Economic Analysis BPA Webinar Slides_RFQ 95332422Q0045 - 28 Jun 2022.pdf

MCC Economic Analysis Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA)

June 28, 2022

Disclaimer Information provided in these slides and in the corresponding webinar is for the purpose of enhancing industry’s understanding of MCC’s requirement and shall not be considered or interpreted as changing the terms and conditions of the written solicitation.

The RFQ and any subsequent amendments will be the governing documents and communications for this procurement.

This event is being recorded.

• Arif Mamun – Managing Director, Economic Analysis Division

• Barry Deren – Director, Economic Analysis Division

• Jacqueline Naranjo – Contracting Officer

• Daniela Dimitrova – Contract Specialist

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Housekeeping Items

• An international development agency created in 2004 with broad bipartisan support

• Mission: to reduce poverty through economic growth

• MCC uses a transparent process to select partner countries that are committed to good governance

• Our model is built on the principles of transparency, data, accountability, and focus on results

• We put emphasis on country ownership—country-led solutions and country-led implementation

About MCC

MCC Investments

• MCC has provided grant assistance to more than 45 countries

• MCC supports two different types of country assistance programs

• Compacts: five-year programs with large scale investments to promote economic growth

• Threshold Programs: Smaller in scale and objectives, focused on policy and institutional reforms

• Key areas of investments include health, education, water-sanitation-hygiene, agriculture and irrigation, energy and electricity, transport, digital infrastructure and economy, and financial services

Economic Analysis BPA Solicitation

• Purpose – Enable MCC to quickly and efficiently engage external experts to support economic analyses at various stages of program design and implementation

• Strategic planning stage by conducting constraint analysis and root-cause analysis

• Project development stage through assessment, due diligence, and the design of results-oriented proposals that address specific factors holding back the economy

• Project implementation stage by reviewing technical documents, and updating cost-benefit analysis (including evaluation-based CBA)

Potential Call Order Activities under the BPA

• Technical support for MCC's routine economic analyses (namely, constraint analysis, root cause analysis, cost-benefit analysis, and beneficiary analysis) o May involve economic complexity/product space analysis, political economy analysis, systems analysis, facilitation of problem tree development, and program logic development

• Analytic support for a variety of topic areas o Areas of strategic priority for MCC: climate change, inclusion and gender, and blended finance o Other areas of interest: Policy and institutional reform, regional integration, urbanization and agglomeration economics, system dynamics/agent-based modelling, macroeconomic risk analysis and public financial management, o Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis as appropriate

Potential Call Order Activities (cont’d)

• Literature review and synthesis, including systematic reviews, for policies, programs, and interventions across various sectors of interest for MCC

• Data collection and data analysis services, including use of open-source data o Support primary data collection activities for quantitative and qualitative data o Use of secondary data, including country-specific aggregated data and reporting

• Capacity building and facilitation support o Capacity building support on economic analysis to MCC, MCA, and implementing entities o Facilitate in-country stakeholder engagements for iterative problem diagnosis and solution

Illustrative Call Order Activities

• Task 1. Support for constraint analysis and growth diagnostics

• Task 2. Facilitation of country engagement using problem-driven iterative adaptation (PDIA) approach during MCC’s program development process

• Task 3. Developing the health sector CBA guidance

• Task 4. Incorporating climate change and greenhouse gas emissions considerations into CBA

• Analytical expertise. Strong analytical skills across a variety of analytical methods, topics, and sectors of interest to MCC

• Relevant experience. Preference for experience in countries typical of those with which MCC has engaged in program development

• Staffing/management approach

• Ability to rapidly mobilize resources and respond to call orders on short notice;

ability to manage multiple complex activities simultaneously

• Access to a range of staff and consultants with varied sectoral, geographical and analytical experience

Key Qualifications

• MCC intends to award multiple BPAs under this RFQ

• Considering the broad range of analytic, topical and sectoral expertise likely to be procured through call orders under the BPA, MCC expects that offerors would form partnerships to submit quotations (but partnerships are not required).

• Partnerships may be formed later at the call order level to respond to specific MCC requirements.

Other Considerations

Questions?

• Attendee list, Q&As, and all written event materials will be posted on SAM.gov by next week. (If you do not want your contact info shared, email dimitrovad@mcc.gov and naranjoj@mcc.gov by Friday, July 1st)

• It is the vendor’s responsibility to monitor SAM.gov for updates to the solicitation.

• Written questions may be submitted to the following POCs until 5:00pm ET

TODAY:

Daniela Dimitrova (dimitrovad@mcc.gov) Jackie Naranjo (naranjoj@mcc.gov)

Closing Remarks and Next Steps mailto:dimitrovad@mcc.gov mailto:naranjoj@mcc.gov mailto:dimitrovad@mcc.gov mailto:naranjoj@mcc.gov

Link to RFQ on SAM.gov https://sam.gov/opp/135af845d2b44532a4cbd1962dde62de/view