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95332418Q0137 07/24/2018

Ayla-Rebeka Brooks 202-772-6458

08/27/2018 10:00 AM

Millennium Challenge Corporation

Contracts and Grants Management Division

1099 Fourteenth Street NW

Suite 700, Attn: Ayla-Rebeka Brooks

Washington, DC 20005

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See enclosed solicitation and all attachments for pertinent details.

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Ayla-Rebeka Brooks

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6 and conducted per the procedures of FAR Subpart 13.5, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice.

MCC seeks a Contractor to provide Data Quality Review Services in support of the Côte d’Ivoire Compact.

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Table of Contents

SECTION B – SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICE/COSTS

B.1. Price/Cost Schedule

B.2. FAR 52.216-1 -- Type of Contract (APR 1984)

B.3. Accounting and Appropriation Data

B.4. Funding Type

B.5. Limitation of Funds – Incrementally Funded Contracts

B.6. Labor Rates & Other Direct Costs (ODCs)

SECTION C – DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/STATEMENT OF WORK

C.1. Introduction

C.1.1. Background

C.1.2. Project Overview

C.1.3. Compact Activities

C.1.4. Projected Economic Benefits and Beneficiaries

C.1.5. Compact Program Logic

C.1.6. Implementation Framework and Responsibilities

C.1.6.1. Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)

C.1.6.2. MCA-Côte d’Ivoire

C.1.6.3. MCC’s Independent Evaluators

C.1.6.4. Ministry of National Education and Technical, Vocational, and Professional Training and

Secretariat for Technical and Professional Training

C.1.6.5. Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research

C.1.6.6. Ministry of Planning and Development

C.1.6.7. Ministry of Transport

C.1.6.8. Ministry of Economic Infrastructure (MIE)

C.1.6.9. External Procurement Agent (PA)

C.1.6.10. External Fiscal Agent (FA)

C.2. MCA-Côte d’Ivoire M&E Approach

C.2.1. MCC Policy for Monitoring and Evaluation of Compacts and Threshold Programs

C.2.1.1. M&E Plan

C.2.1.2. Role of Data Quality Reviews (DQRs)

C.2.1.3. M&E and Cross-Cutting Issues - Social and Gender Inclusion

C.2.2. MCA-Côte d’Ivoire Data Collection Process

C.2.2.1. Routine Administrative Data

C.2.2.2. Survey Data

C.2.2.3. Management Information System (MIS)

C.2.2.4. Other Studies Relevant to the DQR Consultancy

C.2.2.4.1. Architectural and Engineering (A&E) Firm for the Abidjan Transport Project

C.3. Scope of Work

C.3.1. Consultancy Objective

C.3.2. Criteria for Data Quality Review (DQR)

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C.3.2.1. Indicator Review Criteria

C.3.2.2. Data Quality Review Criteria

C.3.3. Period of Performance

C.3.4. Tasks

C.3.4.1. Orientation/ Kick-Off Phase

C.3.4.2. Data Quality Review Phase

C.3.4.3. Requirements and Capacity building phase

SECTION D – PACKAGING AND MARKING

D.1. Disclaimer for Deliverables

SECTION E – INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

E.1. Inspection of Reports

E.2. Quality Control Plan

SECTION F – DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE

F.1. Period of Performance

F.2. Place of Performance

F.3. Deliverables

F.4. Reporting Deliverables

F.5. Deliverable Format

F.6. Acceptance Criteria

SECTION G – CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA

G.1. MCC 52.201-70 Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) and/or Project Monitor (PM) (JULY 2012) ...35

G.2. MCC 52.232-70 Invoice Instructions (Custom)

SECTION H – SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS

H.1. MCC 52.203-70 Contractor Non-Disclosure Agreement (MAY 2017)

H.2. MCC 52.204-70 Security Requirements for Contractor Personnel (MAY 2013)

H.3. MCC 52.209-70 Organizational Conflicts of Interest: Preclusion from Implementation Contract (JULY 2012)

H.4. MCC 52.232-72 Limitation of Funds – Incrementally Funded Contracts (NOV 2006)

H.5. MCC 52.232-73 Travel Reimbursement (MAY 2017)

H.6. MCC 52.232-74 ODC Reimbursement (JAN 2007)

H.7. MCC 52.242-70 Contractor Performance Assessment Rating System (CPARS) Registration (AUG 2011) ..46

H.8. MCC 52.243-70 Increase in Services (OCT 2006)

H.9. MCC 52.245-70 Contractor Acquired MCC Government Property Overseas (JULY 2012)

H.10. Posting of Reports

H.11. Insurance Maintenance

H.12. Stakeholder Input for Data Quality Review Products

H.13. Human Subjects Protection

H.14. Personally Identifiable Information and Confidentiality

H.15. Delivered Work Product Free from 3rd Party Rights

H.16. Key Personnel

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H.17. Team & Key Personnel Qualifications

PART II – CONTRACT CLAUSES

SECTION I – CONTRACT CLAUSES

I.1. FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions — Commercial Items/Alternate I (JAN 2017)

I.2. FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive

Orders – Commercial Items (JUL 2018)

I.3. FAR 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference (FEB 1998)

PART III – LIST OF DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS AND OTHER ATTACHMENTS

SECTION J – LIST OF ATTACHMENTS AND REFERENCE DOCUMENTS

SECTION K – REPRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS AND OTHER STATEMENTS OF OFFERORS OR

RESPONDENTS

SECTION L – INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS, AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS

L.1. Inquiries/Questions Concerning the Solicitation

L.2. Exclusion of Quotes and Pre-Award Communications with Offerors

L.3. Quotation Due Date

L.4. Quotation Response

L.5. Quotation Volumes

L.6. Quotation Format

L.7. Blocked and Unacceptable Electronic File Types

L.8. Page Limits

L.9. Preparation of Volume I – Technical Quotation

L.10. Preparation of Volume II – Cost Quotation

L.11. FAR 52.214-34 Submission of Offers in the English Language (APR 1991)

L.12. FAR 52.214-35 Submission of Offers in U.S. Currency (APR 1991)

SECTION M – EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD

M.1. FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation – Commercial Items (OCT 2014)

M.2. Evaluation Factor 1 – Technical Capability

M.3. Evaluation Factor 2 – Past Performance

M.4. Evaluation Factor 3 – Price

M.5. Basis for Award

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SECTION B – SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICE/COSTS

B.1. Price/Cost Schedule

CLIN Description of Supplies/Services Qty U/I Unit

Price Amount

0001 BASE PERIOD

Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP)

Period of Performance: TBD

Estimated 6 months

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PoP End: TBD

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TOTAL ESTIMATED PRICE: _______________

B.2. FAR 52.216-1 -- Type of Contract (APR 1984)

The Government contemplates award of a firm-fixed-price (FFP) contract resulting from this solicitation.

(End of Provision)

B.3. Accounting and Appropriation Data

[RESERVED]

B.4. Funding Type

This contract will be funded, at the time of award, with no-year 609g funding. As such, funding obligated to this contract may be used during the life of the contract.

B.5. Limitation of Funds – Incrementally Funded Contracts

In accordance with clause MCC 52.232-72, “Limitation of Funds – Incrementally Funded Contracts,” funds in the amount of [TBD] have been allotted to this contract. It is contemplated that funds now obligated under this contract will cover the work to be performed until [TBD]. If the contractor considers the funds obligated under this contract to be insufficient to cover the work to be performed until the date specified herein, or another date agreed to by the parties, the contractor shall notify the contracting officer in writing and indicate the date on which it expects expended funds to approximate 75 percent of the total amount obligated. The notice shall state the estimated amount of additional funds required to continue performance through the date for which incremental funds are provided.

The Contractor shall not perform work on the contract which exceeds the total amount actually allotted by the

Government to the contract. The Government is not obligated to reimburse the Contractor for costs incurred in excess of the total amount allotted by the Government to this contract. The contractor assumes the risk for any increased costs beyond what the Government obligates.

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B.6. Labor Rates & Other Direct Costs (ODCs)

Using the template below, Offerors must include all proposed labor categories, fully-burdened hourly rates and Other

Direct Costs (ODCs) for each contract period identified in B.1.1

PRICING SUMMARY

Base TOTAL

Total Labor Hours

Total Labor Costs $ - $ -

Total ODCs $ - $ -

Total Est. Cost $ - $ -

TOTAL COST SUMMARY

Description(2) U/I Qty Rate Total

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Labor Sub-Total

ODCs(1)

ODC Sub-Total

Total Estimated Cost

NOTE (1): A job description shall be included for each labor category proposed. The job description must identify essential and non-essential tasks that are assigned to a specific position.

It must also identify reporting relationships and shall also describe required qualifications, minimum requirements, working conditions and desirable qualifications.

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1 1 Note that for the Base Period, although pricing is requested in a time-and-materials (T&M) format (to understand the breakdown), this will be a firm-fixed price (FFP) CLIN; the Contractor will be paid the agreed-upon FFP.

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SECTION C – DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/STATEMENT OF WORK

C.1. Introduction

C.1.1. Background

On November 7, 2017, the United States of America, acting through the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), signed a five-year, $525 million compact with the Government of Côte d’Ivoire (GoCI). The compact supports two priority areas for the GoCI that have posed binding constraints to economic growth and private investment in the country: (i) education and technical and vocational training and (ii) transport infrastructure and costs, especially in and around the economic capital of Abidjan.

The compact investments are composed of two projects:

I. Skills for Employability and Productivity Project ($155 million)

i. Secondary Education Activity

ii. Technical and Vocational Training Activity

II. Abidjan Transport Project ($292.3 million)

i. Transport Infrastructure Activity

ii. Transport Management and Planning Activity

More information and relevant documents, including the compact agreement, are available at: https://www.mcc.gov/where-we-work/program/cote-divoire-compact.

The GoCI created the National Committee for the Development of the Compact Program of the Millennium Challenge

Corporation (“Comité National chargé de la mise en œuvre du Programme Compact du Millennium Challenge Corporation” or CNPC-MCC) to undertake, in collaboration with MCC, the development and design of the compact investments. CNPC-

MCC served as a precursor to the Millennium Challenge Account – Côte d’Ivoire (MCA-Côte d’Ivoire), which was established by official decree by the GoCI on December 14, 2017. MCA-Côte d’Ivoire will serve as the Accountable Entity

(AE) for the implementation of the compact. MCA-Côte d’Ivoire is required under the compact to develop a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Plan, which outlines Côte d’Ivoire’s approach to monitoring, evaluating, and assessing progress towards compact objectives. The M&E Plan is expected to be approved not later than ninety (90) days after Entry into Force

(EIF) of the compact. Please refer to Annex III of the signed compact document for further details of the M&E Plan, the project logics, and a summary of existing indicators.

MCC, acting on behalf of MCA-Côte d’Ivoire, will hire a consulting firm (the “Consultant”) to provide data quality review services that will ensure the quality of the data and indicators used as part of the M&E Plan. Preliminary indicators in the draft M&E Plan may be subject to change based on the recommendations of the Data Quality Review (DQR).

The Consultant’s overarching role as a Data Quality Reviewer is to provide a thorough review/ audit of all of the data, data sources, data sets, and indicators (goal, outcome, output and process milestones) that will be used to monitor and evaluate the compact activities (detailed below).

The Consultant shall work in close consultation with MCA-Côte d’Ivoire, all Implementing Entities (IE) that will sign an

Implementing Entity Agreement (IEA) with MCA-Côte d’Ivoire, and other entities as agreed with MCC and MCA-Côte d’Ivoire. Specifically, the Consultant shall closely work with MCC and its Independent Evaluators, MCA-Côte d’Ivoire, and likely IEs, including Ministry of National Education and Technical, Vocational, and Professional Training and the https://www.mcc.gov/where-we-work/program/cote-divoire-compact https://www.mcc.gov/where-we-work/program/cote-divoire-compact

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Secretariat for Technical and Professional Training, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Ministry of

Planning and Development, Ministry of Transport, and Ministry of Economic Infrastructure.

The IEs listed here and in more detail in sections C.1.6.4 through C.1.6.8 are non-exhaustive and will be subject to change throughout the course of the this assignment. IEs will provide data, directly or indirectly, in support of the Côte d’Ivoire

M&E Plan, and the Consultant will interact with them frequently during the course of this assignment.

C.1.2. Project Overview

The objectives of the Skills for Employability and Productivity Project (Skills Project) are (i) to increase the number of years of education received and improve the acquisition of quality, in-demand basic skills, including reading, math, and soft skills, for lower secondary students; and (ii) to improve the acquisition of quality, in-demand technical skills and increase job placement rates among graduates of compact-supported technical and vocational education and training (TVET) centers.

The objective of the Abidjan Transport Project is to reduce vehicle operating costs and travel times along targeted road segments, while improving overall pedestrian and vehicle mobility and safety. The Abidjan Transport Project comprises two activities, designed to improve efficiency in the transport of people and goods, increase the integration between transport systems, and improve road safety and pavement surface conditions in Abidjan along the major transport arteries. A fundamental component of this project is that by compact-end, the GoCI’s transport-related agencies will have been trained in and provided the knowledge and experience to maintain, rehabilitate, and improve Côte d’Ivoire’s existing road network utilizing skills and training enabled under the compact coupled with improved road management and safety databases and planning tools.

C.1.3. Compact Activities

The Skills Project is comprised of two activities: (i) the Secondary Education Activity and (ii) the Technical and Vocational

Education and Training Activity (TVET Activity).

The Secondary Education Activity ($111.3 million) is composed of four sub-activities, with the majority of the budget for the activity devoted to the first sub-activity:

I. New Secondary Schools for Equitable Access Sub-Activity. This sub-activity will construct, equip, and provide support for 74-84 new lower secondary schools, or collèges de proximité, in the rural and peri-urban areas of the Gbêkê and San Pedro regions. MCC funding will also support community mobilization and participation to achieve the effective design, construction and sustainability of each school.

II. Improving and Expanding Teacher Training Sub-Activity. This sub-activity seeks to expand the capacity of the education sector to provide pre-service secondary-school teacher training, improve the quality of pre-service training for secondary school teachers in Côte d’Ivoire, and improve the Ministry of National

Education’s ability to provide supervision for secondary school teachers. MCC funding will support the construction and equipping of two Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS) pre-service teacher training satellite campuses – one each in Gbêkê and San Pedro. In addition, the compact will support the review and redesign of the pre-service teacher training curriculum and will provide technical assistance to design and field-test a new teacher-supervision program.

III. Gender in Education Policy and Institutional Strengthening Sub-Activity. This sub-activity seeks to reduce or mitigate gender disparities in the Ivorian education system as a means to address the associated implications of such on the economic opportunities for women in Côte d’Ivoire. MCC Funding will be used to develop, institutionalize, and operationalize a national gender policy for Côte d’Ivoire’s national educational system.

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IV. Management Systems for Decision-Making Sub-Activity. This sub-activity aims to improve the collection, management, analysis and use of information relevant to the education sector in Côte d’Ivoire. MCC funding will support investments in hardware, software and technical assistance at the Ministry of National Education to develop and implement an integrated education management information system. The compact will also support the development and implementation of national assessments as well as support the participation of

Côte d’Ivoire in international testing programs.

The TVET Activity ($35 million) is composed of two sub-activity:

I. New Model for Private Sector-Led TVET Sub-Activity. The sub-activity will introduce and test a new model of “Partnerships for Skills Development” (“Partenariat pour le Développement des Compétences” or “PDC”) to provide training through direct partnerships with the private sector. A target number of three to four PDC centers will be established under the compact, with the final number to be informed by demonstrated demand for PDC centers by the private sector. To become eligible for MCC funding, each proposed grant for a PDC will undergo a cost-benefit analysis, and must meet MCC’s investment criteria. One PDC center for the construction and public works (BTP) sector has been prequalified, but will not benefit from MCC funding until the BTP PDC center has undergone a cost-benefit analysis and has been determined to meet MCC’s investment criteria.

II. TVET Quality Management and Accountability Sub-Activity. This sub-activity will create primary tools for quality management and accountability to support the creation of an enabling environment for a long-term reorientation of the TVET system towards results-based management. MCC funding will support: (i) technical assistance and necessary equipment to develop and institutionalize a permanent tracer study system and (ii) the development of a national accreditation system for TVET centers.

The Abidjan Transport Project is comprised of two activities: (i) the Transport Infrastructure Activity; and (ii) Transport

Management and Planning Activity.

The Transport Infrastructure Activity ($238.7 million) will focus on the rehabilitation of up to 32 kilometers of critical roadway and adjoining infrastructure in the central corridor of Abidjan to improve overall travel times, improve traffic movement, improve road safety, and integrate multi-modal planning, with the goal of reducing household transport costs and increase revenue for businesses. For more information on the planned transport infrastructure works, please see Annex

I-15 of the compact agreement.

The Transport Management and Planning Activity ($53.6 million) will focus on building the technical and managerial capacity of the GoCI’s road-transport related agencies through improved educational know-how and infrastructure asset-management techniques, which integrate the engineering, economics, environmental, and social elements and activities related to road design, preservation and maintenance. The activity is composed of four sub-activities:

I. Infrastructure Graduate Education Sub-Activity. The sub-activity will support the creation, development and institutionalization of a graduate education program in infrastructure asset management. The compact will provide funding for the administrative and institutional formation and training for the program, development of the curriculum and training materials, purchase of information technology equipment, development and administration of technology based courses, and initial program costs.

II. Abidjan Road and Safety Prioritization Sub-Activity. The sub-activity is composed of three separate but complementary programs designed to develop and strengthen the institutional knowledge, know-how and management of Abidjan’s transport infrastructure. This sub-activity builds on the Infrastructure Graduate

Program by providing opportunities to apply in a practical setting skills and knowledge gained from the education program. The sub-activity targets three discrete areas of infrastructure asset management: (i) asset database; (ii) road safety; and (iii) maintenance.

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III. Road Maintenance Fund Sub-Activity. Under this sub-activity, during compact implementation, the GoCI and MCC agree to coordinate the planning for and reallocation for roads maintenance of MCC funding reserved as contingency funding under the Abidjan Transport Project. This reallocation of MCC funding will be disbursed on a 1:1 basis for each additional dollar of GoCI funding contributed for roads maintenance.

IV. Truck Parking and Logistics Center Sub-Activity. The sub-activity will support transaction advisory services for the development of a truck parking and logistics center (TPLC) as a public-private partnership

(PPP).

C.1.4. Projected Economic Benefits and Beneficiaries

Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) is completed to calculate an economic rate of return (ERR) and determine the cost effectiveness of MCC investments. A threshold of 10% is typically used to inform investment decisions.

Skills for Employability and Productivity Project

The table below provides a summary of the estimated ERRs for the project, and the text following the table provides a brief description of the key benefit streams and beneficiaries for each of the calculated ERRs. For a more complete discussion of the CBA completed at compact signing, please see Annex III of the compact agreement.

Table 1: Summary of Estimated ERRs for the Skills Project

Project/Activity Estimated ERR

Skill for Employability and Productivity Project 10.6%

Secondary Activity 11.5%

New Secondary Schools for Equitable Access Sub-Activity 11.6%

Improving and Expanding Teacher Training Sub-Activity 21.6%

Gender in Education Policy and Institutional Strengthening Sub-

Activity No ERR Calculated*

Management Systems for Decision-Making Sub-Activity No ERR Calculated*

TVET Activity 6.8%**

* No ERR was calculated for these sub-activities either due to limited data available, the early stage of Project design, or the intervention does not lend itself to this type of analysis.

2 Projected economic benefits and beneficiaries are calculated in accordance with MCC’s Guidelines for Economic and Beneficiary

Analysis.

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** This ERR is based on preliminary analysis using limited available data; all PDC centers should have an ERR at or above

10% before MCC will approve an investment.

The CBA model for the Equitable Access Sub-Activity is based on the project logic that constructing new lower secondary schools will increase access to education in two regions of the country, Gbêkê and San Pedro, leading to improved transition rates from primary to secondary school, and ultimately more years of schooling, which will result in higher lifetime incomes for the students of these schools.

The CBA model for the Teacher Training Sub-Activity posits that the investment will produce higher quality teachers at the lower secondary level by improving pre-service teacher training, such that it is more closely aligned with the school curriculum and focuses more on key pedagogical and practical training to prepare teachers for the job. Additionally, the creation of two satellite campuses in Gbêkê and San Pedro will increase the flow of higher quality teachers into the education system.

The CBA model for the TVET Activity is based on the hypothesis that the new TVET PDC model would be more responsive to private sector needs by providing skills that are in demand, leading to increased job placement rates and lifetime earnings for the graduates of MCC-supported TVET centers.

The Skills Project, after adjusting for any potential double counting, is expected to benefit up to 2,800,000 individuals over

20 years. The beneficiaries differ across the three main interventions. The Teacher Training Sub-Activity will produce lower secondary teachers that serve in schools nationwide, providing benefits to their students and the students’ households throughout Côte d’Ivoire. Beneficiaries of school construction under the Equitable Access Sub-Activity will be focused in only two regions (Gbêkê and San Pedro). There is likely to be a small overlap between beneficiaries for these two sub-activities, but that overlap is accounted for in the final beneficiary estimates. The TVET Activity is expected to benefit primarily those in Abidjan, with up to a quarter of graduates in San Pedro or Gbêkê.

Abidjan Transport Project

The table below provides a summary of the estimated ERRs for the project, and the text following the table provides a brief description of the key benefit streams and beneficiaries for each of the calculated ERRs. For a more complete discussion of the CBA completed at compact signing, please see Annex III of the compact agreement.

Table 2: Summary of Estimated ERRs for the Abidjan Transport Project

Estimated ERR

Abidjan Transport Project 22.6%

Transport Infrastructure Activity 22.6%

Transport Management and Planning Activity No ERR Calculated*

* No ERR was calculated for these sub-activities either due to limited data available, the early stage of Project design, or the intervention does not lend itself to this type of analysis.

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Six CBA models were produced for the transport investments under the Transport Infrastructure Activity. The ERR exceeded 20% for each investment, producing an estimated present value of benefits of nearly $562 million and an estimated net present value of $361 million USD in 2019.

The benefits of the Transport Investments were modeled using the Highway Development and Management 4 (HDM-4) software. HDM-4 estimates economic benefits by calculating the consumer surplus accruing to road users as a result of vehicle operating cost savings and time savings due to road improvements.

Vehicle operating cost savings were the primary benefit stream for each road segment. As roads deteriorate, they impose increasing wear and tear on vehicles, increasing their maintenance costs. By switching to high performance asphalt or concrete roads, the road surface deteriorates much more slowly, reducing vehicle maintenance costs over the counterfactual scenario. The time savings modeled through HDM-4 are also related to pavement deterioration. As road conditions grow worse in the counterfactual, road speeds continually decrease, adding travel time to each trip. Each transport investment improves and should extend the longevity of the road, reducing time losses.

The beneficiaries of the Abidjan Transport Project are broad-based. Benefits of the project are spread over the entire population of Abidjan, instead of targeting specific groups of beneficiaries. Due to the geographic centrality and high traffic volumes of the proposed road segments (27,000 to 85,000 vehicles per day), the entire population of Abidjan is considered beneficiaries. Given such and Abidjan’s population growth, the Abidjan Transport Project is expected to benefit nearly

8,800,000 people over 20 years. In consideration of such, close to 300,000 Abidjan-based beneficiaries under the Skills

Project are deducted from the total number of compact beneficiaries to avoid double counting.

C.1.5. Compact Program Logic

The M&E Plan has not yet been approved, so the results and indicators presented in Annex III of the compact agreement

(https://assets.mcc.gov/content/uploads/compact-cote-divoire.pdf) represent a preliminary list and are subject to change.

C.1.6. Implementation Framework and Responsibilities

C.1.6.1. Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)

MCC is a United States government corporation acting on behalf of the United States Government in the implementation of this compact. MCC, acting on behalf of MCA-Côte d’Ivoire, will hire a consulting firm to provide data quality review services that will ensure the quality of the data and indicators used as part of the M&E Plan.

C.1.6.2. MCA-Côte d’Ivoire

MCA-Côte d’Ivoire is the Government of Côte d’Ivoire’s Accountable Entity (AE) responsible to MCC for the implementation of the compact. MCA-Côte d’Ivoire will procure all goods and services under the compact, and will enter into contracts and administer all such contracts with all IEs and service providers. MCA-Côte d’Ivoire is also responsible for managing political processes, reporting quarterly and annual performance data (Indicator Tracking Table (ITT) and compact M&E indicators), implementing the M&E Plan, procuring data collection firms and managing compact-funded surveys and data collection efforts, and public relations.

C.1.6.3. MCC’s Independent Evaluators

Independent Evaluators are contractors to be hired by MCC and shall be responsible for the design and execution of all evaluations of the compact. They will oversee compact-funded surveys, methodology and sampling. They will also be a primary user of the ITT data. The DQR Consultant is expected to work with MCC and MCA-Côte d’Ivoire and the https://assets.mcc.gov/content/uploads/compact-cote-divoire.pdf

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Independent Evaluators to gain a perspective on intended use of data and indicators, to ensure that the data being collected and reported is suitable for the intended monitoring and evaluation activities.

C.1.6.4. Ministry of National Education and Technical, Vocational, and Professional Training and Secretariat for

Technical and Professional Training

The Ministry of National Education and Technical, Vocational, and Professional Training is responsible for the management and oversight of the general education system and TVET programs in Côte d’Ivoire. The Ministry of National Education and Technical, Vocational, and Professional Training delegates responsibility for TVET programs to the Secretariat for

Technical and Professional Training (“Secrétariat d’Etat chargé de l’Enseignement Technique et de la Formation

Professionnelle” or SE-ETFP). As such, the Ministry of National Education and Technical, Vocational, and Professional

Training and the SE-ETFP will be key stakeholders of the Skills Project and would be responsible for collecting data and reporting indicators for the Secondary Education Activity and the TVET Activity.

C.1.6.5. Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research

The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research operates the ENS in Abidjan and is the sole provider of pre-service secondary school teacher training in Côte d’Ivoire. The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research will be a key stakeholder of the Improving and Expanding Teacher Training Sub-Activity and would be responsible for collecting data and reporting indicators for the sub-activity.

In addition, the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research oversees the National Polytechnic Institute – Félix

Houphouët-Boigny (“Institut National Polytechnique – Félix Houphouët-Boigny” or INP-HB). INP-HB and the National

School for Statistics and Applied Economics (“Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Statistiques et Economie Appliquée” or

ENSEA) will jointly administer the Infrastructure Graduate Program and would be responsible for collecting data and reporting indicators for the sub-activity.

C.1.6.6. Ministry of Planning and Development

The Ministry of Planning and Development oversees ENSEA. As noted above, ENSEA will jointly administer the

Infrastructure Graduate Program with INP-HB and would be responsible for collecting data and reporting indicators for the sub-activity.

C.1.6.7. Ministry of Transport

Several key directorates and agencies are located within the Ministry of Transport, as detailed below. The Ministry of

Transport will provide data that inform the status of the compact investments and would also be responsible for collecting data and reporting indicators for the ATP.

The Road Safety Agency (“Office de Sécurité Routière” or OSER) will serve as an integral part of the road safety database and development, but also part of the community outreach before, during and after the works components. OSER will be instrumental with congestion, safety and coordination management during construction.

The Observatory for Traffic Fluidity (“Observatoire de la Fluidité du Transport” or OFT) is a public agency dedicated to address traffic congestion. OFT will be instrumental with congestion and coordination management during construction and will assist in the integration of smart traffic signalization, currently being performed with the AfDB, into the proposed investments.

The Directorate for Land Transport and Traffic (“La Direction Générale des Transports Terrestres et de la Circulation” or

DGTTC) is responsible for leading national policy on land transport and road and rail traffic.

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The Autonomous Port of Abidjan (“Port Autonome d’Abidjan” or PAA) is the main commercial port in Côte d’Ivoire. It is a transshipment and intermodal facility and is managed as a public industrial and commercial establishment. A number of the planned road infrastructure investments under the compact are located in or around the PAA.

C.1.6.8. Ministry of Economic Infrastructure (MIE)

Several key directorates and agencies are located within the Ministry of Economic Infrastructure, as detailed below. The

MIE will provide data that inform the status of the compact investments and would also be responsible for collecting data and reporting indicators for the ATP.

The Road Agency (“Agence de Gestion des Routes” or AGEROUTE) for Côte d’Ivoire is responsible for the technical and managerial aspects of the entire road network.

The Road Fund (“Fond d’Entretien Routier” or FER) for the Côte d’Ivoire road network is responsible for the providing oversight for the entire road network, including auditing of the technical and financial work performed by the Road Agency.

The National Materials Testing Laboratory (“Laboratoire du Bâtiment et des Travaux Publics” or LBTP) in Côte d’Ivoire will serve as the primary laboratory for the main works under the compact.

The Directorate for Road Infrastructure (“Direction Générale des Infrastructures Routières” or DGIR) is responsible for, among other, ensuring the planning, programming and implementation of investments in the national road network and overseeing all necessary maintenance.

C.1.6.9. External Procurement Agent (PA)

The Procurement Agent is a contractor hired by MCA-Côte d’Ivoire and shall be responsible for managing all the procurement activities associated with the compact.

C.1.6.10. External Fiscal Agent (FA)

The Fiscal Agent is a contractor hired by MCA-Côte d’Ivoire and shall be responsible for handling all the funds provided by MCC. The FA will provide data and information on targets for key process milestones, mainly the commitments and disbursements on key contracts.

C.2. MCA-Côte d’Ivoire M&E Approach

C.2.1. MCC Policy for Monitoring and Evaluation of Compacts and Threshold Programs

The MCC Policy for Monitoring and Evaluation of Compacts and Threshold Programs is designed to help MCC and its partner countries estimate, track and evaluate the impacts of its programs using technically rigorous, systematic, and transparent methods. It is predicated on the principles of accountability, transparency, and learning. The policy sets forth requirements for the monitoring and evaluation of MCC Compacts and Threshold Programs, including the purposes of

M&E, the types of evaluation that are required and recommended, and approaches for gathering, disseminating, and using

M&E data. Relevant components of the policy are highlighted below. The MCC Policy for Monitoring and Evaluation of

Compacts and Threshold Programs in its entirety is available on the MCC website:

https://www.mcc.gov/resources/doc/policy-for-monitoring-and-evaluation.

C.2.1.1. M&E Plan

The M&E Plan for Côte d’Ivoire must be approved no later than ninety (90) days after EIF. A summary of the M&E Plan is included in Annex III of the compact agreement. The Consultant will review the draft M&E Plan as part of this contract, https://www.mcc.gov/resources/doc/policy-for-monitoring-and-evaluation

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It is expected that the final M&E plan will include recommendations made by the Consultants, including identifying additional indicators for the M&E plan, suggesting revisions to existing indicators, and recommending means for measuring key outputs or outcomes not currently captured in the draft M&E Plan.

C.2.1.2. Role of Data Quality Reviews (DQRs)

In order to ensure that the data collected is of acceptable quality, the Consultant shall perform an independent review of indicators, data, data sets, and data sources which are included in the M&E Plan and planned to be collected for compact

M&E activities. The Consultant’s work will be for a period of approximately six (6) calendar months, from the effective start date of the contract. Based on the DQR findings and recommendations, MCA-Côte d’Ivoire and the IEs for the compact will produce action plans on how they are going to incorporate the findings.

C.2.1.3. M&E and Cross-Cutting Issues - Social and Gender Inclusion

The Côte d’Ivoire Compact has integrated social and gender assessment by ensuring compliance with the MCC Gender

Policy, MCC Gender Integration Guidelines, as well as relevant GoCI policies related to gender and social inclusion. MCA-

Côte d’Ivoire will developed a Social and Gender Integration Plan (SGIP), which will feed-off from other work plans (like the M&E Plan) and provide entry-points for social and gender integration in the compact. MCC requirements include sex-disaggregation of relevant data, as well as gender-specific indicators that are defined through the SGIP and included in all

Contractor Bidding Documents.

C.2.2. MCA-Côte d’Ivoire Data Collection Process

M&E is essential for a results-based approach to MCA-Côte d’Ivoire and compact management. It was a key component in the designing of the compact and will remain a focus throughout compact implementation and close-out. MCA-Côte d’Ivoire’s M&E Plan will serve the following functions:

(a) Explain in detail how MCC and MCA-Côte d’Ivoire will monitor each project to determine whether intended results are achieved;

(b) Provide a strategy for measuring longer term impacts over time through the evaluation design;

(c) Outline the M&E requirements that MCA-Côte d’Ivoire must meet in order to receive disbursements from MCC for the compact activities;

(d) Serve as a guide for program implementation and management, so that MCA-Côte d’Ivoire’s Board members, program implementers, beneficiaries, and other stakeholders understand the objectives and targets they are responsible for achieving, and are aware of their progress towards those objectives and targets during implementation; and

(e) Establish a process to alert MCA-Côte d’Ivoire, implementers, stakeholders and MCC to any problems in program implementation and performance, and provides the basis for making any needed program adjustments.

Transparency is a critical element of a compact’s M&E work - therefore all indicators and data collected for the compact will be cleaned and posted on the MCC website on a quarterly basis along with the most recent version of the compact M&E

Plan. Examples from other on-going compacts can be found at: https://www.mcc.gov/our-impact/m-and-e.

C.2.2.1. Routine Administrative Data

Most of data collected on a routine basis will fall under outcome and output level indicators, and some are tied to compact financial disbursements. The data will be used for regular monitoring of the compact activities and are also expected to be used for future evaluations. The IEs will be responsible for the collection of data, which will be submitted to MCA-Côte https://www.mcc.gov/our-impact/m-and-e

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The Consultant shall apply the general types of services provided under section 3.4 to validate the accuracy and make recommendations for improving the quality of data provided.

C.2.2.2. Survey Data

Survey data are typically multi-topic household surveys. Additional surveys may include enterprise surveys and additional household surveys. However, the Consultant’s assignment is limited to routine administrative data that will be collected by

MCA-Côte d’Ivoire, its contractors, and IEs.

C.2.2.3. Management Information System (MIS)

MCA-Côte d’Ivoire will develop a Management Information System (MIS) for the compact. This MIS system will be used to manage and store all fiscal, procurement, and monitoring data for the compact. It is expected that the Consultant’s work under this assignment will help verify data before it is entered into the eventual MIS.

C.2.2.4. Other Studies Relevant to the DQR Consultancy

It may be beneficial for the Consultant to liaise with other consultants hired to support the Côte d’Ivoire Compact. The

Consultant will collaborate with MCA-Côte d’Ivoire and MCC to identify relevant efforts that may begin before or during the DQR assignment. The following consultancy will likely be underway during the DQR assignment:

C.2.2.4.1. Architectural and Engineering (A&E) Firm for the Abidjan Transport Project

The A&E firm will provide: (i) a traffic mobility study for Abidjan; (ii) engineering drawings, specifications and tender documents for the four (4) primary road segments identified; (iii) environmental and social impact assessments; and (iv) all necessary resettlement action plans.

C.3. Scope of Work

C.3.1. Consultancy Objective

Each implementation unit of the MCC Program is responsible for reporting data on the indicators set out in the M&E Plan.

The goal of the DQR is to ensure the quality and accuracy of monitoring data and results reported from the compact. The objective of a DQR is to review the quality of data that will be collected for the Côte d’Ivoire M&E Plan, that is reported to the MCC website, to highlight any critical weaknesses that affect the validity of the data, and to recommend concrete and feasible actions that will improve the quality of future data gathering and reporting efforts of the Côte d’Ivoire M&E plan.

The Consultant will be required to review the compact indicators listed in the draft M&E Plan and their data, and data collection methodologies with a view to provide MCA-Côte d’Ivoire and its IEs with recommendations on how to improve the quality of data used as part of the M&E Plan management. As part of the DQR, it is expected that the Consultant will spend time at the data collection, processing and reporting sites required for the M&E Plan indicators. The Consultant may be availed a team member from MCA-Côte d’Ivoire that will accompany the Consultant’s team to all activities being proposed in their statement of work in order to ensure hands-on training and institutionalization of the data review process.

The Consultant is expected to assess the quality of the data feeding into the indicators included in the draft M&E Plan and any proposals by MCA-Côte d’Ivoire, MCC or IEs for additional indicators that occur during the contract period. As part

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The Consultants will review the existing system and processes for generating the relevant data with the view to making recommendations for ensuring that quality data are generated and transmitted on timely basis.

The Consultants will also ensure that MCA-Côte d’Ivoire and its partners are compliant with MCC’s Policy for Monitoring and Evaluation of Compacts and Threshold Programs, MCC Guidelines for Economic and Beneficiary Analysis, MCC

Guidance on Common Indicators, and MCC Gender Policy and Gender Integration Guidelines.

In addition, the Consultants will work with the MCA-Côte d’Ivoire communications team to determine which indicators are best suited for public dissemination based on their findings.

C.3.2. Criteria for Data Quality Review (DQR)

The Consultant should use the following criteria as a guide for reviewing indicators and data quality while also bringing all relevant professional expertise to the assignment and assessment.

C.3.2.1. Indicator Review Criteria

The criteria used to assess the quality of indicators should include the following:4

a. Direct: An indicator should measure as closely as possible the result it is intended to measure.

b. Unambiguous: the definition of the indicators should be operationally precise, and there should be no ambiguity about what is being measured or how to interpret the results.

c. Adequate: Taken as a group, the indicators should sufficiently measure the result in question. Developers of the M&E Plan should strive for the minimum number of indicators sufficient to measure the result.

d. Practical: an indicator is practical if data can be obtained in a timely way and at a reasonable cost.

e. Useful: indicator selected for inclusion in the M&E Plan must be useful for M&E management and oversight of the compact. Where appropriate, the Consultant should ensure that MCC Common Indicators are included in the M&E Plan to permit MCC to monitor across countries.

C.3.2.2. Data Quality Review Criteria

The Criteria to be used in assessing the quality of data used in calculating indicators shall include the following principles5:

a. Validity: Data are valid to the extent that they clearly, directly, and adequately represent the result to be measured. Measurement errors, unrepresentative sampling and simple transcription errors may adversely affect data validity. Data should be periodically tested to ensure that no error creates significant bias. Potential questions to answer are:

3 MCC’s Policy for Monitoring and Evaluation of Compacts and Threshold Programs requires that all common indicators, as defined in MCC Guidance on Common Indicators, be included in the DQR.

4 The consultant may include additional measures or modifications. Any changes proposed should be agreed to prior to implementation…