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This Request for Proposal (RFP) solicits offers for the Integrated Child and Youth Development (ICYD) Activity contract. The purpose of the contract is to deliver basic education and OVC services to children and youth in target districts across Uganda by strengthening young people's ability to critically engage with their environment, address health and safety needs, and increase their potential. A guiding principle is transitioning PEPFAR/OVC service delivery to Ugandan public, civil society, and private sector actors over the five-year period of performance. The contractor will be required to provide early grade reading support, address primary school retention, deliver OVC services while building local partner capacity, provide technical assistance to OVC service providers, and support transitioning services to local institutions. Offerors must propose a minimum geographic coverage and consider transition timelines. The closing date for technical proposals is January 30, 2020 and cost proposals is February 13, 2020. The contract type is cost-plus-fixed-fee and has a total estimated value of $145-155 million over five years.

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U.S. Agency for International Development US Mission Compound – South Wing 1577 Ggaba Road, Nsambya P.O. Box 7856 Kampala, Uganda

Tel: (256 - 414) 306-001 Fax: (256 - 414) 306-661 http://uganda.usaid.gov

International Address:

USAID/Uganda DOS/USAID, 2190 Kampala Place Washington DC 20521-2190 Tel: 202-216-6234

Issuance Date: December 5, 2019

Closing Date for submission of questions: December 19, 2019, Closing Time for submission of questions: 4:00 p.m. (ET) Washington, D.C.

Past performance (INFORMATION ONLY) due: January 17, 2020, 4:00 p.m. (ET) Washington, D.C.

Proposals (TECHNICAL PROPOSALS ONLY) due: January 30, 2020, Proposals (COST PROPOSALS ONLY) due: February 13, 2020, Subject: Request for Proposal (RFP) Number: 72061720R00004

Integrated Child and Youth Development Activity (ICYD Activity)

Dear Sir/Madam:

The United States Agency for International Development Mission to Uganda (USAID/Uganda) is seeking proposals from qualified organizations interested in delivering basic education and Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) services to children and youth in target districts across Uganda by strengthening young people’s ability to critically engage with their environment, address their health and safety needs, and make it more likely to reach their potential.

This procurement will be conducted under full and open competition under which any type of organization (U.S. and Non-U.S. commercial for profit firms, educational institutions, and non-profit organizations) is eligible to compete. The procedures set forth in the Federal Acquisition Regulation

(FAR) Part 15 apply.

USAID anticipates awarding a five-year Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) completion type contract, with a total estimated range of $145,000,000-$155,000,000 for the implementation of this activity, covering a total estimated period of five years. The contract period is comprised of a base period of two years and three, one-year option periods. The purpose of providing an estimated range for the contract is to help Offerors develop their proposals. Offerors will provide the lowest possible cost corresponding with their technical approach.

SOLICITATION, OFFER AND AWARD

4. TYPE OF SOLICITATION2. CONTRACT NUMBER 3. SOLICITATION NUMBER

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7. ISSUED BY CODE 8. ADDRESS OFFER TO (If other than Item 7)

ORDER UNDER DPAS (15 CFR 700)

6. REQUISITION/PURCHASE NUMBER

NOTE: In sealed bid solicitations "offer" and "offeror" mean "bid" and "bidder".

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PART IV - REPRESENTATIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS

OTHER STATEMENTS OF OFFERORS

EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD

INSTRS., CONDS., AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS

REPRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS AND

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14. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF AMENDMENTS

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by the offeror) from the date for receipt of offers specified above, to furnish any or all items upon which prices are offered at the price set opposite each item, delivered at the

NOTE: Item 12 does not apply if the solicitation includes the provisions at 52.214-16, Minimum Bid Acceptance Period.

OFFER (Must be fully completed by offeror)

IMPORTANT - Award will be made on this Form, or on Standard Form 26, or by other authorized official written notice.

28. AWARD DATE

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STANDARD FORM 33 (Rev. 9-97)

Prescribed by GSA - FAR (48 CFR) 53.214(c)

12. In compliance with the above, the undersigned agrees, if this offer is accepted within _____0_________ calendar days (60 calendar days unless a different period is inserted

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KAMPALA, UGANDA

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I - THE SCHEDULE

SECTION B - SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICE/COSTS

B.1 PURPOSE

B.2 CONTRACT TYPE

B.3 ESTIMATED COST, FIXED FEE AND OBLIGATED AMOUNT

B.4 BUDGET

B.5 INDIRECT COSTS

B.6 COST REIMBURSABLE

B.7 PAYMENT OF FIXED FEE

SECTION C – STATEMENT OF WORK

C.1 INTRODUCTION

C.2 PURPOSE

C.3 SUMMARY SCOPE

C.4 BACKGROUND

C.5. SCOPE OF WORK

C.6 BOOSTING RESULTS THROUGH EMERGING SUB-NATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

C.7 KEY PERSONNEL

C.8 GEOGRAPHIC TARGET AREA

C.9 LOCAL PARTNER(S) ENGAGEMENT AND TRANSITION

C.10 JOINT WORK PLANNING

C.11 COLLABORATING, LEARNING, AND ADAPTING (CLA)

C. 12 SUSTAINABILITY

C.13 ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE

C.14 GRANTS UNDER CONTRACT

C.15 OTHER CONSIDERATIONS

SECTION D - PACKAGING AND MARKING

D.1 752.7009 MARKING (JAN 1993)

D.2 BRANDING AND MARKING POLICY

D.3 BRANDING STRATEGY

SECTION E - INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

E.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

E.2 INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

SECTION F - DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE

F.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

F.2 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

F.3 PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

F.4 DELIVERABLES AND REQUIRED REPORTING

F.5 DELIVERY SCHEDULE FOR REPORTS AND PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES OR OUTPUTS

F.6 FIXED FEE PAYMENT SCHEDULE

F.7 PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS

F.8 KEY PERSONNEL

SECTION G - CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA

G.1 752.7003 DOCUMENTATION FOR PAYMENT (NOV 1998)

G.2 CONTRACTING OFFICE

G.3 CONTRACTING OFFICER’S REPRESENTATIVE (COR)

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G.4 TECHNICAL DIRECTIONS/RELATIONSHIP WITH USAID

G.5 PAYING OFFICE

G.6 ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA

G.7 INVOICING INSTRUCTIONS

G.8 CONTRACTOR’S PRIMARY POINT OF CONTACT

SECTION H - SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS

H.1 FOREIGN GOVERNMENT DELEGATIONS TO INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES (JAN 2002)

H.2 DEFENSE BASE ACT (DBA) INSURANCE FOR 2015-2020

H.3 AUTHORIZED GEOGRAPHIC CODE

H.4 LOGISTIC SUPPORT

H.5 CONSENT TO SUBCONTRACT

H.6 GRANTS UNDER CONTRACT

H.7 LIMITATION ON ACQUISITION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

H.8 RESTRICTIONS AGAINST DISCLOSURE (MAY 2016)

H.9 SOFTWARE LICENSE ADDENDUM (MAY 2016)

H.10 ELECTRONIC AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACCESSIBILITY (APRIL 2018)

H.11 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY APPROVAL (APRIL 2018)

H.12 MEDIA AND INFORMATION HANDLING AND PROTECTION (APRIL 2018)

H.13 PRIVACY AND SECURITY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS INCIDENT REPORTING

(APRIL 2018)

H.14 SKILLS AND CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR PRIVACY AND SECURITY STAFF (APRIL

2018) 88 H.15 SECURITY REQUIREMENTS FOR UNCLASSIFIED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (APRIL 2018) . 89

H.16 CLOUD COMPUTING (APRIL 2018)

H.17 NONEXPENDABLE PROPERTY AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES

H.18 LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS

H.19 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND MANAGEMENT

H.20 ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS SYSTEM

H.21 USAID-FINANCED THIRD-PARTY WEB SITES (AUG 2013)

H.22 SUBMISSION OF DATASETS TO THE DEVELOPMENT DATA LIBRARY (DDL) (OCT 2014)

H.23 PROHIBITION ON THE PROMOTION OR ADVOCACY OF THE LEGALIZATION OR PRACTICE OF

PROSTITUTION OR SEX TRAFFICKING (SEP 2014)

H.24 CONSCIENCE CLAUSE IMPLEMENTATION (FEB 2012)

PART II - CONTRACT CLAUSES

SECTION I - CONTRACT CLAUSES

I.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

I.2 52.203-13 CONTRACTOR CODE OF BUSINESS ETHICS AND CONDUCT (OCT 2015)

I.3 52.203-19 PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING WITH ENTITIES THAT REQUIRE CERTAIN INTERNAL

CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENTS (APR 2015)

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

I.5 FAR 52.216-24 LIMITATION OF GOVERNMENT LIABILITY (APR 1984)

I.6 FAR 52.222-35 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR VETERANS (OCT 2015)

I.7 FAR 52.222-36 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR WORKERS WITH DISABILITIES (JUL 2014)

I.8 752.242-70 PERIODIC PROGRESS REPORTS (OCT 2007)

I.9 752.225-70 SOURCE AND NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS (FEB 2012)

I.10 752.245-70 GOVERNMENT PROPERTY—USAID REPORTING REQUIREMENTS JULY 1997

I.11 AIDAR 752.7005 SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE DOCUMENTS

(SEP 2013)

PART III - LIST OF DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS AND OTHER ATTACHMENTS

SECTION J - LIST OF ATTACHMENTS INCLUDED AND REFERENCED BY LINK

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PART IV - REPRESENTATIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS

SECTION K - REPRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS AND OTHER STATEMENTS OF OFFERORS .. 125

K.1 NOTICE LISTING SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

K.2 52.204-3 TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION (OCT 1998)

K.3 52.204-8 ANNUAL REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS (OCT 2018)

K.4 52.204-20 PREDECESSOR OF OFFEROR (JUL 2016)

K.5 52.204-24 REPRESENTATION REGARDING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND VIDEO

SURVEILLANCE SERVICES OR EQUIPMENT (AUG 2019)

K.6 52.209-2 PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING WITH INVERTED DOMESTIC CORPORATIONS—

REPRESENTATION (NOV 2015)

K.7 52.209-5 CERTIFICATION REGARDING RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS (OCT 2015)

K.8 52.209-7 INFORMATION REGARDING RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS (OCT 2018)

K.9 52.209-11 REPRESENTATION BY CORPORATIONS REGARDING DELINQUENT TAX LIABILITY OR

A FELONY CONVICTION UNDER ANY FEDERAL LAW (FEB 2016)

K.10 52.209-12 CERTIFICATION REGARDING TAX MATTERS (FEB 2016)

K.11 52.209-13 VIOLATION OF ARMS CONTROL TREATIES OR AGREEMENT-CERTIFICATION (JUN

2018) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..138

K.12 52.215-6 PLACE OF PERFORMANCE (OCT 1997)

K.13 52.222-22 PREVIOUS CONTRACTS AND COMPLIANCE REPORTS (FEB 1999)

K.14 52.222-25 AFFIRMATIVE ACTION COMPLIANCE (APR 1984)

K.15 52.222-38 COMPLIANCE WITH VETERANS EMPLOYMENT REPORTING REQUIREMENTS (FEB

2016)…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..141

K.16 52.230-1 COST ACCOUNTING STANDARDS NOTICES AND CERTIFICATION (OCT 2015)

K.17 52.230-7 PROPOSAL DISCLOSURE--COST ACCOUNTING PRACTICE CHANGES (APR 2005)

K.18 INSURANCE - IMMUNITY FROM TORT LIABILITY

K.19 AGREEMENT ON OR EXCEPTIONS TO, TERMS AND CONDITIONS

K.20 DATA UNIVERSAL NUMBERING SYSTEM (DUNS) NUMBER

K.21 AUTHORIZED NEGOTIATORS

K.21 SIGNATURE

SECTION L - INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS, AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS

L.1 NOTICE LISTING SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

L.2 302.3.5.16(a)(1) CONSCIENCE CLAUSE IMPLEMENTATION (ACQUISITION) – SOLICITATION

PROVISION (FEB 2012)

L.3 52.216-1 TYPE OF CONTRACT (APR 1984)

L.4 52.233-2 SERVICE OF PROTEST (SEP 2006)

L.5 GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS

L.6 SUBMISSION/DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS

L.7 INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE TECHNICAL PROPOSAL

L.8 COST PROPOSAL INSTRUCTIONS

L.9 INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PREPARATION OF BRANDING AND MARKING PLANS

SECTION M - EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD

M.1 GENERAL INFORMATION

M.2 TECHNICAL PROPOSAL EVALUATION CRITERIA

M.3 COST PROPOSAL EVALUATION

M.4 DETERMINATION OF THE COMPETITIVE RANGE AND CONTRACT AWARD

M.5 SOURCE SELECTION

M.6 CONTRACTING WITH SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS AND DISADVANTAGED ENTERPRISES . 175

ATTACHMENTS ........................................................................................................................................................ J.1-1

ANNEXES ....................................................................................................................................................... A-1

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Acronyms

ADS Automated Directives System

AGYW Adolescent Girls and Young Women

AIDAR USAID Acquisition Regulation

AIDS Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

AMELP Activity Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Plan

ASAP Accelerating Support to Advanced Local Partners

AWP Annual Work Plan

BIP Branding Implementation Plan

BOCY Better Outcomes for Children and Youth

4Children Coordinating Comprehensive Care for Children

CBO Community Based Organization

CDC U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CDCS Country Development Cooperation Strategy

CFR Code of Federal Regulations

CLA Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting

CLIN Cost Line Item

CO Contracting Officer

COP Country Operational Plan

COR Contracting Officers’ Representative

CPFF Cost Plus Fixed Fee

CSO Civil Society Organization

DA Development Assistance

DATIM Data for Accountability, Transparency and Impact

DDL Data Development Library

DEC Development Experience Clearinghouse

DFID U.K. Department for International Development

DO Development Objective

DO2 Mission’s Demographic Drivers Project

DOD Department of Defense

DQA Data Quality Assessment

DRG Democracy, Rights, and Governance

DREAMS Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-free, Mentored and Safe

DUNS Data Universal Numbering System

EAA Evaluation, Assessment and Analysis

EG Economic Growth Office

EGR Early Grade Reading

EMMP Environmental Mitigation and Monitoring Plan

ERF Environmental Review Form

ESRS Electronic Subcontracting Reporting System

FAR Federal Acquisition Regulation

FBO Faith Based Organization

FY Fiscal Year

G2G Government-to-Government

GAO Government Accountability Office3

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GBV Gender-Based violence

GCS Geographic Coordinate System

GDL USAID/Washington’s Global Development Lab

GIS Geographic Information Systems

GOU Government of Uganda

GPE Global Partnership for Education

GUC Grants Under Contracts

HCC Host Country Counterparts (public, non-governmental and private)

HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus

HR Human Resources

HTS HIV Testing Services

IAM Integrated Agriculture Markets

ICAN Integrated Community, Agriculture, and Nutrition

ICYD Integrated Child and Youth Development

IDA Institutional Development Advisor

IDP Institutional Development Plan

IL Implementation Letter

IP Implementing Partner

IR Intermediate Result

J2SR Journey to Self-Reliance

KP Key Personnel

LARA Literacy Achievement and Retention Activity

LDPG Local Development Partners Group

LOE Level of Effort

LPIDR Local Partner Institutional Development Report

M&E Monitoring and Evaluation

MEL Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning

MER Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting

METS Makerere University Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Support

MGLSD Ministry of Gender, Labor and Social Development

MIS Management Information System

MOES Ministry of Education and Sports

MP Marking Plan

NARA National Archives and Records Administration

NGO Non-Governmental Organization

NICRA Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement

NTE Not to Exceed

NUPAS Non-US Organization Pre-Award Survey

OCA Organizational Capacity Assessments

OD Organizational Development

OGAC Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator

OMB Office of Management and Budget

OVC Orphans and Vulnerable Children

PAD Project Appraisal Document

PEPFAR President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief

PII Personally Identifiable Information

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PIRS Performance Indicator Reference Sheet

PMP Performance Management Plan

PP Priority Population

PYD Positive Youth Development

QPR Quarterly Performance Report

RF Results Framework

RFP Request for Proposal

RHITES Regional Health Integration to Enhance Services

SB Small Businesses

SD Service Delivery

SCORE Sustainable Comprehensive Responses for Vulnerable Children and their Families

SESIL Strengthening Education Systems for Improved Learning

SHRP School Health and Reading Program

SITES Strategic Information Technical Support

SOCY Sustainable Outcomes for Children and Youth

SOP Standard Operating Procedures

SOW Statement of Work

SRGBV School-Related Gender-Based violence

STIP Science, Technology, Innovation and Partnership

SSR Summary Subcontracting Report

STA Senior Technical Advisor

STTA Short Term Technical Assistance

TA Technical Assistance

TASO The AIDS Support Organization

TBD To Be Determined

TEC Technical Evaluation Committee

TOC Theory of change

UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund

UPE Universal Primary Education

USAID United States Agency for International Development

USE Universal Secondary Education

USG United States Government

VAT Value Added Tax

VSLA Village Savings and Loans Association

WASH Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

WGS World Geodetic System

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PART I - THE SCHEDULE

SECTION B - SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICE/COSTS

B.1 PURPOSE

The purpose of the Uganda Integrated Child and Youth Development (ICYD Activity) acquisition is to deliver basic education and OVC services to children and youth in target districts across Uganda by strengthening young people’s ability to critically engage with their environment, address their health and safety needs, and make it more likely to reach their potential. A guiding principle of this acquisition is the need to transition PEPFAR/OVC service delivery to Ugandan public, civil society, and private sector actors as detailed in Section C.

B.2 CONTRACT TYPE

This is a Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) completion type contract. For consideration set forth below, the Contractor must perform the tasks required in Section C (Statement of Work) and provide all deliverables and/or outputs as described in Section F and comply with all Contract requirements. The Contractor must perform the services set forth in the Contract at prices consistent with Section B of this contract.

B.3 ESTIMATED COST, FIXED FEE AND OBLIGATED AMOUNT

B.3.1 Base Contract Period (Years 1, and 2)

(a) The estimated cost for the performance of the work required hereunder, exclusive of fixed fee, if any, is $TBD. The fixed fee, if any, is $TBD. The estimated cost plus fixed fee, if any, is $TBD.

(b) Within the estimated cost-plus fixed fee (if any) specified in paragraph B.3.1 (a) above, the amount currently obligated and available for reimbursement of allowable costs incurred by the Contractor (and payment of fee, if any) for performance hereunder is

$TBD. The Contractor must not exceed the aforesaid obligated amount in accordance with the Limitation of Funds Clause, FAR 52.232.22.

(c) Funds obligated hereunder are anticipated to be sufficient through TBD.

B.3.2 Contract Option Period

(a) The estimated cost for the performance of the work for Option Year 1, exclusive of fixed fee, if any, is $TBD. The fixed fee, if any, is $TBD. The total estimated cost plus fixed

(b) The estimated cost for the performance of the work for Option Year 2, exclusive of fixed

(c) The estimated cost for the performance of the work for Option Year 3, exclusive of fixed

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(d) In the instance where a contract option period is exercised by the Government, the

Contracting Officer will add the Base Contract Period estimated cost and fixed fee, and exercised Contract Option Period(s) estimated cost and fixed fee to arrive at a grand total estimated cost and fixed fee for the contract.

B.4 BUDGET

CLIN Item Total ($)

0001 Base - Technical Assistance

Direct Costs (inclusive of subcontracts) TBD

Indirect Costs TBD

Fixed Fee (FF) TBD

Grants Under Contract (GUC)* $2,500,000

Total Estimated Cost Plus Fixed Fee: Base TBD

1001 Option Year 1 - Technical Assistance

Option Year 1 - Direct Costs (inclusive of subcontracts) TBD

Option Year 1 - Indirect Costs TBD

Option Year 1 - Fixed Fee (FF) TBD

Total Estimated Cost Plus Fixed Fee: Option Year 1 TBD

2001 Option Year 2 - Technical Assistance

Option Year 2 - Direct Costs (inclusive of subcontracts) TBD

Option Year 2 - Indirect Costs TBD

Option Year 2 - Fixed Fee (FF) TBD

Total Estimated Cost Plus Fixed Fee: Option Year 2 TBD

3001 Option Year 3 - Technical Assistance

Option Year 3 - Direct Costs (inclusive of subcontracts) TBD

Option Year 3 - Indirect Costs TBD

Option Year 3 - Fixed Fee (FF) TBD

Total Estimated Cost Plus Fixed Fee: Option Year 3 TBD

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*The amount of $2,500,000 is a lump sum exclusively reserved for GUCs. This amount does not include any relevant management or administrative expenses incurred by the Contractor.

B.5 INDIRECT COSTS

Pending establishment of revised provisional or final indirect cost rates, allowable indirect costs will be reimbursed on the basis of the following negotiated provisional or predetermined rates and the appropriate bases:

To be filled in at award

Description Rate Base Type Period

G&A 1/ 1/ 1/

Fringe 2/ 2/ 2/

3/ 3/ 3/

The Contractor is allowed to recover applicable indirect costs (i.e. overhead, G&A, etc.) on other direct costs (ODCs), if it is part of the Contractor’s usual accounting procedures, consistent with

FAR Part 31, and the Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement (NICRA).

B.6 COST REIMBURSABLE

The U.S. dollar costs allowable will be limited to reasonable, allocable and necessary costs determined in accordance with FAR 52.216-7, Allowable Cost and Payment (Aug 2018), FAR

52.216-8, Fixed Fee (June 2011), and AIDAR 752.7003, Documentation for Payment.

B.7 PAYMENT OF FIXED FEE

Payment of fixed fee will be in accordance with FAR 52.216-8 and 16.306(d)(1).

Payment of fixed fee will be in accordance with the agreed upon payment schedule.

[END OF SECTION B]

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SECTION C – STATEMENT OF WORK

C.1 INTRODUCTION

The purpose of the contract is to implement USAID/Uganda’s Integrated Child and Youth

Development activity, henceforth referred to as the ICYD Activity. The Uganda ICYD Activity acquisition is to deliver basic education and OVC services to children and youth in target districts across Uganda by strengthening young people’s ability to critically engage with their environment, address their health and safety needs, and make it more likely to reach their potential. A guiding principle of this acquisition is the need to transition PEPFAR/OVC service delivery to Ugandan public, civil society, and private sector actors.

C.2 PURPOSE

The purpose of the Integrated Child and Youth Development Activity is to address

USAID/Uganda’s development objectives relating to child wellbeing, education, and youth development. This activity shall be a flagship program administered by the Office of Education, Youth, and Child Development, the unit responsible for the Mission’s education and

PEPFAR/Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) funding streams. The Contractor shall use basic education, higher education, and PEPFAR funds1 to implement an approach that contributes to the ICYD Activity’s overarching goal:

Ugandan children and youth, especially the most vulnerable, receive the support and services necessary to lead resilient, healthy, and productive lives.

The Mission recognizes that there are multiple compelling pathways to achieving this goal and therefore expects offerors to propose creative solutions within mandatory parameters outlined in this SOW. Annex B provides the minimum geographic coverage and approach considerations that ICYD Activity must attend to. Remaining resources shall be applied creatively to best address the activity’s objectives and contribute to the goal-level outcome.

C.3 SUMMARY SCOPE

USAID/Uganda intends to award one (1) ICYD Activity contract—an integrated education and

PEPFAR/OVC award that supports Uganda on its journey to self-reliance, promotes U.S. foreign policy and development interests, and measurably improves children and youth’s attainment of healthy, productive, and secure lives. A guiding principle of this acquisition is the need to transition service delivery to Ugandan public, civil society, and private sector actors over the course of this award. In particular, OVC direct service delivery must transition to Ugandan

1 See Annex C for a breakdown of expected funding streams.

RFP Page 16 of 175 partners during the period of performance of this award and the Offeror’s approach to the local institutional capacity building should be well explained in their proposal.

The Contractor, also referred to as the ICYD Activity Prime Implementing Partner (Prime IP), must use an integrated approach to realize the following:

Objective 1: Children and youth have improved learning outcomes;

Objective 2: Children and youth are protected, safe, and healthy in their homes, communities, and learning environments;

Objective 3: Youth practice positive behaviors and make informed decisions about their lives and relationships.

These objectives are designed to be mutually reinforcing, emphasizing the relationship between improved learning outcomes and improved wellbeing. ICYD shall consist of a comprehensive approach that merges PEPFAR/OVC’s support for acute vulnerability stabilization with education’s broad protective effects.

Education and OVC assistance tools shall be integrated within the activity, while externally, ICYD shall work closely with PEPFAR clinical partners and other health, education, safety, and economic strengthening service providers supported by U.S. Government, the Government of

Uganda (GOU), civil society, and other donors. The ICYD Activity shall contend with five mandatory tasks to achieve the three stated objectives.

1. Build from recent early-grade reading (EGR) support to the Ministry of Education and

Sports (MOES) and target districts.

2. Address primary school retention through a combination of family, community and school-based interventions that address known critical drivers of school dropout.

3. Provide critical OVC services directly for up two years while building the capacity of local partners to transition to prime awards with USAID/Uganda.

4. Provide technical assistance and coordination to OVC service providers in service delivery districts.

5. Deliver effective technical assistance and support to MGLSD, MOES and other public/private institutions and organizations to progressively transition OVC service delivery and education improvement from donor support.

Embedded within each of these five mandatory tasks are the principles of the USAID Policy

Framework2, specifically the Vision for the Journey to Self-Reliance. This Vision requires the

ICYD contractor to be responsive to issues of national commitment and capacity. For the ICYD

Activity, all tasks proposed must consider the cross-cutting principles of:

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1. Family and community engagement increased;

2. Public and private institutional and organizational performance improved; and,

3. Institutional commitment increased.

C.4 BACKGROUND

C.4.1 COUNTRY CONTEXT

Children and youth make up more than 75 percent of Uganda’s population. The median Ugandan citizen is symbolically represented as a 14-year-old girl3. The 14-year-old girl is subject to multiple levels of vulnerability, including social isolation, economic insecurity, gender-based violence, forced marriage, and HIV-infection. Her situation is influenced heavily by her relationships with her parents, family, and caregivers; her community; boys and men; her teachers; as well as by larger social forces that perpetuate exploitation, poor health and safety outcomes, and diminished economic opportunity.

Problem Statement: Ugandan children and youth, particularly vulnerable populations and girls, face significant barriers to acquiring the skills and assets needed to lead healthy and productive lives and to be resilient in the face of shocks and stressors. Government systems and local institutions have underdeveloped capabilities and commitment to deliver basic education and social protection services. This leads to failures in meeting minimum standards and puts young people’s long-term future at risk. As a result, Ugandan families and communities carry a high burden in ensuring the wellbeing, safety and education of children and youth. The Mission’s approach to integrated development programming in support of the 14-year-old girl is described in its 2016-2021 Strategy4, which also contains a more detailed discussion of the Mission’s view of the Ugandan development context.

ICYD shall work closely with the Government of Uganda (GOU). USAID has long-standing partnerships with the Ministry of Education and Sports (MOES) and Ministry of Gender, Labor and Social Development (MGLSD) to improve early-grade reading, improve learner retention rates in school, reduce instances of gender-based violence and child endangerment, and strengthen child protection systems and service delivery. ICYD must build from these partnerships, at a minimum, as described in Section C.5.2.

C.4.2 OBJECTIVES IN CONTEXT

Children and youth have improved learning outcomes

3 When the current Mission strategy was developed in 2016, the median age of a Ugandan citizen was 14 and there continue to be marginally more women in the population as a whole with respect to men.

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Since 2012, the Mission has partnered with the MOES to improve learning outcomes through an intensive focus on early grade reading. ICYD must build on the successes, challenges, and partnerships fostered through USAID’s School Health and Reading Program (SHRP) and

Literacy Achievement and Retention Activity (LARA), ending in 2019 and 2021, respectively.

Both SHRP and LARA have used basic education and PEPFAR/OVC funds to support foundational skills development, specifically early grade reading, in conjunction with curricula fostering greater health-seeking behaviors and reductions in violence in schools and communities. (See Annex D for a brief summary of publicly available SHRP and LARA programmatic evaluation reports.)

Over the course of SHRP and LARA implementation, Uganda has seen steady, but slow, national improvement in basic literacy achievement in early primary school. ICYD must situate

USAID’s contribution to national progress within existing GOU and other donor initiatives.

While literacy shall remain as USAID’s primary measure of learning outcomes, given the higher-level objectives expected of this contract, additional education-related outcomes are important to improve learning, retention, and future wellbeing of youth. The pairing of education and

PEPFAR/OVC programming is a response to the Mission’s observation that the slow rate of improved literacy attainment is explained by a complex nexus of home, community, and school-related factors. ICYD must grapple with this complexity.

Children and youth are protected, safe, and healthy in their homes, communities, and learning environments

PEPFAR/OVC support to the community and household is meant to strengthen critical services that reduce or respond to issues of HIV-infection, abuse, and household economic vulnerabilities. Education retention is a recognized correlate with reduced vulnerability and better HIV-related outcomes, especially for adolescent girls and young women.

The ICYD Activity shall build on the Mission’s investments with the MGLSD to strengthen child protection systems. The ICYD Activity shall also support the GOU as it develops social service and case management institutions that can sustainably contribute to a reduction in child-related violence cases and link vulnerable families to critical social services. Current systems strengthening assistance to the MGLSD is implemented through the Coordinating

Comprehensive Care for Children (4Children) activity, while the bulk of USAID’s

PEPFAR/OVC service delivery support is carried out through the Better Outcomes for Children and Youth (BOCY) and Sustainable Outcomes for Children and Youth (SOCY) activities. ICYD must combine both regulatory and service delivery support in order to prepare the child protection sector for an environment of reduced PEPFAR funding—an expected eventuality as

Uganda approaches HIV epidemic control.

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The ICYD Activity must also build from the Mission’s work in the area of preventing and responding to school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV). The Mission recognizes this area of programming as critical to addressing learning space and community abuse, violence, and intimidation factors that contribute to poor attendance and retention rates in school. USAID, through LARA, has developed the Journeys HIV and violence prevention curriculum that is endorsed by the GOU. The ICYD Activity shall continue support for Journeys and provide implementation and technical assistance support to MOES as it takes over the responsibility of administering the modules in schools and communities.

Youth practice positive behaviors and make informed decisions about their lives and relationships

The ICYD Activity must strengthen young people’s ability to critically engage with their environment, address their health and safety needs, and make it more likely that they reach their full potential. ICYD shall strategically combine learning from the Mission’s current and prior activities described above with innovative approaches so that youth receive comprehensive programming tailored to build their skills, assets and competencies and foster healthy relationships that support them in reaching their potential. The ICYD Activity must include creative interventions that address the limited opportunities and vulnerabilities of out-of-school children in specific localities. Targeted interventions, on need and locality basis, shall be required to enhance the soft skills and spur the entrepreneurial disposition of out-of-school youth to enable them to contribute as productive members of their respective communities. The ICYD

Activity shall apply approaches from the PEPFAR DREAMS (Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-free, Mentored, and Safe) initiative to address the unique challenges that adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) face. Positive Youth Development (PYD) concepts must also be included in ICYD Activity’s implementation approach.

C.4.3 RELATIONSHIP TO CDCS AND OTHER US GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS

The ICYD activity is responsive to USAID/Uganda’s 2016-2021 Country Development

Cooperation Strategy (CDCS). Key themes such as the Mission’s guiding principles, a focus on the integration of technical sectors, lasting partnerships with Ugandan institutions, and local ownership and transition to Ugandan-led development must be a part of the activity. The ICYD

Activity must be the flagship activity within the Mission’s Demographic Drivers Project (DO2), which is a grouping of education; family health; water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH);

economic opportunity; and child protection interventions that seek structural and institutional change leading to healthier, better educated, and more resilient families and communities. It supports the human development factors that make structural economic transformation possible, leading to lower dependency ratios, increased savings and social safety nets, and the potential to enjoy a demographic dividend. The ICYD Activity shall work collaboratively, and in a

RFP Page 20 of 175 coordinated manner, with other USAID activities falling under DO2 and across the CDCS.

At present, USAID, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Department of Defense (DOD), are the three agencies responsible for PEPFAR/OVC service delivery in

Uganda. Gradually, from 2020 to 2023, the full PEPFAR/Uganda OVC portfolio shall transition to USAID. The ICYD Activity contractor is expected to work closely with CDC, DOD, and their partners to ensure a smooth transition of responsibilities, especially with respect to beneficiary care. Strong linkages to PEPFAR clinical partners, supported through CDC, DOD, and USAID, are also a critical element of successful OVC programming.

C.4.4 OTHER DONOR PROGRAMS

USAID’s support to Uganda is firmly anchored in partnership with other bilateral and multilateral donors working in the education and child protection sectors. The Education

Development Partners group is a useful platform to coordinate programming and present a shared development partner perspective to relevant GOU Institutions. At a minimum, responses to this Solicitation should take into account linkages between the UK Department for

International Development (DFID) Strengthening Education Systems for Improved Learning

(SESIL) program and the Global Partnership for Education’s work in supporting MOES’ implementation of the early grade reading approach in approximately 30 districts. Understanding the landscape of broader sectoral support by donors is a necessary precondition of a strong proposal. Likewise, UNICEF, the World Bank, and several European, Japanese, and Korean institutions are active in the household economic strengthening and child protection sectors, each of which offer ample opportunities for partnership.

The ICYD Activity must ensure that its support does not duplicate other donor efforts. Areas of natural and deliberate intersection with other donor programs should be carefully designed to complement rather than duplicate efforts in order to advance the stated goals of the ICYD activity.

C.5 SCOPE OF WORK

C.5.1 Objectives

The Mission recognizes that challenges facing children and youth are multifaceted and require intentionally integrated programming in partnership with local institutions, as detailed below.

Annex B lists all of Uganda’s current districts, defines the six OVC service delivery zones, and provides detail on required minimum geographic coverage for EGR and OVC service delivery.

Annex B is a minimum expectation and can be expanded in respondent proposals within the available resources and the proposed approach.

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Annex G provides required and illustrative indicators linked to each of the ICYD Activity objectives and relevant tasks.

Contract Objectives:

● Children and youth have improved learning outcomes

● Children and youth are protected, safe, and healthy in their homes, communities, and learning environments

● Youth practice positive behaviors and make informed decisions about their lives and relationships

C.5.2 Tasks

C.5.2.1 Task 1: Build from recent EGR support to MOES and target districts.

USAID/Uganda has invested heavily in Uganda’s steady gains in early grade reading. Yet overall progress is held back due to persistent poverty; violence in schools, homes, and communities; absenteeism from learners and teachers; and low standards for teacher training, deployment, professional development, and mentorship among other explanatory and interlinking factors. Successful implementation must leverage global, regional, and/or in-country expertise on improving EGR at scale and shall apply an approach that builds from Uganda’s recent success and addresses the constraints to foster EGR progress, especially for the high proportion of learners who continue to struggle in achieving basic literacy.

Expected Results:

● Increased percentage of learners in ICYD-supported schools who attain minimum grade-level proficiency in reading at the end of grade 2

● Decreased percentage of learners in ICYD-supported schools who are unable to read a single word in local language in grade 2

● Increase percentage of learners in ICYD-supported schools who can read at least 60 words per minute in English at the end of grade 4

C.5.2.2 Task 2: Address primary school retention through a combination of family, community and school-based interventions that address known critical drivers of school dropout.

ICYD Activity interventions must build from ongoing efforts to create safer and more positive learning environments in schools in the activity’s operating districts. This must include implementing the Journeys HIV and violence prevention curriculum in schools and supporting interventions to reinforce positive learning environments. At present, the Journeys curriculum is

RFP Page 22 of 175 provided in a subset of EGR supported districts as well as in selected non-overlapping OVC service delivery districts. The Mission is currently conducting an impact evaluation of the

Journeys intervention. The ICYD Activity must be responsive to the findings of this evaluation and consider the results as part of its Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) and adaptive management planning. Results are expected in early 2021.5

The ICYD Activity shall at minimum support school retention through education subsidies and economic strengthening interventions by using OVC funds for enrolled OVC households. The activity must continue to strengthen referral systems that link schools to health and social welfare services, networks for abuse survivors, and justice system services when applicable. The activity shall facilitate community engagement with schools and must sensitize caregivers to the importance of school attendance, retention and completion.

● Increased primary school retention rates in ICYD service delivery zones

● Increased primary to secondary school transition rates within OVC enrolled households

● Increased number of ICYD-supported schools implementing safe school programs and maintaining school-safety standards

C.5.2.3 Task 3: Provide critical OVC services directly for up to two years while building the capacity of local partners to transition to prime awards with USAID/Uganda.

For the first two years of this award, the ICYD Activity shall provide PEPFAR/OVC services according to current guidance from PEPFAR and USAID/Uganda, noting that PEPFAR guidance and targets are adjusted annually. These services must be structured as a contribution to reaching and maintaining HIV-epidemic control in Uganda. In Uganda, increasingly more

PEPFAR/Uganda programming is focused on targets responding to the specific needs of adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) due to their disproportionate vulnerability to contracting HIV.

The ICYD Activity must apply a range of interventions supported by OVC guidance including:

HIV and GBV prevention and response for 10-17 year olds; linkages and coordination with clinical services (in line with an approved screening tool and PEPFAR guidance); school-fee subsidies; economic strengthening that leads to families graduating from the program; and stabilizing acute vulnerabilities to HIV infection or poor treatment adherence. Delivery of these services must be driven by a case management approach for enrolled beneficiaries. Case management shall track progress against a case plan to move families in the program toward

5 USAID/Uganda has focused its evaluation portfolio on rigorously testing the impact of its EGR, GBV, and OVC programming.

Publicly available reports related to current programming are listed in Annex D. Final analysis shall be available upon the schedule listed in Annex D.

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PEPFAR/OVC graduation benchmarks. Data related to the tracking of these services must be integrated into a case management information system so that the activity is able to keep track and learn from service delivery and outcome patterns.

USAID/Uganda has also structured the ICYD activity to address the target requirements set by the U.S. Department of State’s Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator (OGAC) for local partner transition of obligated PEPFAR funding (see Section C.9 for information regarding local partners). The Mission has divided Uganda into six OVC service delivery zones (see Annex A, Map A3). The Southwest and East Central zone shall be awarded to local partners concurrently with ICYD. In the remaining four zones, the ICYD activity shall be the main service delivery provider for up to two years.

During the first two years, the ICYD Activity contractor shall provide capacity building and technical assistance to its local partner sub-award(s), preparing them for a potential transition to their own prime award (see Annex B - Timeline Considerations for a General Schedule of ICYD direct service delivery activities and anticipated timeline for the transition of local partners to prime awards, independent of the ICYD Activity, but with collaboration and implementation coordination expectations). Building the administrative and technical capacity of local service partners is critical to the long-term success of a sustainable social protection system in Uganda.

Therefore, the Mission shall work closely with the ICYD Activity contractor in identifying capacity gaps and applying resources to support these organizations to independently operate and lead their own consortiums. For these local firms, the ICYD Activity contractor must be the lead service provider for organizational development and technical/service delivery capacity building.

The ICYD activity contractor shall work closely with other financial and administrative capacity building partners6 to support local members within the ICYD Activity implementing partner consortium to succeed as independent award holders after transition.

For the Southwest and East Central zone that shall already be administered by a local partner, the

ICYD activity contractor shall provide ongoing technical assistance so that the entire

PEPFAR/OVC portfolio is able to aggregate results, adapt to new findings, and ensure quality services are delivered.

Expected results:

● Reduced economic vulnerability of OVC households

● Increased percentage of HIV-positive OVC beneficiaries with suppressed viral load

● Targeted number of OVC households in ICYD service delivery zones that graduate according to PEPFAR criteria and maintain their reduced vulnerability status

6 Financial and administrative capacity building includes Organizational Capacity Assessments (OCA), financial and HR system development, readiness for passing the Non-U.S. Organization Pre-award Survey (NUPAS), and ability to comply with USAID regulations.

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● Up to four (4) local OVC service delivery partners satisfy technical capacity requirements for direct USAID awards

C.5.2.4 Task 4: Provide technical assistance and coordination to OVC service providers in service delivery districts.

At the start of the Activity, the contractor shall be responsible for OVC service provision in four of the six geographic zones illustrated in Figure A3 (Annex A); the Southwest and East Central zones shall be covered under separate award(s). For the remaining four zones, after two years of capacity building support, ICYD must transition members of its consortium to independent awards that shall take over the direct responsibility of OVC service provision. After transition, in years three to five of this Contract, ICYD shall continue to provide technical coordination support across the OVC activities (across all six zones). This coordination shall ensure a harmonized approach, technical excellence and alignment with the GOU and USAID OVC strategy.

Throughout the entire period of performance, the ICYD activity contractor must maintain a close relationship with all USAID/Uganda’s OVC service delivery implementing partners in all service delivery zones. This means that in Year One, ICYD shall have a large OVC service delivery responsibility; however, by Year Five, the nature of this role must have changed to technical assistance, coordination, and quality monitoring across all PEPFAR/OVC service delivery partners. See Annex B for timeline considerations.

The various interventions of all OVC service providers need to be based on current evidence and be responsive to changes in the HIV epidemic. Robust linkages and coordination between community programs and clinical services for HIV-infected and HIV-affected children must be guaranteed according to existing or future PEPFAR guidance. Supporting all USAID/Uganda’s

OVC implementing partners to use a case management system aligned to the national OVC MIS is critical.

Over the whole period of performance, the activity must assist local partners in performance monitoring and reporting in line with the PEPFAR Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting

(MER) Guidance, national reporting requirements and PEPFAR/Uganda custom indicators.

Implementation of the ICYD Activity shall be characterized by data-driven learning and adaptation, the continuous identification, diagnosis and successful resolution of implementation challenges, and an overall upward trajectory on all performance indicators over time. Continuous learning, adaptation and quality improvement should apply to all technical areas and be systematized for efficient adoption of effective practices.

During the life of the Activity, all USG funded PEPFAR/OVC service provision must be

RFP Page 25 of 175 transitioned to USAID from the two other Uganda PEPFAR/OVC implementing agencies: CDC and DOD. The ICYD Activity contractor must ensure that the transition of beneficiaries between partners or sub-partners is well managed so that cases are either completed with graduation or taken up by the incoming partner. The ICYD Activity contractor shall be responsible for facilitating this transition of beneficiaries as non-USAID PEPFAR implementing partners and mechanisms end and their districts transition to USAID implementing partners, in some cases to the ICYD Activity.

● Local service delivery partners meet annual PEPFAR/OVC targets through implementation of data-driven, continuous quality improvement practices

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