RFQ__95332418Q0133_Amendment_0001.pdf

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Jacqueline H. Naranjo, Contracting Officer

08/15/2018

Solicitation Number: 95332418Q0133

Independent Evaluation in Support of the Morocco I Small Scale Fisheries Project

Question 1: Is there a contractor that fulfilled the same or similar efforts? If yes, could you please provide the incumbent Contract ID and the Contractor's name for the effort?

Response: Yes, there was an incumbent for this requirement. It was Grant Thornton LLP and the contract number was MCC-13-BPA-0052 MCC-15-CL-0001 (it was a call order against a BPA).

Question 2: Are only U.S. registered companies eligible for the contract?

Response: No, the solicitation is not restricted to U.S. companies. However, per the solicitation terms and conditions, vendors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) in order to be eligible for award.

Question 3: Is this solicitation for profit organizations only?

Response: No, this requirement is not restricted to for-profit organizations. However, per the solicitation terms and conditions, vendors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) in order to be eligible for award.

Question 4: Would MCC please clarify how long the National Institute for Fishery Research (INRH) has been collecting the survey data? Will INRH continue to collect the representative survey data during the evaluation contract period?

Response: As noted in the RFQ, the National Institute for Fishery Research (INRH) collected data on a representative sample of fishers through baseline and endline surveys. To account for seasonality, surveys took place during the year before project investments started and throughout the year following operationalization of each project site. The evaluator will have access to these datasets as well as other relevant secondary data, but will be responsible for undertaking additional data collection necessary to complete the evaluation based on the approved evaluation design.

Question 5: The RFQ indicates that we should "include one or more relevant CBA models previously completed by the team member(s) fulfilling this qualification"

(a) Must the sample CBA be an economic rate of return model, or are alternative CBA models acceptable?

(b) Can the sample CBA but submitted as an appendix, or must it be included in the 30-page limit?

Response: Alternative CBA models are acceptable. The sample CBA model can be submitted as an appendix to the Technical Quotation. In lieu of submitting the model, offerors may also submit a 1-2 page description of the CBA model.

Question 6: Under item C.3.1 of the solicitation, it is mentioned that some sites of the Small-Scale

Fisheries Project were the subject of a performance evaluation. Will the results of this evaluation be available for perusal? Also, who conducted this evaluation?

Response: The complete evaluation, including the evaluation design report, questionnaires, and final evaluation report, is available on MCC’s Evaluation Catalog:

https://data.mcc.gov/evaluations/index.php/catalog/161

Question 7: We understand that in cases where proposed team members may have “contributed to the design or implementation of the project being evaluated,” a mitigation plan would have to be provided.

Would this have to be included with the proposal?

https://data.mcc.gov/evaluations/index.php/catalog/161

Solicitation Number: 95332418Q0133

Independent Evaluation in Support of the Morocco I Small Scale Fisheries Project

Response: Yes, the mitigation plan should be included as part of the quotation.

Question 8: Is legal registration in Morocco a requirement to implement this project?

Response: No, legal registration in Morocco is not a requirement to win this award. However, per the solicitation terms and conditions, vendors must be registered in the System for Award Management

(SAM) in order to be eligible for award.

Question 9: Given the specificity of the requirements for the team and key personnel listed in the solicitation, along with the requirement to “review and elaborate” on the “potential methodologies” to conduct the evaluation included in the solicitation, we request that the proposed August 24th submission deadline be extended to September 7th, 2018.

Response: MCC hereby extends the quotation submission deadline to Wednesday, August 29, 2018 at

12:00pm Eastern Time.

In addition, as a result of this amendment, the quotation submission deadline is extended from Friday, August 24, 2018 to Wednesday, August 29, 2018 at 12:00pm Eastern Time.

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