AMENDMENT_95332421Q00710001_CONFORMED.pdf

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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:

Section B - Supplies or Services and Prices/Costs

Item Number

Base Item Number

Supplies/Services Quantity Unit

0001 INTERNATIONAL

PROCUREMENT CONSULTANT

SERVICES

Service

Contract Type:Time and Materials Unit Price

Extended Price Cost Constraint Not to Exceed

See Associated Other Direct Costs Line Item for Other Direct Costs Portion

Description:

Purchase Requisitions

IDC Type: Not Applicable FSC Codes: R499 SUPPORT- PROFESSIONAL: OTHER NAICS Code: 541990 All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical S...

Base Item Number

Supplies/Services Quantity Unit

1001 INTERNATIONAL

PROCUREMENT CONSULTANT

SERVICES

Service

Contract Type:Time and Materials Unit Price

Extended Price Cost Constraint Not to Exceed

See Associated Other Direct Costs Line Item for Other Direct Costs Portion

Description:

Purchase Requisitions

Option:

Option Time Date: 9/6/22 Option Time Duration: 364 Option Time Units: Days IDC Type: Not Applicable

Base Item Number

Supplies/Services Quantity Unit

2001 INTERNATIONAL

PROCUREMENT CONSULTANT

SERVICES

Service

Contract Type:Time and Materials Unit Price

Extended Price Cost Constraint Not to Exceed

See Associated Other Direct Costs Line Item for Other Direct Costs Portion

Description:

Purchase Requisitions

Option:

Option Time Date: 9/6/23 Option Time Duration: 365 Option Time Units: Days IDC Type: Not Applicable

Base Item Number

Supplies/Services Quantity Unit

3001 INTERNATIONAL

PROCUREMENT CONSULTANT

SERVICES

Service

Contract Type:Time and Materials Unit Price

Extended Price Cost Constraint Not to Exceed

See Associated Other Direct Costs Line Item for Other Direct Costs Portion

Description:

Purchase Requisitions

Option:

Option Time Date: 9/6/24 Option Time Duration: 364 Option Time Units: Days IDC Type: Not Applicable

Base Item Number

Supplies/Services Quantity Unit

4001 INTERNATIONAL

PROCUREMENT CONSULTANT

SERVICES

Service

Contract Type:Time and Materials Unit Price

Extended Price Cost Constraint Not to Exceed

See Associated Other Direct Costs Line Item for Other Direct Costs Portion

Description:

Purchase Requisitions

Option:

Option Time Date: 9/6/25 Option Time Duration: 364 Option Time Units: Days IDC Type: Not Applicable

Clauses incorporated by reference

None

Clauses incorporated by full text

Section B

B.1 TITLE

International Procurement Consultant Services

B.2 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES

MCC is seeking to contract with one firm who could provide multiple procurement experts with different sector expertise on an as-needed basis with extensive international procurement experience under donor funded projects, such as funded by the World Bank, MCC, Asian Development Bank etc. These experts will support MCC Program Acquisition and Assistance (PAA) in its role of guiding, advising, and overseeing MCA Entities and their procurement agents through providing training, advice, hands-on support on MCC's procurement policies, procedures, guidance and standard bidding documents, procurement-related technologies, market outreach efforts, MCC-funded Grants administration, and helping them in overseeing the compliance thereto to meet MCC requirements. Extensive interaction with MCC will be required for the experts to fully understand MCC's procurement documents and/or to advise MCC in modifying these documents as and when needed.

B.3 TYPE OF CONTRACT

The contract type awarded is a Time and Materials (T&M) contract.

B.4 CONSIDERATION AND PAYMENT

In consideration of satisfactory performance of the work as described throughout this contract, the Contractor shall be paid in accordance with the fixed loaded hourly rates as shown herein for the specified categories of labor based on the number of actual hours incurred in the performance of the work. Fully loaded rates shall be all inclusive of direct labor, fringe benefits, applicable indirect costs, and any profit for each labor category. Additionally, the contractor shall be paid for materials and travel directly chargeable to this contract. If the options are exercised funding will be obligated by modification to the contract.

The base period and option periods are priced as follows:

B.4.1 BASE PERIOD – CLIN 0001

Labor Categories QTY UOI UNIT PRICE TOTAL

General Senior Procurement Expert 1000 HRS $ $

FIDIC Senior Procurement Expert 1000 HRS $ $

IT Senior Procurement Expert 1000 HRS $ $

International Procurement Expert 200 HRS $ $

Grants Administration Expert 200 HRS $ $

Data Analyst 100 HRS $ $

French/English and Spanish/English translators

500 HRS $ $

Copy Editor 200 HRS $ $

TOTALS 4200 EA

Labor Subtotal $

ODC Subtotal $126,000.00

CLIN Ceiling (Not to Exceed) $

B.4.2 OPTION PERIOD 1 – CLIN 1001

Labor Categories QTY UOI UNIT PRICE TOTAL

General Senior Procurement Expert 1000 HRS $ $

FIDIC Senior Procurement Expert 1000 HRS $ $

IT Senior Procurement Expert 1000 HRS $ $

International Procurement Expert 200 HRS $ $

Grants Administration Expert 200 HRS $ $

Data Analyst 100 HRS $ $

French/English and Spanish/English translators

B.4.3 OPTION PERIOD 2 – CLIN 2001

Labor Categories QTY UOI UNIT PRICE TOTAL

General Senior Procurement Expert 1000 HRS $ $

FIDIC Senior Procurement Expert 1000 HRS $ $

IT Senior Procurement Expert 1000 HRS $ $

International Procurement Expert 200 HRS $ $

Grants Administration Expert 200 HRS $ $

Data Analyst 100 HRS $ $

French/English and Spanish/English translators

B.4.4 OPTION PERIOD 3 – CLIN 3001

Labor Categories QTY UOI UNIT PRICE TOTAL

General Senior Procurement Expert 1000 HRS $ $

FIDIC Senior Procurement Expert 1000 HRS $ $

IT Senior Procurement Expert 1000 HRS $ $

International Procurement Expert 200 HRS $ $

Grants Administration Expert 200 HRS $ $

Data Analyst 100 HRS $ $

French/English and Spanish/English translators

B.4.5 OPTION PERIOD 4 – CLIN 4001

Labor Categories QTY UOI UNIT PRICE TOTAL

General Senior Procurement Expert 1000 HRS $ $

FIDIC Senior Procurement Expert 1000 HRS $ $

IT Senior Procurement Expert 1000 HRS $ $

International Procurement Expert 200 HRS $ $

Grants Administration Expert 200 HRS $ $

Data Analyst 100 HRS $ $

French/English and Spanish/English translators

B.4.6 TOTAL

TOTAL Potential Value inclusive of all CLINS: $

B.5 MATERIAL (NON-LABOR) INDIRECT COST RATES

Pursuant to the general provisions of this contract and FAR 52.212-4; Alt. I, the following fixed indirect rate to be applied against Materials is established:

Type Fixed Rate

Indirect Costs (Material Handling, Subcontract Administration, etc.). 0.00%

B.6 CEILING PRICE

The hours and total price per labor category are for budgeting purposes only. The number of hours actually used for each category may exceed or be less than the estimate by category as long as the ceiling price for the CLIN is not exceeded. The ceiling for each CLIN is identified in Section B. The Government shall not be obligated to pay any amount in excess of this ceiling price nor is the Contractor obligated to continue performance if to do so would exceed this ceiling price. The ceiling price may be modified solely by the Government if it is deemed necessary.

B.7 ADDITIONS AND CHANGES TO LABOR CATEGORIES

It may be necessary to add or change labor categories during performance of this contract in order to carry out the services described in Section C. If new labor categories are added, or existing labor categories revised, the parties will negotiate the labor category(ies) prior to the incorporation into the contract. Any new labor rate proposed will be evaluated for reasonableness in accordance with FAR 15.4.

Section C - Description/Specifications/Work Statement

Section C

1. Introduction

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 the MCC, please visit www.mcc.gov.

The United States of America acting through the Millennium Challenge Corporation ("MCC") has formed partnerships with some of the world's poorest countries through large five-year Grant Programs, referred to as Compacts, and smaller grants of shorter execution duration, referred to as Threshold Programs. MCC administers these Compacts and Threshold Programs through Accountable Entities (MCA Entities), each of which is an entity established by the government of the particular partner country to manage and oversee all aspects of the Compact or Threshold Program implementation.

MCC has approved over $12 Billion in Poverty Reduction Compacts worldwide that support country-determined projects in such sectors as:

• Agriculture

• Land and Property rights

• Roads and Transportation Infrastructure

• Water supply, sanitation, and irrigation

• Energy

• Health

• Education

• Information Technology.

A large part of MCC's portfolio is focused on the infrastructure sector, particularly in transportation (including roads, bridges, and ports) and various building constructions, (commonly referred to as "civil works"), using contracts based on the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (commonly known as FIDIC, an acronym for its French name Fédération Internationale Des Ingénieurs-Conseils) form of contract, and MCC standard bidding documents for large and small works and design-build (see www.mcc.gov). Other significant portfolio elements include investments in energy and water sector infrastructure, which typically include civil works and large-scale information system procurements, as well as complex design and supervision contracts and related sector reform and technical assistance contracts. The new Compacts being prepared focus largely on the energy and water/sanitation sectors and are also expected to require substantial construction works and also substantial Information Technology design, development, installation, and training.

MCC's Compacts also often include Grant Programs and Grant Facilities. A Grant Program is a program of assistance that the MCA Entity is implementing to achieve certain objectives, results, indicators and targets set out in the Compact and its implementing documents. It may take the form of a Grant Facility, an individual Grant or multiple Grants that each serve a public purpose. A Grant Facility means a specific organizational and procedural structure for disbursing MCC Compact funds and awarding multiple Grants through an open and competitive process. Grant Facilities are governed by a Grant Facility Operations Manual and are usually administered from planning to closeout by a professional Grant Facility Manager procured by the MCA Entity. Proposed projects and potential Grantees are evaluated using a standardized set of screening and due diligence tools that assess financial sustainability, management and implementation capacity, technical feasibility, market impact, and contribution to economic growth and poverty reduction.

The Program Acquisition and Assistance Group (PAA), a unit within the Sector Operations Division of MCC's Department of Compact Operations (DCO), supports MCC's mission by following the highest standards of professional public procurement of goods, services, and works necessary for the effective development and implementation of our Compacts and Threshold Programs. PAA also supports the transparent award and administration of assistance activities or grants.

Procurement efforts under the Compacts are conducted by the host country Accountable Entity (MCA Entity) using the MCC Program Procurement Guidelines (PPG) and standard bidding documents (SBDs) developed by the PAA. The PPG and SBDs are based on the World Bank procurement guidelines and standard bidding documents but with significant modifications. It is worth noting that MCC Compact-funded and Threshold Program-funded procurements are not conducted using the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR). Grant award and administration efforts are conducted by the MCA Entity under the Program Grant Guidelines and are often managed by a Grants Manager contracted by the MCA.

Procurements funded under the Compacts are managed by one or more Procurement Agents (PA) serving the MCA Entity.

The PA – which may be a government entity or a competitively contracted private firm – works closely with the MCA Entity to ensure that procurements are conducted in compliance with the PPG. MCC provides oversight on MCA Entity and PA activities.

For more information on the MCC PPG, please visit www.mcc.gov/pages/business/guidelines.

MCC maintains a monitoring role for ensuring that its funds are used effectively and efficiently, which requires MCC's commitment for taking all reasonable steps to promote best procurement, contract administration, and grant award and administration practices.

MCC Compacts are carried out in English unless MCC agrees to an exception for French or Spanish. Currently, there are no compacts being carried out in Spanish; all current compacts are conducted in English or French.

2. Scope

MCC is seeking to contract with a firm to provide, on an as-needed basis, multiple procurement and grants experts with different sector expertise with extensive international procurement and grant administration experience under donor funded projects, such as funded by the World Bank, MCC, Asian Development Bank etc. These experts will support MCC PAA in its role of guiding, advising, and overseeing MCA Entities and their procurement agents and grant managers. This will involve – but not be limited to – assisting and advising MCC PAA in their role overseeing MCA Entity compliance with MCC's program procurement and grant policies and requirements, and assisting PAA in giving guidance to MCA Entities. Support will also include providing training and advice, MCC's procurement and grant policies, procedures, guidance and standard bidding documents, procurement-related technologies, and market outreach efforts, and hands-on support to PAA and MCA Entities utilizing these. Extensive interaction with MCC will be required for the experts to fully understand MCC's procurement and grant documents and/or to advise MCC in modifying these documents as and when needed.

3. Tasks

The Consultant shall report to the Contract Officer's Representative (COR) and provide the following services on as-needed basis.

1. Advise MCC with approaches and strategies for the modification of MCC's program procurement and grant policies, procedures and operations that take into consideration latest trends such as life-cycle costing analysis, value-for-money concepts, and best practices used in other multilateral and bilateral donor agencies, as well as feedback from MCA Entities and the Consultant's own experience in using such policies and procedures.

2. Assist MCA Entities with interpretation of MCC draft contracts (including MCC-licensed FIDIC contract forms) and terminology as used in MCC SBDs.

3. Following MCC procurement handbook, procurement toolkit and other relevant guidance notes, advise and support MCA Entities on market analysis and outreach and communication strategies and seminars to attract capable bidders to MCC-funded procurements.

4. Review and comment on MCA Entities' bid documents from procurements' perspective in areas such as technical specifications, pre-feasibility and feasibility studies, qualification requirements, contract conditions, warranties, and all other relevant aspects of the solicitations, to comply with MCC requirements.

5. Periodically update MCC on current trends in international public procurement and best practices in grant selection and administration related to the sectors in which MCC invests.

6. Recommend to MCC improvements to procedures for implementing lessons learned in MCA Entity procurements and grants.

7. Participate, observe, and/or assist MCA Entities in supervising bid and proposal evaluations.

8. Support MCA Entities in preparing and delivering procurement and grant seminars.

9. Review and edit MCC procurement templates such as Standard Bidding Documents (SBDs), Guidance Notes, Procurement Operation Manual (POM), Contract Administration and Management Manual (CAMM), and others to meet country-specific requirements and challenges facing different MCA Entities, and where applicable, translate such documents between English and French and/or Spanish.

10. Travel to partner countries, sometimes on a short notice, to support MCA Entities with or without MCC personnel, as requested by the COR.

11. Support MCA Entities and contracted Grant Managers to follow the Program Grant Guidelines and assist with the development of tools, templates and guidance for grants.

12. Provide training on the MCC PPG, PGG, and associated policies.

13. Conduct a systematic review of all PAA templates and update all templates formats within the base year to make them consistent across the board.

4. Personnel

The Consultant shall provide experts for the following labor categories:

i. Key Personnel:

1. General Senior Procurement Expert

2. Information Technology Senior Procurement Expert

3. FIDIC Senior Procurement expert

ii. Essential Non-Key Personnel:

1. International procurement expert

2. Grant administration expert

3. Data analyst

iii. Non-Key Personnel

1. Copy Editor

2. Translators (English/French, English/Spanish).

All Personnel should be employees of the firm contracted as the prime contractor. (No subcontracts with other firms are anticipated unless explicitly approved by MCC.) Personnel in the Essential Non-Key Personnel and Non-Key Personnel categories will assist/augment the Key Personnel as required, based on the task/services to be provided.

Personnel in the Key Personnel and Essential Non-Key Personnel categories are subject to COR/PM approval.

5. Personnel Qualification Requirements

Key Personnel. All three Key Personnel must meet the following requirements.

1. At least a Bachelor level degree, preferably in Procurement, Purchasing, Engineering, Economics, Law, or Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Marketing, Industrial Management, or a similarly relevant field of study.

2. Procurement experience working on donor-funded projects, specifically the World Bank and/or MCC. Over ten

(10) years of such experience desired.

3. Demonstrated hands-on experience in developing procurement documents such as procurement policies, procedures, guidance, bidding documents, training.

4. Experience working in or assisting a donor agency in supervising foreign government counterparts in managing consulting and works procurement processes and contracts.

5. Experience with procurement guidelines and regulations of bilateral and/or multilateral development agencies, specifically the World Bank and/or MCC.

6. Experience working with and in multiple developing countries.

7. Experience with FAR is not directly relevant but could be considered as supplementing experience.

8. Fluent in reading, speaking, and writing English. Familiarity with French is preferred.

9. Willing to travel to developing countries.

Additionally, the key personnel must meet the following requirements for the corresponding labor category.

General Senior Procurement Expert. In addition to extensive procurement expertise in international context, this person must demonstrate extensive experience in (1) developing and conducting training government counterparts in specific procurement processes of a donor, (2) providing hands-on support to a donor agency and/or to government counterparts in developing bid documents and in responding to questions from bidders, (3) reviewing technical specifications in draft bidding documents to ensure that the procurements remain open, fair, and transparent, (4) assisting the donor agency and government counterparts in guiding and managing evaluation panels, (5) assisting the donor agencies in drafting bidding document templates, especially for incorporating industry trends and latest practices of other donor agencies, and (6) assisting government counterparts with advice during contract negotiations, contract administration, anti-fraud and corruption issues. This expertise should be demonstrated through listing projects in multiple sectors (such as energy, transport, land, etc.). MCC reserves the right to check references and/or interview the proposed expert.

Information Technology Senior Procurement Expert. In addition to extensive procurement expertise in international context as above, this person should have extensive knowledge and experience with the donor-funded projects that have financed large, national-level Information Technology projects such as customs reforms, revenue reforms, education reforms at a national level. Expertise in procurement analytics and software products such as e-procurement systems or large international procurement systems, in data analysis of past procurement performance, and in developing KPIs for procurement processes is required. This person should demonstrate multiple projects where it has developed bid documents and/or supervised Information Technology-based contracts funded by international donors such as the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, and/or MCC. The experience should demonstrate a good familiarity with the Information-Technology standard bidding documents used by international donors such as the World Bank and/or MCC. This expertise should be demonstrated through listing projects in multiple sectors (such as energy, transport, land, etc.). MCC reserves the right to check references and/or interview the proposed expert.

FIDIC Senior Procurement Expert: In addition to extensive procurement expertise in international context as above, this person should have extensive knowledge and ten (10) or more years of experience in the preparation of bidding documents for large works using FIDIC Red and Yellow Books; management of FIDIC works contracts (including experience in handling variation orders, claims, and disputes); and experience in the procurement of consulting services to fulfill the "Employer's Engineer" role in the FIDIC construct. This experience should have been gained working in an international context, preferably on donor-funded projects. Development and delivery of training on the use of FIDIC Conditions of Contract desired. This expertise should be demonstrated through listing projects in multiple sectors (such as energy, transport, land, etc.). MCC reserves the right to check references and/or interview the proposed expert.

One of the above experts should be designated as the Team Lead. This person will be the main point of contact with MCC for administrative and logistical purposes.

Essential Non-Key Personnel. The Consultant will provide additional experts as required to carry out the tasks assigned under this contract. Such additional experts may be requested by MCC or deemed necessary or beneficial by the Team Lead, with the concurrence of the MCC COR, to carry out portions of the assigned work under the supervision of the Key Personnel.

All Essential Non-Key Personnel must meet the following requirements. As and when MCC or the Team Lead requires this expertise, the Consultant will be requested to submit a resume that demonstrates the following expertise to MCC's satisfaction.

International Procurement Expert: Five (5) years experience in developing procurement documents such as procurement policies, procedures, guidance, bidding documents, training. Experience working in or assisting a donor agency in managing consulting and works procurement processes and contracts. Experience with procurement guidelines and regulations of bilateral and/or multilateral development agencies, such as the World Bank and/or MCC. Experience working with and in multiple developing countries. A Bachelor's degree is desired, preferably in Procurement, Purchasing, Engineering, Economics, Law, or Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Marketing, Industrial Management, or a similarly relevant field of study.

Grant Administration Experts: Ten (10) years experience working with US Government and International Organizations on grants and cooperative agreements for programs funded by international donor agencies/organizations such as Gates Foundation, USAID, Peace Corps, etc. Experience providing capacity-building training. Experience in formulating, interpreting, and applying grants management policy and compliance. Experience global and country-level work programming, budgeting, monitoring and reporting. Development and delivery of training on grant administration desired, preferably on international donor-funded projects. A Bachelor's degree is desired, preferably in Economics, Law, or Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Marketing, Industrial Management, or a similarly relevant field of study.

Data Analyst: Five (5) years experience in collecting, analyzing, and reporting procurement-related information. Perform analysis of quality of data, meaning of data. Presentation of data for Senior management. Making recommendations on process improvements based on data analysis. Experience with data collection/analysis software and Power Bi. A bachelor's degree in mathematics, statistics, quantitative economics, business analytics, or similarly relevant field of study desired.

Non-Key Personnel. The Consultant will provide additional experts as required to carry out the tasks assigned under this contract. Such additional experts may be requested by MCC or deemed necessary or beneficial by the Team Lead, with the concurrence of the MCC COR, to carry out portions of the assigned work under the supervision of the Key Personnel. All Non- Key Personnel must meet the following requirements.

Copy Editor: The proposed copy editor should have extensive knowledge and expertise with copy editing functions as demonstrated through its work on similar assignments on managing about 200-page documents of complex technical nature.

Translators (English/French/Spanish): The proposed translator(s) should have extensive knowledge and expertise with translating about 200-page documents of complex technical nature, preferably with the procurement subject matter.

Separate translators can be proposed for different languages — English-French/French-English and English- Spanish/Spanish-English.

6. Deliverables

Deliverable: The deliverables will be the output for the tasks assigned. For example, review of a bid document from a MCA Entity, or a training program developed for and delivered to a MCA Entity, or assistance to a MCA Entity in conducting price reasonableness assessment of a specific bid submission.

7. Country

Multiple countries, including, but not limited to Cote d'Ivoire, East Timor, Indonesia, Lesotho, Morocco, Mongolia, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Senegal, Togo, Tunisia.

8. Other requirements:

International travel will be required for key personnel and other experts. Any or all of the Key Personnel and Essential Non- Key Personnel may be required to travel internationally. For planning purposes, anticipate 2-3 times per year, with each trip lasting 1-3 weeks.

Section D - Packaging and Marking

Section D

D.1 PACKAGING AND MARKING

All deliverables shall be delivered to the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR), Project Monitor, and/or Contracting Officer and shall be marked as follows:

1. Name and address of the Contractor;

2. Contract Number;

3. Description of item contained therein; and

4. Consignee's name and address.

D.2 PAYMENT OF POSTAGE AND FEES

All postage and fees related to submitting information including forms, reports, etc. to the Contracting Officer or COR shall be paid by the Contractor.

Section E - Inspection and Acceptance Terms

Section E

E.1. INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

Pursuant to FAR clause 52.212-4, all work described in Section C to be delivered under this contract is subject to final inspection and acceptance by an authorized representative of the Government. The authorized representative of the Government is the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) and Program Manager (PM), who is responsible for inspection and acceptance of all services, materials, or supplies to be provided by the Contractor.

E.2. PLACE OF INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

Inspection and acceptance of all work performed, reports, and other deliverables required under this contract shall be performed by the COR at the addresses specified in the contract.

E.3. INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE BY THE GOVERNMENT

E.3.1. The Contracting Officer Representative (COR) and Program Manager (PM), as a duly authorized representatives of the Contracting Officer, shall assume the responsibilities for monitoring the Contractors' performance, evaluating the quality of services provided by the Contractor, and performing final inspection and acceptance of all deliverables for payment.

Inspection of services performed under this contract shall be performed in accordance with FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions.

E.3.2. All deliverables shall be considered accepted within three weeks of submission to the COR unless the COR, or other designee, has provided written comments to the contractor requesting revisions to the deliverables.

E.4. SCOPE OF INSPECTION

All deliverables will be inspected for content, completeness, accuracy, and conformance with contract requirements by the COR. The scope and nature of this inspection will be sufficiently comprehensive to ensure the completeness, quality, and adequacy of all deliverables.

E.5. BASIS OF ACCEPTANCE

E.5.1. The basis for acceptance shall be compliance with the requirements and relevant terms and conditions of set forth in the contract. Deliverable items rejected shall be corrected in accordance with the applicable clauses.

E.5.2. If the Government finds that a draft or final deliverable contains spelling errors, grammatical errors, or improper format, or otherwise does not conform to the requirements stated within this contract, the document may be immediately rejected without further review and returned to the contractor for correction and resubmission. If the contractor requires additional Government guidance to produce an acceptable draft, the contractor shall arrange a meeting with the COR.

E.5.3. All of the Government's comments on deliverables must either be incorporated in the succeeding version of the deliverable, or the contractor must demonstrate to the Government's satisfaction why such comments should not be incorporated.

E.5.4. Deliverables will be accepted when all discrepancies, errors, or other deficiencies identified in writing by the Government have been corrected.

E.6. NON-CONFORMING PRODUCTS OR SERVICES

Non-conforming products or services will be rejected. Deficiencies will be corrected by the contractor, within ten (10) workdays of the rejection notice. If the deficiencies cannot be corrected within ten workdays, the contractor will immediately notify the COR of the reason for the delay and provide a proposed corrective action plan within ten (10) workdays.

E.7. GENERAL ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA

E.7.1. General quality measures, as set forth below, will be applied to each work product received from the Contractor under this contract.

E.7.1.1. Accuracy: Work Products shall be accurate in presentation, technical content, and adherence to accepted elements of style.

E.7.1.2. Clarity: Work Products shall be clear and concise. Any/all diagrams shall be easy to understand and be relevant to the supporting narrative.

E.7.1.3. Consistency to Requirements: All work products must satisfy the requirements of this Statement of Work.

E.7.1.4. File Editing: All text and diagrammatic files shall be editable by the Government.

E.7.1.5. Format: All reports and document deliverables are to be submitted in English, unless specifically directed otherwise in a Technical Direction, in hard and electronic copy (in MS Word), with tables, data and calculations in MS Excel.

The electronic copy must be in a format as indicated in the Deliverables Table.

Section F - Delivery or Performance

Line Item: 0001 Period Of Performance Start Date Period Of Performance End Date Period Of Performance Address

MCC Headquarters Millennium Challenge Corporation

1099 Fourteenth Street NW, Suite 700

WASHINGTON

US 20005

Line Item: 1001

MCC Headquarters Millennium Challenge Corporation 1099 Fourteenth Street NW, Suite 700

Line Item: 2001

MCC Headquarters Millennium Challenge Corporation 1099 Fourteenth Street NW, Suite 700

Line Item: 3001

MCC Headquarters Millennium Challenge Corporation 1099 Fourteenth Street NW, Suite 700

Line Item: 4001

MCC Headquarters Millennium Challenge Corporation 1099 Fourteenth Street NW, Suite 700

Section F

F.1 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

The period of performance shall be for a base period of twelve (12) months with four (4) twelve (12) month option periods.

BASE YEAR: 20 SEP 2021 through 19 SEP 2022

OPTION YEAR 1: 20 SEP 2022 through 19 SEP 2023

OPTION YEAR 2: 20 SEP 2023 through 19 SEP 2024

OPTION YEAR 3: 20 SEP 2024 through 19 SEP 2025

OPTION YEAR 4: 20 SEP 2025 through 19 SEP 2026

Note: The starting date is anticipated and may change based on date of award.

Option periods may be exercised in accordance with FAR Clause 52.217-9 entitled "Option to Extend the Term of the Contract."

F.2 PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

The Contractor shall perform services primarily at their own facilities, but may also be required to perform services at MCC headquarters, at the facilities of MCA Entities, or other location, per COR/PM technical direction.

Address(es) to be added to time of award.

F.3 DELIVERABLES AND DELIVERY SCHEDULE

The contractor shall submit all required report(s)/deliverables in accordance with Section C: All reports shall reference and cite the contract number.

Deliverables will be determined at the Technical Direction Level and in accordance with Section C. Within two weeks of commencement of award, the Contractor shall develop a work plan that illustrates the team structure and organization and the methodology for the work in the first technical direction. The work plan shall be updated as required.

Deliverables will be considered "draft" upon initial receipt and will be reviewed by MCC; comments should be addressed with one week of receipt of MCC comments.

Unless specifically instructed by MCC otherwise, all such reports are to be submitted in English, in an electronic copy using WINDOWS based MS-Office 2007 or later products including WORD for text, data tables in EXCEL, appropriate MS-Office 2003 or later programs for exhibits, and schedules using MS-Project. Original drawing files should be submitted in AUTOCAD 2002 (or later), and also in PDF printable version. Digital photo files should be submitted in JPG format. GIS data should be submitted both in ArcView files, and PDF printable files. Presentations should be prepared with PowerPoint. All work files shall be submitted to MCC along with PDF files.

To support MCC in the flexible and timely manner needed to meet the evolving needs of Compact implementation, technical directives under this statement of work will be issued and the Consultant deployed each time the Consultant's services are needed over the course of this contract. No additional tasks shall imply any additional costs to the Government beyond the amount allowed for in the initial purchase order; however, this call order may be amended to reflect additional costs associated with implementation planning and oversight requirements in additional countries.

Examples of deliverables include but are not limited to: trip reports, ad hoc reports, procedural documents or revisions thereto specified in a Technical Direction, and review and technical comments as needed/requested by the COR/PM.

Note: The COVID-19 Pandemic is impacting MCC's Compact process. The full extent of the impact is currently unknown. Due to this uncertainty, various aspects of the requirement terms may change, e.g., the scope, period of performance, etc. Such changes may be implemented through bilateral modifications.

F.4 TIMING AND REPORTING

All formal communication with MCC, including reports, will be submitted to the Contracting Officer Representative (COR). The COR for this requirement will be identified via separate correspondence.

The COR will have technical responsibility for monitoring the performance. The COR will review and evaluate the contract's performance, and also will coordinate any communications with relevant counterparts and other donor agencies and organizations.

Any change in the terms of the contract must be made in writing and approved by the Contracting Officer. No representation of the COR shall serve as a basis for an alteration in the general scope of this contract or of the terms and conditions of the contract unless confirmed in writing by the Contracting Officer. The contractor must communicate with the Contracting Officer on all matters that pertain to the contract terms. Proceeding with the work without proper contractual coverage could result in nonpayment for that work.

F.5 DOCUMENT OWNERSHIP AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

All documents produced and/or collected by the contractor, electronic and hard copies, shall be the sole property of MCC.

The Contractor shall establish and maintain a comprehensive electronic data base and reference index of all relevant documents reviewed, produced, and/or edited by the Contractor. Any and all such documents will be electronically compiled in usable form and delivered to MCC, in an organized electronic format acceptable to MCC, at the end of the contract, and if requested by MCC also in hard copies.

The Contractor shall provide a document management system acceptable to MCC. MCC, at its sole discretion, may provide such system as SharePoint or similar in addition or in lieu of the Contractor's system. The Contractor shall abide by MCC required communication protocol including sharing information and reports with the MCC team, and/or other MCC consultants for efficient and timely reviews and communications as specifically requested.

F.6 CONTRACT PERFORMANCE MONITORING

Quality Assurance: The Contractor shall have in place and maintain a Quality Control Plan (QCP) that covers, as a minimum, how the Contractor intends to meet the requirements of all performance objectives, monitor and proactively manage contract requirements. It shall also include the mechanism by which the Government will be notified of performance related incidents that are likely to affect quality of services or impact mission accomplishment. The Contractor shall provide a copy of its QCP to the COR within 10 days of the effective date of contract award. Any proposed changes to the QCP shall be provided to the Contracting Officer for review and comment no later than 10 working days prior to the effective date of the proposed changes.

F.7 TECHNICAL DIRECTION

Performance of the work under this task order shall be subject to the technical direction of the COR/PM.

The term "technical direction" is defined to include, without limitation, the following:

a) Directions to the Contractor, which redirect the task order effort, shift work emphasis between work areas, require the pursuit of certain lines of inquiry, fill in details or otherwise serve to accomplish contractual requirements;

b) Provision of information to the Contractor, which assists in the interpretation of renderings, specifications or technical portions of the work description; and

c) Review and, where required by the task order, approval of reports, creative renderings, specifications, materials or technical information to be delivered by the Contractor to MCC under this task order.

Technical direction must be within the general scope of work stated in the contract. The COR/PM does not have the authority to, and may not, issue any technical direction which:

1) Constitutes the assignment of any additional work outside the general scope of the task order;

2) Constitutes a change as defined in the contract clause entitled, "Changes";

3) In any manner causes an increase or decrease in the total estimated task order costs, fixed fee, or time required for the task order performance; or

4) Changes any of the express terms, conditions or specifications of the contract.

All technical direction shall be issued in writing by the COR/PM; verbal direction, if necessary, shall be confirmed by the COR/PM in writing within five (5) working days after their issuance, with a copy to the Contracting Officer (CO). The Contractor shall acknowledge acceptance of the technical direction by submitting a letter of acceptance, via email or Fax, to the COR/PM and Contracting Officer. The technical direction will provide clear and concise instructions on tasks and deliverables requested of the Contractor's team, and designate the MCC technical contact with whom the Contractor should coordinate. The Contractor shall proceed promptly with the performance of technical directions duly issued by the COR/PM in the manner prescribed by this article and within his/her authority under the provisions of this article. If, in the opinion of the Contractor, any instruction or direction issued by the COR/PM is not within one of the tasks defined above, the Contractor shall not proceed, but shall notify the CO, in writing, within five (5) working days after receipt of any such instruction or direction and shall request the CO to modify the contract accordingly. Upon receiving such notification from the Contractor, the CO shall issue an appropriate task order modification or advise the Contractor, in writing, that in his/her opinion, the technical direction is within the scope of this article and does not constitute a change under the "Changes" clause of the task order. The Contractor shall thereupon proceed immediately with the direction given.

F.8 CONTINGENCY PLANNING AND PREPAREDNESS

Due to unusual and unexpected circumstances, the Contracting Officer may request that the contractor exercise alternative means, methods, or places of performances to fulfill the requirements of the contract. This could include but not is not limited to working from alternate locations in the event of building closures or evacuations or other circumstances that may require the contractor not to perform at MCC headquarters, remote and virtual collaboration or alternative travel arrangements due to travel restrictions in certain countries, or partial and/or total evacuation of contractor personnel overseas. If these alternative methods and locations of performance result in changes to the contract, all contract adjustments will be processed in accordance with the Part 43 of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR).

Section G - Contract Administration Data

Requesting Office Address

MCC-HQ

Millennium Challenge Corporation Contracts and Grants Management Division 1099 Fourteenth St NW, Suite 700 Washington DC 20005-3550 Phone: Fax:

Contact Details:

Property Administration Office Address

Millennium Challenge Corporation Contracts and Grants Management Division 1099 Fourteenth St NW, Suite 700 Washington DC 20005-3550

COTR Office Address

Millennium Challenge Corporation Contracts and Grants Management Division 1099 Fourteenth St NW, Suite 700 Washington DC 20005-3550

Issuing Office Address

Millennium Challenge Corporation Contracts and Grants Management Division 1099 Fourteenth St NW, Suite 700 Washington DC 20005-3550

IPP-001 Electronic Invoicing and Payment Requirements - Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) Payment requests must be submitted electronically through the U. S. Department of the Treasury's Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) system using the "Bill to Agency" of Interior Business Center - FMD.

"Payment request" means any request for contract financing payment or invoice payment by the Contractor. To constitute a proper invoice, the payment request must comply with the requirements identified in the applicable Prompt Payment clause included in the contract, or the clause 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items included in commercial item contracts. The IPP website address is: https://www.ipp.gov.

The Contractor must use the IPP website to register, access and use IPP for submitting requests for payment. The Contractor Government Business Point of Contact (as listed in SAM) will receive enrollment instructions via email from the Federal Reserve prior to the contract award date, but no more than 3 - 5 business days of the contract award date.

Contractor assistance with enrollment can be obtained by contacting the IPP Production Helpdesk via email IPPCustomerSupport@fiscal.treasury.gov or phone (866) 973-3131.

If the Contractor is unable to comply with the requirement to use IPP for submitting invoices for payment, the Contractor must submit a waiver request in writing to the Contracting Officer with its proposal or quotation.

(End of Custom Clause)

MCC 52.232-70 INVOICE INSTRUCTIONS (MAY 2017)

Invoices shall be paid in accordance with the Prompt Payment Act, thirty days (30) following receipt of a proper invoice.

The Contractor shall submit each invoice electronically via email or fax to the following:

Fax: 303.969.5151/7281 ATTN: MCC Payments, or

Email: MCC_Accounting_IBCDENVER@ibc.doi.gov, or

As an alternative to electronic submission of invoices, one copy of each invoice may be submitted to the following address:

Interior Business Center

M/S D-2773

7301 West Mansfield Avenue

Lakewood, CO 80235-2230

If it is determined that the amount billed is incorrect, the invoice may be revised by the Government, or the contractor may be required to submit a revised invoice.

To constitute a proper invoice, each invoice must include the following information and/or attached documentation:

(1) Name, address and telephone of the Contractor

(2) Date of invoice and invoice number

(3) Contract number (including task order or call number and contract line item(s)) also modification number, if applicable

(4) Description (quantity, unit of measure, unit price, and extended price) of the supplies/services rendered (including hours incurred and billing rate, as applicable to the contract)

(5) A schedule depicting the following information:

Amount Invoiced

This Period

Cumulative Amount Invoiced Authorized Value of Contract Balance Remaining on Contract

If the contractor is billing for costs incurred over more than a single month, the costs for each month in which the costs were incurred and shall be segregated into the month they were actually incurred.

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