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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

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

Listing of Incorporated Purchase Requisitions

Incorporated Purchase Requisition Numbers:

DCO-PR-20-0133

Section B - Supplies or Services and Prices/Costs

Item Number Base Item Number

Supplies/Services Quantity Unit

0001 Base: CROSS CUTTING 0 Contract Type:Time and Materials

Unit Price Other Direct Costs

Extended Price

Description:

Purchase Requisitions DCO-PR-20-0133

IDC Type: Not Applicable FSC Codes: R499 SUPPORT- PROFESSIONAL: OTHER

NAICS Code: 541990 All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical S...

Supplies/Services Quantity Unit

0002 Base: INDONESIA 0 Contract Type:Time and Materials

Unit Price Other Direct Costs

Extended Price

Description:

Purchase Requisitions DCO-PR-20-0133

Supplies/Services Quantity Unit

0003 Base: KOSOVO 0 Contract Type:Time and Materials

Unit Price Other Direct Costs

Extended Price

Description:

Purchase Requisitions DCO-PR-20-0133

Supplies/Services Quantity Unit

0004 Base: LESOTHO 0 Contract Type:Time and Materials

Unit Price Other Direct Costs

Extended Price

Description:

Purchase Requisitions DCO-PR-20-0133

Supplies/Services Quantity Unit

0005 Base: TUNISIA 0

Contract Type:Time and Materials Unit Price

Other Direct Costs Extended Price

Description:

Purchase Requisitions DCO-PR-20-0133

Supplies/Services Quantity Unit

0006 Base: OTHER COUNTRIES 0 Contract Type:Time and Materials

Unit Price Other Direct Costs

Extended Price

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Purchase Requisitions DCO-PR-20-0133

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1001 OP 1: CROSS CUTTING 0

Contract Type:Time and Materials

Unit Price Other Direct Costs

Extended Price

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Purchase Requisitions

Option: 1 Option Time Date: 8/31/21 Option Time Duration: 364 Option Time Units: Days

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1002 OP 1: INDONESIA 0

Contract Type:Time and Materials

Unit Price Other Direct Costs

Extended Price

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Purchase Requisitions

Option: 1 Option Time Date: 8/31/21 Option Time Duration: 364 Option Time Units: Days

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1003 OP 1: KOSOVO 0

Contract Type:Time and Materials

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Option: 1 Option Time Date: 8/31/21 Option Time Duration: 364 Option Time Units: Days

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Contract Type:Time and Materials

Unit Price Other Direct Costs

Extended Price

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Purchase Requisitions

Option: 1 Option Time Date: 8/31/21 Option Time Duration: 364 Option Time Units: Days

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Contract Type:Time and Materials

Unit Price Other Direct Costs

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Option: 1 Option Time Date: 8/31/24 Option Time Duration: 364 Option Time Units: Days IDC Type: Not Applicable FSC Codes: R499 SUPPORT- PROFESSIONAL: OTHER

NAICS Code: 541990 All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical S...

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Supplies or Services and Prices/ Costs

SECTION B. SUPPLIES AND SERVICES, PRICE/COST

B.1 SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED

MCC requires a contractor to identify and analyze opportunities to strengthen Women's Economic Empowerment (WEE) in several compacts that are undertaking activities through supporting investments across three (3) pillars:

1. Women prospering in the workforce: workforce development, vocational education, skills training and support essential for successful, safe, and better-paid work.

2. Women succeeding as entrepreneurs: access to assets, capital, markets, networks, training, and mentorship.

3. Women enabled in the economy: Remove restrictive policy, legal, regulatory and cultural barriers and enhance protections.

The Contractor shall furnish all personnel, equipment and logistics required to provide the services in accordance with the Descriptions/ Specification in the Statement of Work and condition herein. The total price shall include labor and other direct costs to perform all required services

B.2 PRICING ARRANGEMENT/ CONTRACT TYPE

In accordance with 52.216-1 TYPE OF CONTRACT (APR 1984), the Government contemplates a single award of a Time and Material Type Contract

B.3 LABOR CATEGORIES AND PROPOSED LABOR RATES

Labor Category Base Year Rate

Option Year 1 Rate

Option

Year 2 Rate

Option

Year 3 Rate

Option Year

Rate

Women Entrepreneurship Expert

Woman Labor Market Specialist

Local Researcher

Gender Legal and Regulatory Expert

Research Assistant

Project Manager

Financial Product Development Expert

Local Gender Experts

Gender Economist

Item Information: Cross Cutting

Labor Category Base Year Hours

Option Year 1 Hours

Option

Year 2 Hours

Option

Year 3 Hours

Option Year

Hours

Women Entrepreneurship Expert

60 60 60 60 60

Woman Labor Market Specialist 60 60 60 60 60

Local Researcher 10 10 10 10 10

Gender Legal and Regulatory Expert

60 60 60 60 60

Research Assistant 25 25 25 25 25

Project Manager 10 10 10 10 10

Total hours 225 225 225 225 225

Item Information: Indonesia

Labor Category Base Year Hours

Option Year 1 Hours

Option

Year 2 Hours

Option

Year 3 Hours

Option Year

Hours

Women Entrepreneurship Expert 180 180 150 150 150

Woman Labor Market Specialist 160 160 120 120 120

Local Researcher 160 160 120 120 120

Funding Facility Expert 75 75 50 50 50

Gender Legal and Regulatory Expert 75 75 50 50 50

Research Assistant 110 110 50 50 50

Project Manager 100 100 40 40 40

Total hours 860 860 580 580 580

Item Information: Kosovo

Labor Category Base Year Hours

Option Year 1 Hours

Option

Year 2 Hours

Option

Year 3 Hours

Option Year

Hours

Women Entrepreneurship Expert 180 180 150 150 150

Woman Labor Market Specialist 160 160 120 120 120

Local Researcher 160 160 120 120 120

Gender Legal and Regulatory Expert

150 150 100 100 100

Research Assistant 110 110 50 50 50

Project Manager 100 100 40 40 40

Total hours 860 860 580 580 580

Item Information: Lesotho

Labor Category Base Year Hours

Option Year 1 Hours

Option

Year 2 Hours

Option

Year 3 Hours

Option Year 4

Hours

Women Entrepreneurship Expert 170 150 125 125 125

Woman Labor Market Specialist 100 120 125 125 125

Local Researcher 140 120 125 125 125

Gender Legal and Regulatory Expert

120 120 100 100 100

Research Assistant 60 60 60 60 60

Project Manager 60 50 40 40 40

Total hours 650 620 575 575 575

Item Information: Tunisia

Labor Category Base Year Hours

Option Year 1 Hours

Option

Year 2 Hours

Option

Year 3 Hours

Option Year 4

Hours

Women Entrepreneurship Expert

160 160 100 100 100

Woman Labor Market Specialist

150 150 100 100 100

Local Researcher 140 110 100 100 100

Gender Legal and Regulatory Expert

120 120 100 100 100

Research Assistant 40 40 40 40 40

Project Manager 40 40 40 40 40

Total hours 650 620 480 480 480

Item Information: Other Countries

Labor Category Base Year Hours

Option Year 1 Hours

Option

Year 2 Hours

Option

Year 3 Hours

Option Year

Hours

Women Entrepreneurship Expert

90 90 90 90 90

Woman Labor Market Specialist 90 90 90 90 90

Local Researcher 80 80 80 80 80

Gender Legal and Regulatory Expert

95 95 95 95 95

Research Assistant 60 60 60 60 60

Project Manager 40 40 40 40 40

Total hours 455 455 455 455 455

The Quoter may increase or decrease level of effort by labor category but shall not exceed the total estimated hours for each period and shall not re-allocate hours from one country to the other.

Labor Category Base Option Option Option Option Total

Year

LOE

Year 1

LOE

Year 2

LOE

Year 3

LOE

Year 4

LOE

Woman Entrepreneurship Expert 840 820 675 675 675 3,685

Woman Labor Market Specialist 720 720 615 615 615 3,285

Local Researcher 690 640 555 555 555 2,995

Gender Legal & Regulatory Expert 620 620 505 505 505 2,755

Research Assistant 405 395 265 265 265 1595

Project Manager 350 340 210 210 210 1,320

Funding Facility Expert 75 75 50 50 50 300

Total Hours 3,700 3,610 2,875 2,875 2,875

Total Labor of Effort (LOE) for Base Year though Option year four (4)

The ODCs total price are not to exceed estimates for base year through option year four (4). Country travel is expected for completing many of the tasks and will range 2 to 4 trips per year. Travel to MCC Headquarters in Washington, DC may be requested for in-person presentation, briefings, discussions and lessons learned.

Labor Category Base Year Option Year 1 Option Year 2 Option Year 3 Option Year 4

Cross-Cutting $6,360.00 $6,360.00 $6,360.00 $6,360.00 $6,360.00

Indonesia $46,100.00 $46,100.00 $45,100.00 $45,100.00 $45,100.00

Kosovo $31,200.00 $31,200.00 $19,900.00 $19,900.00 $19,900.00

Lesotho $33,900.00 $36,520.00 $27,800.00 $27,800.00 $27,800.00

Tunisia $32,020.00 $32,020.00 $32,020.00 $32,020.00 $32,020.00

Other Countries $19,400.00 $19,400.00 $19,400.00 $19,400.00 $19,400.00

B.1 B.1 LIMITATION OF FUNDS - INCREMENTALLY FUNDED CONTRACTS

B.1. 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 $_________ have been allotted to this contract. It is contemplated that funds now obligated under this contract will cover the work to be performed until _________. The Contractor shall not perform work on the contract which exceeds the total amount actually allotted by the Government to the contract. The Government is not obligated to reimburse the Contractor for costs incurred in excess of the total amount allotted by the Government to this contract. The contractor assumes the risk for any increased costs beyond what the Government obligates.

B.4 Other Direct Cost (ODCs)

Section C - Description/Specifications/Work Statement

Clauses incorporated by reference

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Statement of Work DUE DILIGENCE SUPPORT FOR ACTIVITIES TO STRENGTHEN WOMEN'S ECONOMIC EMPWERMENT IN MCC

COMPACT AND THRESHOLD COUNTRIES

Introduction

MCC and the MCC Gender Policy

The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is a U.S. Government corporation whose mission is to provide assistance that will support economic growth and poverty reduction in carefully selected countries that demonstrate a commitment to just and democratic governance, economic freedom, and investments in their citizenry. For more information on MCC, please visit www.mcc.gov.

MCC uses a country-led model, where MCC provides grants to partner countries for compact development and implementation, for which they have primary responsibility. MCC's role is oversight and technical support, and we work closely with our partner countries at all stages. This contract falls within this due diligence role. MCC and its country partners select the investments through an analytical process that starts with the identification of binding constraints to economic growth (Constraints Analysis). They then investigate the root causes of those constraints, and develop projects to address them. At the core of MCC's vision is the understanding that market-based economic growth, led by private investment, is critical to sustainable development. MCC-funded programs strive to improve the core market-supporting functions of its partner country governments, from delivery of infrastructure and social services to strong institutions and regulatory environments.

MCC recognizes that economic growth alone will not necessarily reduce poverty, and the poor—or groups within the poor— may not benefit from any given growth-inducing investment. Specific groups, due to inequalities that may be based on gender, ethnicity, age, geography or other characteristics and conditions of poverty, may not be able to participate in, or benefit from, projects intended to reach them—inequalities that can in turn constrain the potential of growth. At each stage of program development and implementation, MCC oversees processes designed to help partner countries identify, analyze, and address inequalities and to design projects to reach groups that may otherwise be excluded, and enhance growth processes through increasing inclusion.

MCC pays particular attention to gender inequalities, which can constrain economic growth and poverty reduction. MCC's gender policy and operational guidance require that gender will be considered in the selection of eligible countries and integrated into the development and design of Compact programs, the assessment and implementation of projects funded by the Millennium Challenge Account, the monitoring of program results, and the evaluation of program impacts. MCC's Gender Policy can be found online at https://www.mcc.gov/content/uploads/2017/05/mcc-policy-gender.pdf. MCC's Gender Milestones and Operational Procedures strengthen and concretize the requirements of the Gender Policy and contribute to the MCC's and the Country Core Team's ability to ensure gender integration. Gender is integrated throughout all MCC sectors, including energy, water and sanitation, transport, agriculture, irrigation, education, health, and nutrition. Gender and social inclusion (GSI) as a practice group works on multi-disciplinary teams with other sector experts to integrate gender and social inclusion in each stage, and with similar multi-disciplinary teams based in partner countries.

The Gender and Social Inclusion Practice Group oversees gender and social inclusion work together with MCC partner countries and in close collaboration with other MCC offices and divisions. MCC seeks ways to achieve inclusive and sustainable economic growth and poverty reduction, and to advance the U.S. government's ability to change the landscape of women's economic empowerment around the world.

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Women's economic empowerment at MCC

Women's economic empowerment (WEE), as defined here, is the focus of this Request for Proposals. MCC is committed to identifying and supporting activities around (WEE), in line with agency priorities and compact development processes. MCC's investments in WEE are premised on identifying and analyzing strengthening women's economic empowerment through supporting investments across three (3) pillars:

1. Women prospering in the workforce: workforce development, vocational education, skills training and support essential for successful, safe, and better-paid work.

2. Women succeeding as entrepreneurs: access to assets, capital, markets, networks, training, and mentorship.

3. Women enabled in the economy: Remove restrictive policy, legal, regulatory and cultural barriers and enhance protections.

Country Background

GSI requires support in several of its compacts that are undertaking activities within the three WEE pillars. These include the following:

Indonesia

Indonesia is a sprawling archipelago located between the Pacific and Indian oceans, consisting of more than 17,000 islands, 264 million people and has substantial ethnic and linguistic diversity. MCC together with Government of Indonesia conducted a constraint to growth diagnostics in 2019 and identified the following three binding constraints to economic growth: (1) barriers to export-oriented competitiveness, (2) barriers to domestic productivity and innovation, and (3) costly and underdeveloped financial intermediation.

MCC would like to support increased women's economic empowerment, by reducing constraints to their economic participation, especially in female labor force participation (FLFP) and entrepreneurship development. There is substantial gender inequity that has a negative impact on growth. Currently, FLFP is 54.3% (male 84%), and women with tertiary education have highest FLFP. About 12% of women have attained tertiary education, and 80.5% of them are in labor force, while nearly 70% of women have higher secondary, secondary and primary education, but only 52% of them are in the labor force. Lack of child and elderly care facilities/ services, social norms, inequitable educational returns, and infrastructural deficits are major barriers. In 2016, Indonesia has 57 million enterprises (MSME), out of these only 700,000 (0.01%) are small and medium sized (SMEs). MSMEs provide jobs to over 93% of the population. Women own nearly half of all micro firms and 35% of SMEs. However, there is some evidence that women's ownership among formal SMEs is declining in Indonesia. Data analyses from the 2014 national Micro and Small Manufacturing Industries Survey (IMK) revealed that women's businesses tend to be smaller, less productive and profitable, concentrated in certain sectors, and have fewer employees, and are more likely to be unregistered, informal and rely more on unpaid female workers. Women-owned MSMEs are generating 35% of the revenue on Indonesia's $8 billion e-commerce platform, compared to 15% in offline businesses. It is estimated that e-commerce will increase to $20 billion by 2022, and with strategic support, women entrepreneurs can expand their markets and opportunities.

Kosovo

The Millennium Challenge Corporation conducted a Constraint Analysis (CA) in partnership with the country of Kosovo to determine the greatest constraints to economic growth in Kosovo. The CA identified the following binding constraints to growth: unreliable supply of energy, weak rule of law and perceptions regarding weak rule of law, and poor environmental services (water, environment, and health). In addition, the CA identifies the low labor force participation of women as a cross-cutting concern impacting the ability to ensure inclusive benefits. Following an ongoing investment in a Threshold Program, MCC is currently also designing a compact for Kosovo, which will focus on alleviating the energy constraint. Currently, the following projects are under consideration: Project 1: Gas Sector Development in Kosovo; Project 2: Reserves for Power System Balancing; Project 3: Kosovo Distribution Network Improvement Project; Project 4: Policy and Skills Strengthening in the Energy Sector, with a Gender Focus.

The gender aspects of the Kosovo compact are being developed and may include, among others, components focused on women's employment opportunities in the energy sector; addressing women's under-representation in vocational training related to energy sector needs; addressing women's childcare burdens; providing incentives to energy companies to improve workplace conditions and opportunities for women; and creating positive policy incentives to strengthen women's labor force participation.

Lesotho

In the constraints analysis and root cause assessment during Lesotho's second compact development process, the Government of Lesotho and MCC identified ineffective policy planning, coordination and execution as the binding constraint to private sector-led economic growth and entrepreneurship in Lesotho. The proposed Lesotho II Compact aims to stimulate private sector growth in Lesotho by improving both the Government's supply of public goods and services and the private sector's capacity to demand transparency and accountability. Institutionalized and systemic gender discrimination, and related practices and cultural norms, further constrain growth. Many laws, institutions, and social norms In Lesotho remain discriminatory and thus limit women's economic participation and empowerment. A dual legal system of customary law and common law exists in Lesotho, with women treated differently from men under the two systems. Combined with discriminatory inheritance laws, this system has left women with highly insecure property rights, including land – their greatest potential productive resource. Despite constituting 51% of the total population, women are only 37.8% of the economically active population. The unemployment rate for women is 30% compared to 26% for men. Furthermore, social norms and economic vulnerability make both work and home an unsafe environment for women: 63% of women who have ever worked report experiencing sexual harassment in the workplace, and more than 80% of women in Lesotho report having experienced gender-based violence (GBV). This impacts their ability to work and run businesses effectively, and is a driver of HIV risk, which in turn exacerbates women's economic vulnerability. HIV prevalence is 30% for women vs. 21% for men, and the gaps are higher for young women and certain groups such as textile workers. The suite of challenges to starting and growing small and medium productive businesses in Lesotho for all Basotho are exacerbated for women, who have even less access to assets and patronage networks. The comparative status of women in Lesotho is not uniformly negative: girls have higher rates of school completion at all levels, and women have a strong presence as business owners compared to peer countries.

Among formal and informal micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), 59% are owned by women. This reflects a history of male migration to work in South African and Basotho mines, while women stayed behind and found means of generating income. Enterprises owned by women and men are overwhelmingly small and unregistered, with a low asset base. However, laws and norms combine to put women at a disadvantage compared to men with respect to entrepreneurship and business growth.

The Lesotho II compact proposes interventions to improve efficient public service delivery, and to strengthen the private sector, with a specific focus on lifting constraints on women's economic participation. MCC identified key strategic sectors with high potential to facilitate job creation, poverty reduction, and inclusive economic growth in Lesotho (agriculture, manufacturing, tourism and the creative industries). Compact development is focused on two main areas of investment: health systems strengthening and improving capital investment and planning. Under exploration are several key areas of institutional reform and capacity strengthening and building the private sector in the area of irrigated horticulture, supported by improved land rights and registration, and an impact investment fund providing finance and technical assistance. The Lesotho II compact have strong women's economic objectives built into all proposed compact activities with a focus on women's land rights, support for women and youth entrepreneurship and business growth; and training and protections for women in the workforce.

Tunisia

Tunisia was selected by the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) as eligible to develop a compact in December 2016.

MCC and the Government conducted a constraints analysis in order to identify the binding constraints to economic growth.

Three binding constraints to economic development were identified of which two were selected for further development: 1.

Market Controls of Goods and Services: High levels of state intervention and bureaucracy in goods and services markets create unreasonable regulatory requirements and compliance costs to firms, which unduly prohibit certain actors from entering and exiting, and reduce firms' competitiveness; and 2. Water Scarcity: Inadequate and variable supply of water inhibits medium and long-term private investment in interior regions and reduces the sustainability of those investments, primarily in agriculture. The MCC and GoT have working together to develop a compact around the two main sets of investments. The first, the Business Climate Modernization project, aims to improve Tunisia's business climate, with a specific focus on simplification of administrative, regulatory and trade procedures, including targeted support to increase the competitiveness of women and youth entrepreneurs, digitalization and reform of, and investment in, the transport and logistics sectors. The second, Water Demand Management and Productivity (WDMP) project, aims to alleviate water scarcity to promote increased productivity, particularly in Tunisia's interior regions.

The low labor force participation rate of women was identified as a cross-cutting concern for ensuring equity of compact investments. Various studies were carried out to support the integration of opportunities for women's employment and entrepreneurship into compact activities. As part of the business climate project, the Compact aims to support an activity titled Transforming Women-Owned Businesses in a Digital, Trade-Oriented Economy. A focus on women's employment is also being incorporated into project activities, ranging from opportunities to support women in the workforce around the planned investments in ports and logistics zones, to opportunities to strengthen female employment in the water sector, including in construction of the planned irrigated parameters, and as employees of water decision making bodies.

Additionally, several opportunities have been identified on gender-focused policy and regulatory reform.

Work in other MCC compact or threshold countries may be requested, based on need.

Cross-cutting practice group support on WEE may also be requested to support the gender and social inclusion practice group across countries.

Tasks

MCC seeks a range of services for due diligence, planning and oversight of activities designed to support women's economic empowerment in compact and threshold countries. Services may span compact development and implementation.

Firms shall support MCC in WEE-related tasks in Compacts and Threshold Programs.

In order for the firm to be able to rapidly and effectively mobilize to support MCC, this scope outlines work and expertise that is expected to be needed during the entire period of performance.

The firm shall assist MCC in reviewing , developing and/or providing support for the anticipated and indicative tasks, for each substantive area of women's economic empowerment, by country and/or any MCC eligible country.

Tunisia:

Female entrepreneurship:

• Develop the terms of reference for the implementing contractor for the Transforming Women-Owned Businesses in a Digital Trade-Oriented Economy. A design study for this activity has been completed, and the TOR will be able to significantly draw upon this work.

• Technical assistance and support for drafting and structuring possible partnerships with organizations that could become partners in the activity, including but not limited to the mentoring and access to markets components of the activity.

• Other advisory services and support for monitoring and supporting the implementation of the activity.

Women's employment

- Support activities to ensure port reform activities create employment for women, including through working with various implementing contractors and partners in country.

- Support for developing measures and approaches to incentivize female employment in construction.

- Other advice and support for structuring and implementing compact activities in a manner that maximizes employment opportunities for women.

Policy and institutional reform

- Advice, additional research, data gathering and other input into gender-focused compact policy priorities.

Kosovo

Women's employment

- Support for developing a grant facility to incentivize energy sector employers to improve women's workforce participation and experiences through preparation of a facility manual.

- Advisory support for structuring and focusing activities to address childcare service needs and provision for energy sector employees.

- Other due diligence support for ensuring skills focused aspects of the compact maximize opportunities for women.

Women's entrepreneurship

- Support for developing and assessing the implementation of opportunities to support women entrepreneurs to benefit from MCC investments in the energy sector, including gas.

Policy and institutional reform

- Support for further understanding, assessing and oversight of possible policy interventions to incentivize employers to improve opportunities for women in the workforce.

Indonesia:

MCC will support investments in 2-3 provinces (average population 10 million each).

Tasks for female entrepreneurship development

• Quick assessment of women's owned MSMEs to find out number/proportion of growth-oriented enterprises in selected districts within provinces. Identify potential for their expansion and employment/income generation, such as sectors that are labor intensive and have comparative advantage in regional and global exports.

• Identify various constraints (including access of finance) faced by growth oriented MSMEs, especially micro-and small ones that need to be addressed for increasing women's successful entrepreneurship.

• Improving access to finance by supporting development of special financial products, outreach for banks and FinTechs' for increasing financial access.

• Identify competent organizations/associations for supporting capacity building of entrepreneurs and workforce for an on-going basis, preferably using online platform.

• Improving access to finance by implementation of financial products, facilitating linkage with Fintech, e-commerce, online market access, access to business associations/networks.

• Capacity building of MSMEs in making these profitable and sustainable. These activities can include financial management, business model development, market information and access, access to business associations and buyers, and others as needed in Indonesia locations.

• develop indicators for monitoring and supervision, evaluation, lessons learned.

Tasks for female workforce development

• Quick assessment of barriers of FLFP, with consultations of women working on the labor force, students at tertiary and upper secondary levels, and women not working.

• Good practices and lessons learned globally on childcare, both public and private provision, voucher programs.

Develop PPP approaches on childcare services

• Good practices and lessons learned globally on tax incentives for mothers.

• due diligence development of activities identified in the assessment needed to increase women's workforce participation.

• Support implementation oversight of activities identified in base year.

Tasks for enabling environment for women's empowerment.

• Identify policy and institutional reforms for creating safe and conducive workplace for women

• Identify policy and institutional reforms for improving women's - endowment/asset, economic opportunities and voice.

• support for implementation oversight of activities identified in base year.

Lesotho

Tasks for female entrepreneurship and workforce development:

- Develop the structure for the Women and Youth Economic Empowerment (WYEE) finance and technical assistance windows of the impact investment fund.

o Review literature on successful cases globally and regionally (sub-Saharan and southern Africa) of impact funds, as well as grant, finance, and technical assistance funds/facilities with strong social and women's entrepreneurship, business growth and workforce strengthening objectives.

o Following review of the objectives and tasks of several studies underway to inform development of the WYEE windows of the impact facility, and to inform the social and gender criteria for funding and TA through the other facility windows. Identify where additional information is required to fill in gaps in knowledge necessary for design of these windows. Develop a plan for data collection and, where requested by MCC, collect and analyze this new information.

o Based on the sub-tasks above and drawing on the results of the aforementioned studies and other MCC due diligence, recommend a structure for these windows. This would include a typology of credit and grants support as recommended, a typology of technical assistance content and delivery methods (including training, mentoring, acceleration, incubation and other approaches); eligibility requirements, evaluation criteria for applications, administrative budgets required, and other specifications the consultant identifies as necessary for these windows to function well. This will require working closely with other consultants and partners tasked with developing the overall impact fund and TA facility.

o Provide support for oversight of these activities during compact implementation.

- Provide support on WEE dimensions of an irrigated horticulture activity during activity design and implementation.

This will include review of deliverables, development and review of SOWs, and rapid-assessments where necessary.

Tasks for enabling environment for women's empowerment

- Provide support for oversight of development and implementation activities for institutional strengthening for addressing gender in selected policies in key productive sectors.

Other countries

- Support for other MCC countries could span any and all of the three priority areas of women's economic empowerment.

Cross-cutting support

- Support for the gender and social inclusion practice group to develop WEE frameworks, produce lessons learned, prepare workplans, and recommendations for the agency.

- Other WEE-related cross-cutting support, as determined.

Conflict of Interest

The Contractor and its sub-contractors will be precluded from bidding on work and services to be procured by the local MCA accountable entity or using funds advanced under a Compact in the relevant country, unless the Contractor submits a mitigation plan sufficient to ameliorate any conflict of interest pursuant to the rules applicable to the procurement process.

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SECTION F. DELIVERY AND PERORMANCE

F.1 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

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