiveness is impacting the environment for democratic governance and the daily lives of citizens in Honduras. Facilitated by corruption within all branches of government and connections between political and economic elites and organized crime and local criminal groups, Honduras is now one of the most important drug trafficking operation centers between South America and Mexico.

Honduras' record on human rights protections is equally weak and adversely impacted by corruption. According to the organization Global Witness, Honduras is dubbed the deadliest country in the world to be an environmental activist.

These conditions are also central to and drive irregular migration; a crisis that impacts the United States and other countries in the region and undermines Honduras' future. As measured by apprehensions at the U.S.

southwest border, irregular migration of Hondurans to the U.S. has fluctuated since 2014, reaching a peak in 2019, with a roughly 230 percent increase in fiscal year (FY) 2019 compared to FY 2018 (DHS/CBP).

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In March 2019, the U.S. Administration paused foreign assistance to Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador until central governments demonstrated they were doing more to reduce irregular migration to the United States.

Foreign assistance has since resumed. As of May 2021, the number of Hondurans apprehended is again on the rise.

Not surprisingly, this increase in migration has been concurrent with a steady decline in democratic governance in Honduras and increased levels of corruption and human rights abuses. Between 2015 and 2019, for example, corruption as a share of Honduras’ Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has steadily increased from 10.7 to 12.5 percent (CNA & FOSDEH 2020). In GDP terms, corruption cost Honduras $2.61 billion in 2018. And the data show it is getting worse over time. Research has shown that corruption itself drives migration. In 2018, 40 percent of Hondurans polled believed there was widespread public corruption. Approximately 25 percent reported being victims of corruption within the 12 months before being surveyed, and such victims were nearly 50 percent more likely to express intentions to migrate than non-victims. Over the last decade, incidences of bribery in the country have increased dramatically. More broadly, corruption may impact Hondurans’ view of their future, or what academics call their “opportunity horizon.” This means that Hondurans may see their life prospects as limited in a context where corruption is rampant and hence seek livelihoods elsewhere.

In 2015, following public demonstrations that erupted in response to the Honduran Social Security Institute scandal involving placebo medications that ultimately led to the deaths of more than 3,000 Hondurans, the GOH invited the Organization of American States to form the Support Mission Against Corruption and Impunity in Honduras (MACCIH) to start operations in the country with a four-year, renewable mandate. Within months, MACCIH established the Specialized Unit Against Corruption and Impunity (UFECIC) within Honduras’ Public Ministry and an anti-corruption court staffed with three specially trained judges and two alternates.

Despite early successes, including support from USAID, other donors, and the majority of Hondurans, the GOH ultimately decided not to renew MACCIH’s mandate. MACCIH’s legacy advanced 13 emblematic cases and proposed substantial legal and regulatory reforms to strengthen anti-corruption and anti-impunity efforts in Honduras. The GOH has acknowledged these significant challenges within its 2018-2022 National Development Plan, which identifies eleven core priorities in building a more peaceful and democratic Honduras.

C.3 THEORY OF CHANGE

IF the GOH’s effectiveness, transparency, respect for human rights, and responsiveness in the use of public resources and delivery of public services are enhanced, IF oversight capacity to combat corruption and governance are enhanced, AND IF citizens, civil society, media, and the private sector are empowered to participate and hold the government to account, THEN the environment for democratic governance in Honduras will improve AND key drivers for migration will be diminished.

C.4 OBJECTIVE

The high-level expected outcome of this Activity is an improved governance environment in Honduras characterized by greater effectiveness, transparency, and accountability; responsiveness to public needs; and enhanced citizen participation, especially among youth. Achievement of this outcome will strengthen Honduras’

Project Title: Strengthening Democratic Governance (SDG) Activity Solicitation #: Amendment No. 1 RFP No. 72052222R00003 ability to address its persistent development challenges of lack of economic opportunities, insecurity, corruption, and irregular migration, while enhancing citizen trust in democracy.

Working at the national level, this Activity will help build an ecosystem for effective, transparent, accountable, and citizen-responsive public institutions. Under Objective 1, the Activity will work across a variety of national line ministries to bolster effective and efficient public administration and public financial management;

modernize and improve service delivery systems (including e-governance); strengthen public expenditure management in priority targeted sectors, including security, education, water, workforce development and agriculture; and enhance transparency and open governance mechanisms.

Under Objective 2, the Activity will strengthen the overall oversight and accountability of the GOH to Hondurans by bolstering internal controls to prevent corruption; strengthening the budget oversight and audit capacity of key institutions, and improving the technical capacity of key institutions such as the State Attorney’s office to detect, investigate, and respond to corruption (administrative sanctions only; criminal sanctions will be supported under other Mission programming) and safeguard human rights and governance.

Under Objective 3, the Activity will increase public awareness and participation of citizens, especially youth and other marginalized groups, in fighting corruption; deepen the technical capacity of civil society, media, and citizens to engage in open government and social accountability mechanisms; bolster citizen engagement initiatives to drive greater participation and inclusion and strengthen multi-stakeholder coalitions to drive collective action. Working alongside civil society, government institutions, and other relevant stakeholders, the Activity will facilitate and support the creation of multi-stakeholder, constructive, and peaceful dialogue and engagement spaces that prioritize advancing needed reforms that incentivize Hondurans to believe in and invest in their democratic future.

C.5 GUIDING PRINCIPLES

The following parameters will guide all aspects of Activity implementation, monitoring, learning, and evaluation. Most importantly, they will provide vision and set the tone for the Activity that will inform decision-making. This section applies to the base IDIQ as well as to subsequent task orders.

Gender and Marginalized Populations/Inclusive Development - Per ADS Chapter 205, all USAID activities are required to take into account not only the different roles of men and women, but also the relationship between and among men and women, as well as the broader institutional and social structures that support them.

The analysis must not focus only on numbers but on how interventions are likely to impact individuals differently based on their gender roles and cultural norms. The contractor must consider how and where it could implement a differential approach and track reliable gender-disaggregated data to inform more effective anti-corruption approaches. The findings of this analysis should be incorporated across proposed interventions and integrated into the Contractor’s work plans and reflected by indicators in the MEL system and plan.

USAID funds will be used to create opportunities for everyone to contribute to and benefit from development regardless of age, sex, ethnic origin, health status, family structure, sexual orientation, education, employment, income, housing, food security, safety, or any other dimensions of human diversity. LGBTQI+, people living

Project Title: Strengthening Democratic Governance (SDG) Activity Solicitation #: Amendment No. 1 RFP No. 72052222R00003 with disabilities, ethnic minorities and other marginalized groups face increased violence, economic hardship, stigmatization, and political marginalization. The exclusion of these groups from the economic, social and political spheres is a violation of these peoples’ basic human rights. The Contractor must seek to apply approaches that focus on inclusiveness, accessibility and equity.

Positive Youth Development - In response to Agency requirements and to increase the effectiveness of the Activity, the Contractor must follow Positive Youth Development principles established in the USAID Youth in Development Policy and incorporate clear and practical approaches to involve youth and address the challenges they face to accomplish the Activity’s results. The Contractor must include youth indicators to measure the Activity goals.

Systems Change - Pervasive, systemic corruption and weak, unresponsive public institutions continue to undermine democratic governance in Honduras, diminish citizens’ trust in their government, and contribute to irregular migration. The Activity will require use of a systems change approach that focuses on the constraints, opportunities, and levers to affect changes in the norms, behaviors, and structures that drive corruption and poor governance. All activities will be geared towards addressing the underlying inter-connections within the governance ecosystems - within and between public institutions, branches and levels of government, and across the public-civil society-private sector spectrum - and finding ways to scale and impact change.

Local Systems - To increase the likelihood of sustainability, the Contractor must support the local system in the contexts in which it works. Local system refers to those interconnected sets of actors, governments, civil society, the private sector, individual citizens, and others, that jointly produce a development outcome. The Activity will use the local systems perspective to facilitate adaptation, innovation, and the adoption of approaches among local actors that best fit and respond to mitigating corruption, promoting improved governance, strengthening government accountability to citizens, and addressing drivers of irregular migration.

This includes facilitating longer-term, sustainable, locally owned, and locally driven change in Honduras by working with and through local actors and partners within the GOH, civil society, and the private sector.

Therefore, assistance must align with local actors’ priorities, leverage local resources, and increase local implementation over time to sustain positive changes. This includes leveraging USAID’s convening power, building the capacity of partner governments, facilitating the replication of innovation and best practices, and (if and where appropriate), mobilizing domestic resources, among other tactics.

Adopt a Conflict-Sensitive Approach - The Do No Harm principle recognizes that aid can cause harm but can also be used to strengthen local capacities for peace in communities and countries affected by disaster and conflict. This Activity should consciously look for and seek to avoid or mitigate negative impacts on conflict dynamics within the Honduran social, political, and economic scenario. Caution should be considered when working on human rights and anti-corruption; if risks are identified, the Contractor should propose mitigation measures to possible impacts. This is in line with a Conflict-Sensitive Approach; interventions under this Activity must refer to USAID’s Conflict Assessment Framework and related documents, as well comply with any relevant mission order or action USAID/Honduras Mission enforces.

Adaptive Management - Given the breadth of democratic governance, the complexity, and the range of interventions needed, a flexible and adaptable management approach is vital. The Contractor must develop and

Project Title: Strengthening Democratic Governance (SDG) Activity Solicitation #: Amendment No. 1 RFP No. 72052222R00003 apply a management approach that thrives on change, learns from discovery, and responds to the evolving circumstances and shifting windows of opportunities, the Contractor must be able to quickly adjust its activities, reemphasize target sectors, and redefine the choice of interventions. The Contractor must be responsive to the changing political and social opportunities, build on success, and regularly pause and reflect to adjust or stop for greater effectiveness. The Contractor’s approach to adaptive management should also examine how to best take advantage of the flexibility of this mechanism to respond to targeted technical needs or other unanticipated requests as they may arise.

Flexibility and Innovation - A critical aspect of an adaptive management approach is maintaining the flexibility to expand into reform areas as opportunities arise while also clearly demonstrating to stakeholders a willingness to refuse or end assistance in areas where progress is not forthcoming. The Contractor must take past relevant experiences into consideration throughout implementation, to build on commitments or successes or to bring innovative approaches when results have not been reached.

Collaborating, Learning and Adapting - The Activity monitoring system, plan, data collection, and data analysis procedures shall enable robust and on-going review of progress towards activity and development objective outcomes to facilitate learning and adapting. The monitoring, data collection, and analysis procedures should be sufficiently robust (and innovative) to allow data and information on the achievement or progress made towards the achievement of outcomes to be used (in a timely fashion), to adjust activities whose outcomes are less than expected and capitalize on those whose outcomes meet or exceed expectations. Complexity-aware monitoring, evaluation and learning will contribute to monitoring non-linear change in evolving governance ecosystems, complementing traditional Activity performance monitoring. For any proposed training and capacity-building activities, the contractor must include procedures to systematically assess the impact and effectiveness of these interventions, including measurable evidence of pre and post assessments, at a minimum.

Capacity building efforts should be measured alongside performance impact. Activities will be sufficiently flexible to be responsive to on-going context assessments and evidenced-based learning (both local and international) to capitalize on emerging opportunities and address emerging challenges.

Results Orientation and Focus on Commitment - The Activity will focus effort and investments on achieving targeted results for an improved governance environment in Honduras characterized by greater effectiveness, transparency, and accountability; responsiveness to public needs; and enhanced citizen participation. As such, activities will be grounded in explicit theories of change and designed with a focus on expected outcomes.

Support under this Activity will be offered to government institutions, local civil society groups and private sector actors, where appropriate, that demonstrate real commitment to transparent reform processes, improved effectiveness and accountability, and authentic citizen engagement. During the Activity implementation timeframe, the supported institutions and local civil society groups must show improvement in key indicators that demonstrate this commitment. The Contractor shall evaluate commitment and improvement in outcomes to reward or incentivize high performance. This may include in-kind grants that provide resources to deepen capacity building and further improved governance. This approach is likely to be more successful if pursued collaboratively and transparently in order that local partners know what is expected of them and how this will be measured.

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Transparency and Anti-corruption - This activity must have a particular focus on anti-corruption, information disclosure, and transparency in the sectors where interventions are prioritized, especially supporting opportunities to reduce corruption in the public or private sector, promoting fair and transparent public processes and improving governance and participation. It will also support local organizations, including NGOs and the private sector, in better advocating for transparency and anti-corruption.