PFM-RFP-2011.01.26.pdf

Date Issued: January 26, 2011 Closing Date: February 28, 2011 Closing Time: 11:00 A.M. EST

Subject: Request for Proposals Number REQ-EGAT-11-000010 Public Financial Management IDIQ

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is seeking proposals to provide Public Financial Management services to USAID Missions, USAID/Washington, and other USG operating units as described in the attached Request for Proposal (RFP). USAID anticipates the award of approximately seven (7) five-year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts, including approximately two (2) small business set-aside IDIQs, as a result of this RFP.

The Agency reserves the right to award more or less awards than the anticipated number of contracts stated above.

Note: The IDIQs resulting from this RFP will include a Small Business Threshold requiring that all task orders with a total estimated cost of $1,000,000 or less be set-aside for small businesses unless the Task Order Contracting Officer determines that one of the fair opportunity exceptions applies.

USAID anticipates that the maximum ordering limitation of the contracts resulting from this RFP will be $700,000,000 over the 5-year ordering period. The maximum aggregate dollar value of task orders awarded to all contractors cannot exceed this contract ceiling. This ceiling is not being subdivided among the number of awardees nor is it being multiplied by the number of awardees.

There is no guarantee on the number of task orders that the successful contractors will receive or the amount of money beyond the minimum order guarantee set forth in the RFP.

Task orders issued under this IDIQ may be either Firm Fixed Price or Fixed Daily Rate awards.

Firm Fixed Price task orders are preferred. For Fixed Daily Rate task orders, Contractors may propose lower fixed daily rates and local-hire multipliers than those proposed and included in Section B of the IDIQ.

This award will replace the prior IDIQs in this sector:

Support for Economic Growth and Institutional Reform (SEGIR) Macro II

1. Development Alternatives, Inc (GEG-I-00-04-00001)

2. Nathan Associates (GEG-I-00-04-00002)

3. The Louis Berger Group (GEG-I-00-04-00003)

4. Deloitte Consulting (GEG-I-00-04-00004)

5. Booz Allen Hamilton (GEG-I-00-04-00005)

6. IBM (GEG-I-00-04-00006)

7. International Business Initiatives (GEG-I-00-04-00007)

Pursuant to Block 12 of Standard Form 33 of this RFP, USAID requires that offers stay valid through September 30, 2011.

This RFP in no way obligates USAID to award a contract nor does it commit USAID to pay any cost incurred in the preparation and submission of a proposal.

This RFP can be viewed and downloaded from the Internet at www.fedbizopps.gov. USAID bears no responsibility for data errors resulting from transmission or conversion processes. Further, be aware that amendments to solicitations are occasionally issued and will be posted on the same Internet site from which you downloaded the solicitation. You are therefore advised to regularly check the above Internet site for amendments.

Sincerely, Joseph Lentini Contracting Officer

M/OAA/EGAT

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2. CONTRACT NUMBER 3. SOLICITATION NUMBER 4. TYPE OF SOLICITATION 5. DATE ISSUED 6. REQUISITION/PURCHASE NUMBER

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7. ISSUED BY CODE 8. ADDRESS OFFER TO (If other than Item 7)

NOTE: In sealed bid solicitations "offer" and "offeror" mean "bid" and "bidder".

9. Sealed offers in original and _____________________________ copies for furnishing the supplies or services in the Schedule will be received at the place specified in Item 8, or if handcarried, in the depository located in until local time _______________________ (Hour) (Date)

CAUTION - LATE Submissions, Modifications, and Withdrawals: See Section L, Provision No. 52.214-7 or 52.215-1. All Offers are subject to all terms and conditions contained in this solicitation.

A. NAME B. TELEPHONE (NO COLLECT CALLS) C. E-MAIL ADDRESS

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PART I - THE SCHEDULE PART II - CONTRACT CLAUSES

A SOLICITATION/CONTRACT FORM I CONTRACT CLAUSES

B SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICES/COSTS PART III - LIST OF DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS AND OTHER ATTACH.

C DESCRIPTION/SPECS./WORK STATEMENT J LIST OF ATTACHMENTS

D PACKAGING AND MARKING PART IV - REPRESENTATIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS

E INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

F DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE

G CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA L INSTR., CONDS., AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS

H SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS M EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD

K

REPRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS AND OTHER

STATEMENTS OF OFFERORS

NOTE: Item 12 does not apply if the solicitation includes the provisions at 52.214-16, Minimum Bid Acceptance Period.

12. In compliance with the above, the undersigned agrees, if this offer is accepted within [See Section L.6(g)] calendar days (60 calendar days unless a different period is inserted by the offeror) from the date for receipt of offers specified above, to furnish any or all items upon which prices are offered at the price set opposite each item, delivered at the designated point(s), within the time specified in the schedule.

13. DISCOUNT FOR PROMPT PAYMENT 10 CALENDAR DAYS (%) 20 CALENDAR DAYS (%) 30 CALENDAR DAYS (%) CALENDAR DAYS (%)

(See Section I, Clause No. 52-232-8)

14. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF AMENDMENTS AMENDMENT NO. DATE AMENDMENT NO. DATE

(The offeror acknowledges receipt of amendments to the SOLICITATION for offerors and related documents numbered and dated:

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16. NAME AND TITLE OF PERSON AUTHORIZED TO SIGN OFFER15A. NAME AND

ADDRESS

OF OFFEROR

(Type or print)

15B. TELEPHONE NUMBER 17. SIGNATURE 18. OFFER DATE

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15C. CHECK IF REMITTANCE ADDRESS IS DIFFERENT FROM

ABOVE - ENTER SUCH ADDRESS IN SCHEDULE

19. ACCEPTED AS TO ITEMS NUMBERED 20. AMOUNT 21. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION

22. AUTHORITY FOR USING OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION: 23. SUBMIT INVOICES TO ADDRESS SHOWN IN ITEM (4 copies unless otherwise specified)

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24. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than Item 7) 25. PAYMENT WILL BE MADE BYCODE CODE

26. NAME OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print) 27. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 28. AWARD DATE

IMPORTANT - Award will be made on this Form, or on Standard Form 26, or by other authorized official written notice.

(Signature of Contracting Officer)

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11. TABLE OF CONTENTS

STANDARD FORM 33

SOLICITATION, OFFER AND AWARD

SOLICITATION

OFFER (Must be fully completed by offeror)

AWARD (To be completed by Government)

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U.S. Agency for International Development Office of Acquisition and Assistance

M/OAA/EGAT RM 567 SA-44

1300 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Washington DC 20523-7900

See L.7

See Section L.7 11:00 A.M. EST February 28, 2011

Anne Sattgast or William Franklin 202-567-5094 or 202-567-5315 asattgast@usaid.gov wfranklin@usaid.gov

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SECTION B - SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICE/COSTS

B.1 PURPOSE

B.2 CONTRACT TYPE AND CONTRACT SERVICES

B.3 MINIMUM OBLIGATED AMOUNT

B.4 MAXIMUM CONTRACT CEILING

B.5 LABOR

B.6 OTHER DIRECT COSTS

B.7 INDIRECT COSTS (APPLICABLE TO ODC)

B.8 TASK ORDER LIMITATIONS

SECTION C - DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/STATEMENT OF WORK

SECTION D - PACKAGING AND MARKING

D.1 AIDAR 752.7009 MARKING (JAN 1993)

D.2 BRANDING POLICY

SECTION E - INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

E.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

E.2 INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

SECTION F - DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE

F.1 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

F.2 PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

F.3 REPORTS AND DELIVERABLES OR OUTPUTS

F.4 TASK ORDERS

F.5 FAIR OPPORTUNITY TO BE CONSIDERED

F.6 KEY PERSONNEL

F.7 CONTENTS OF TASK ORDERS

F.8 AIDAR 752.7005 SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE DOCUMENTS

(JAN 2004)

SECTION G - CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA

G.1 CONTRACTING OFFICER (CO)

G.2 CONTRACTING OFFICER TECHNICAL REPRESENTATIVE(COTR)

G.3 PAYING OFFICE

G.4 ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA

G.5 PAYMENT

G.6 TECHNICAL DIRECTIONS/RELATIONSHIP WITH USAID

G.7 CONTRACTOR’S PAYMENT ADDRESS

SECTION H - SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS

H.1 AIDAR 752.225-70 SOURCE, ORIGIN AND NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS (FEB 1997) 40

H.2 AIDAR 752.7004 EMERGENCY LOCATOR INFORMATION (JUL 1997)

H.3 SECURITY CLEARANCE

H.4 INSURANCE AND SERVICES

H.5 752.228-70 MEDICAL EVACUATION (MEDEVAC) SERVICES (JULY 2007)

H.6 AUTHORIZED GEOGRAPHIC CODE

H.7 LOGISTIC SUPPORT

H.8 LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS

H.9 SUBCONTRACTING PLAN AND THE SF 294 – SUBCONTRACTING REPORT FOR INDIVIDUAL

CONTRACTS AND SF 295 – SUMMARY CONTRACTING REPORT

H.10 ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: PRECLUSION FROM FURNISHING CERTAIN

SERVICES AND RESTRICTION ON USE OF INFORMATION (EVALUATION)

H.11 ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: PRECLUSION FROM FURNISHING CERTAIN

SERVICES AND RESTRICTION ON USE OF INFORMATION (EVALUATION) (Task Order Clause)

H.12 ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: PRECLUSION FROM IMPLEMENTATION CONTRACT

(DESIGN/IMPLEMENT)

H.13 ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: PRECLUSION FROM IMPLEMENTATION CONTRACT (DESIGN/IMPLEMENT) (Task Order Clause)

H.14 GRANTS UNDER CONTRACT

H.15 EXECUTIVE ORDER ON TERRORISM FINANCING

H.16 AIDAR 752.7032 INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL APPROVAL AND NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

(JAN 1990)

H.17 USAID DISABILITY POLICY (DECEMBER 2004)

H.18 SUBCONTRACTING CONSENT

H.19 REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS

H.20 SMALL DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS (SDB) PARTICIPATION PROGRAM TARGET

H.21 PERSONAL IDENTIY VERIFICATION OF CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL (JULY 2007)

H.22 FOREIGN GOVERNMENT DELEGATIONS TO INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

(JAN 2002)

H.23 AIDAR 752.7101 VOLUNTARY POPULATION PLANNING ACTIVITIES

(JUN 2008)

H.24 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE

PART II - CONTRACT CLAUSES

SECTION I - CONTRACT CLAUSES

I.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

I.2 52.209-8 UPDATES OF INFORMATION REGARDING RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS (APR 2010)

I.3 52.222-50 COMBATING TRAFICKING IN PERSONS ALTERNATE I (AUG 2007)

I.4 52.216-19 ORDER LIMITATIONS (OCT 1995)

I.5 REPORTING OF FOREIGN TAXES (JUL 2007)

I.6 COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 508 OF THE REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973

I.7 52.217-8 OPTION TO EXTEND SERVICES (NOV 1999)

I.8 AIDAR 752.219-70 USAID MENTOR-PROTÉGÉ PROGRAM (JUL 2007)

I.9 AIDAR 752.219-71 MENTOR REQUIREMENTS AND EVALUATION AS PRESCRIBED IN

AIDAR (JUL 2007)

PART III – LIST OF DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS AND OTHER ATTACHMENTS

SECTION J – LIST OF ATTACHMENTS

PART IV - REPRESENTATIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS

SECTION K - REPRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS AND OTHER STATEMENTS OF

OFFERORS

K.1 52.203-11 CERTIFICATION AND DISCLOSURE REGARDING PAYMENTS TO INFLUENCE

CERTAIN FEDERAL TRANSACTIONS (SEP 2007)

K.2 52.204-3 TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION (OCT 1998)

K.3 52.204-8 ANNUAL REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS (OCT 2010)

K.4 52.209-5 CERTIFICATION REGARDING RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS (APR 2010)

K.5 52.209-7 INFORMATION REGARDING RESPONSIBILTY MATTERS (APR 2010)

K.6 52.225-20 PROHIBITION ON CONDUCTING RESTRICTED BUSINESS OPERATIONS IN SUDAN

– CERTIFICATION (AUG 2009)

K.7 52.230-1 COST ACCOUNTING STANDARDS NOTICES AND CERTIFICATION (OCT 2008) 69

K.8 AGREEMENT ON, OR EXCEPTIONS TO, TERMS AND CONDITIONS

K.9 DATA UNIVERSAL NUMBERING SYSTEM (DUNS) NUMBER

K.10 SECURITY CLEARANCE CERTIFICATION

K.11 AUTHORIZED NEGOTIATORS

K.12 SIGNATURE

SECTION L - INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS, AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS

L.1 52.252-1 SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998) ..74

L.2 52.216-1 TYPE OF CONTRACT (APR 1984)

L.3 52.233-2 SERVICE OF PROTEST (SEPT 2006)

L.4 52.215-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS—COMPETITIVE ACQUISITION (JAN 2004) ...75

L.5 52.219-24 SMALL DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS PARTICIPATION PROGRAM - TARGETS (OCT

2000)

L.6 GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS

L.7 DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS

L.8 DELIVERIES TO LOADING DOCKS

L.9 INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE TECHNICAL PROPOSAL

L.10 INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE COST/BUSINESS PROPOSAL

SECTION M - EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD

M.1 GENERAL INFORMATION

M.2 DETERMINATION OF COMPETITIVE RANGE AND CONTRACT AWARD

M.3 TECHNICAL EVALUATION CRITERION

M.4 PRICE/BUSINESS EVALUATION

M.5 SOURCE SELECTION

M.6 CONTRACTING WITH SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS AND DISADVANTAGED ENTERPRISES..94

SECTION J - ATTACHMENTS

ATTACHMENT J.1 SF LLL – DISCLOSURE OF LOBBYING ACTIVITIES

ATTACHMENT J.2 PRICE EVALUATION MATRIX

ATTACHMENT J.3 LABOR DISTRIBUTION CHART

ATTACHMENT J.4 SMALL BUSINESS SUBCONTRACTING PLAN TEMPLATE

ATTACHMENT J.6 FREIGHT DELIVERY REQUEST FORM AND DIRECTIONS TO MOBILE SCANNING

FACILITY

ATTACHMENT J.7 IDENTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL GEOGRAPHIC CODE NUMBERS

ATTACHMENT J.8 DD-254 CONTRACT SECURITY CLASSIFICATION SPECIFICATION

ATTACHMENT J.9 PFM PROJECT BACKGROUND

PART I - THE SCHEDULE

SECTION B - SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICE/COSTS

B.1 PURPOSE

The purpose of this contract is to provide services that fall within the scope of the work specified in Section C. USAID Task Order Contracting Officers (TOCO's) will request the work through the issuance of task orders during the ordering period as specified in Section F of the contract.

B.2 CONTRACT TYPE AND CONTRACT SERVICES

This is an indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract using the following:

Task orders will be either:

(1) Firm Fixed Price (preferred) or

(2) Fixed Daily Rates for U.S. Expatriates with reimbursement of actual salaries for locally hired national professionals and other non-U.S. expatriates and fixed multipliers applied to salaries for locally-hired national professionals and other non-U.S. expatriates; and modified time-and-material payment provisions.

B.3 MINIMUM OBLIGATED AMOUNT

The basic contract includes an initial obligation of funds in the amount of $25,000 to cover the minimum order guarantee. USAID is required to order and the contractor is required to furnish the minimum order amount of services. Following this initial obligation, individual task orders will obligate funds to cover the work required under that task order.

B.4 MAXIMUM CONTRACT CEILING

This is a multiple-award IDIQ contract for Public Financial Management (PFM) with a maximum contract ceiling of $700,000,000. The maximum aggregate dollar value of all task orders awarded to all contractors cannot exceed the contract ceiling. This ceiling is not being subdivided among the number of awardees nor is it being multiplied by the number of awardees.

[Note: $400,000,000 of the maximum contract ceiling is reserved for work in USAID-designated Critical Priority Countries (Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Sudan). USAID reserves the right to amend the list of countries over the life of the contract.]

B.5 LABOR

Note: Task orders issued under this IDIQ may be either Firm Fixed Price or Fixed Daily Rate awards. Firm Fixed Price task orders are preferred. For Fixed Daily Rate task orders, Contractors may propose lower fixed daily rates and local-hire multipliers than those listed below.

B.5(a) U.S. Expatriate Professionals - Fixed Daily Rates

The task order will cite the applicable fixed daily rates selected from the Table of Fixed Daily Rates in section B.5(a)(1). The fixed daily rates in effect when the task order is executed will remain in effect for the entire task order period.

Each fixed daily rate listed below is "loaded" and must only include the following:

- Salary cost or consulting fee of the individual providing the services;

- Payroll costs (fringe benefits, FICA, etc.);

- Indirect costs applicable to labor; and

- Profit or fee, if any.

[Central management costs: The Contracting Officer has determined that a key (full-time) technical or program manager is not necessary or required to administer the basic IDIQ. Contractors will not be authorized to bill USAID directly for central management costs (e.g., responding to task order proposal requests, central reporting, central meetings with the basic IDIQ COTR) under this IDIQ or under task orders. Contractors should propose a centralized management structure that allows for recovery of IDIQ management costs as part of its indirect costs included in the proposed fixed daily rates.]

When task order assignments are to posts where danger pay allowance, post differential, and other allowances (i.e., housing, education, etc.) are granted, these allowances may be budgeted as direct costs, but are not and must not be included in the fixed daily rate. Fixed daily rates must include consideration of the contractor's established personnel policies and procedures, except what is covered as Other Direct Costs in B.6.

Fixed Daily Rates must not include or be applied to costs covered as other direct costs in Section B.6, such as travel and transportation, local office, etc. USAID anticipates that, for the most part, bilateral agreements with countries receiving technical assistance under any task order will exempt the contractor from paying non-U.S. taxes, duties, and bonding. To the extent that these costs are not exempted, the question of their allowability would be determined on a case-by-case basis as a direct cost. These costs are not to be considered part of the fixed daily rates.

The fixed daily rates set forth below must be fixed for the contract period, and include subcontractors set forth in Section H.18. If a new subcontractor is proposed for a specific task order on other than a fixed-price basis, the fixed daily rates set forth below normally apply, and the new subcontract is subject to consent by the TOCO.

Note: If a task order is written in Year 1 with a period of performance that extends into Year 2, the applicable fixed daily rate for work days performed in Year 1 and 2 must be used in the task order. The same is applicable if occurring in future years. Non-funded extensions that will cause existing task orders to extend into a subsequent rate period would not typically involve a change in the allowable fixed daily rate under that task order; funded extensions that add new work to a task order normally would allow the subsequent year's fixed daily rate to apply. Under these circumstances, all changes in the allowable rates are subject to the cognizant TOCO's discretion.

B.5(a)(1) Labor Categories (US Expatriate Fixed Daily Rates)

(Offerors may bid separate rates for each year or group of years, and rates will be included accordingly - whole dollars are preferred but not required.)

Year 1: Fixed Daily Rates

Senior Mid Junior 1001 Economist/ Sector Specialist/ $ $ $ Trade Advisor/ Financial Advisor

1002 Business/Enterprise Development $ $ $ Specialist

1003 ICT Expert $ $ $

1004 Attorney $ $ $

1005 Contract/Grant Management $ $ $

1006 Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist/ $ $ $ Learning & Knowledge Management

Specialist

1007 Administrative Support $ $ $

Year 2: Fixed Daily Rates

2001 Economist/ Sector Specialist/ $ $ $ Trade Advisor/ Financial Advisor

2002 Business/Enterprise Development $ $ $ Specialist

2003 ICT Expert $ $ $

2004 Attorney $ $ $

2005 Contract/Grant Management $ $ $

2006 Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist/ $ $ $ Learning & Knowledge Management

2007 Administrative Support $ $ $

Year 3: Fixed Daily Rates

3001 Economist/ Sector Specialist/ $ $ $ Trade Advisor/ Financial Advisor

3002 Business/Enterprise Development $ $ $ Specialist

3003 ICT Expert $ $ $

3004 Attorney $ $ $

3005 Contract/Grant Management $ $ $

3006 Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist/ $ $ $ Learning & Knowledge Management

3007 Administrative Support $ $ $

Year 4: Fixed Daily Rates

4001 Economist/ Sector Specialist/ $ $ $ Trade Advisor/ Financial Advisor

4002 Business/Enterprise Development $ $ $ Specialist

4003 ICT Expert $ $ $

4004 Attorney $ $ $

4005 Contract/Grant Management $ $ $

4006 Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist/ $ $ $ Learning & Knowledge Management

4007 Administrative Support $ $ $

Year 5: Fixed Daily Rates

5001 Economist/ Sector Specialist/ $ $ $ Trade Advisor/ Financial Advisor

5002 Business/Enterprise Development $ $ $ Specialist

5003 ICT Expert $ $ $

5004 Attorney $ $ $

5005 Contract/Grant Management $ $ $

5006 Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist/ $ $ $ Learning & Knowledge Management

5007 Administrative Support $ $ $

DEFINITION OF LABOR CATEGORIES

001. Economist (Public Finance, International Trade, and Monetary):

The Public Finance Economist shall have expertise in a) fiscal policy including public expenditure management, e.g., tax policy and administration, budget planning and expenditure management, tax and non-tax revenue forecasting and projections for fiscal analysis, and intergovernmental fiscal relations; b) public debt operations and public debt management: internal and external government debt issuance and management, debt refinancing operations at all government levels, data collections and information systems to provide central monitoring and control over debts of public entities, forecasting governments’ cash flows and borrowing requirements/debt retirement possibilities and refinancing needs, and maintaining and improving government’s creditworthiness on international exchanges.

The International Trade Economist shall have expertise and experience in analysis, assessment, recommendations for policy changes and training with respect to all policy aspects of trade and exchange rate regimes: tariff policy and schedules, non-tariff barriers, exchange rate policy, balance of payments projections and forecasting of principal sources of foreign exchange, trends of trade and WTO, FTA and AGOA related matters, anti-dumping measures, countervailing duties, safeguards; openness of trade regime; export incentive schemes, foreign investment, and international financial flows and management of foreign trade shocks such as commodity price booms.

The Monetary Economist shall demonstrate theoretical expertise and experience in credit and interest rate issues, measurement, monitoring and control of key monetary aggregates, structure of banking system and its regulatory framework, bank supervision, structure and operation of the payments system, and capital and financial market development including creation of a government securities yield curve, a liquid secondary market for government securities, and an effective regulatory environment for the government securities market, surveillance of government and non-government financial markets

Sector Specialist: This category includes a large and technically diverse range of both industry and functional specialists (who are not otherwise specified in any other labor categories) with professional credentials and domestic and foreign experience in PFM technical areas, including:

Macroeconomic Policy Coordination & Planning National Income Accounting Accounting/Auditing International Finance Capital Markets Specialist Tax and Fiscal Federalism Industry Specialist Poverty Reduction Labor Economist Engineer

Trade Advisor: This category includes professionals with a variety of educational and professional credentials relevant to trade areas plus domestic and overseas experience in areas such as: trade facilitation, logistics, customs reform, export promotion, trade policy, implementation of international and regional trade agreements, "competition policy," and general trade specialists with experience in diverse trade-related work

Financial Advisor: The advisor should have relevant experience in capital markets development and regulation, banking sector supervision, regulation and policy reform; international accounting and auditing standards; pension and insurance reform; corporate governance; non-banking financial institutions and instruments;

leasing instruments; credit bureaus, deposit insurance and other support institutions; policy formulation for financial sector reform.

002. Business/Enterprise Development Specialist: The specialist should have experience in areas such as: sector selection methodologies, subsector and/or value chain analysis, end market analysis, business enabling environment, value chain finance, market facilitation, strategies for creating competitive advantage, and strategies for upgrading, including those tailored to the very poor. The specialist should have excellent communication (written and oral), presentation, management and interpersonal skills; as well as private-sector experience and contacts in local, regional or international markets.

003. Information Communication Technology Specialist: The ICT specialist should have experience related to: ICT solutions, particularly in support of e-commerce and e-government initiatives; assessing communications needs to improve knowledge-sharing; programs and training to promote efficient and effective technologies; or developing monitoring systems to incentivize results. Developing country experience is preferable.

004. Attorney/Legal Advisor: This category includes legal professionals with JD or LLB credentials and legal and overseas experience relevant to PFM areas. Some illustrative examples would include legal work experience in: analyzing/drafting legislation, administrative law, business environment and regulatory reform, business formation and dissolution, small business advisory work, bankruptcy, company law, real estate, company restructuring/mergers/divestitures, small/medium/micro-enterprise legal issues, and legal work with organizations and associations.

005. Contract/Grant Management: This category encompasses all support to contract Task Orders, such as contract-related finance, administration, logistics, meetings, conferences, budgeting, reporting, recruitment and other contract support. Grants management requires an individual with prior grants management experience, specifically an individual who has prepared, negotiated, implemented, monitored, and evaluated grants, and who has the ability to work with domestic and mission-based acquisition/assistance staff. Prior overseas experience working with country counterparts and institutions is highly desirable.

006. Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist: The specialist should have experience with causal model development, monitoring, impact assessment, data collection methods, and evaluation of developmental projects using a variety of methodologies, monitoring and management information systems in developing countries.

Familiarity with USAID policies and procedures, Operational Plan indicators, as well as the relevant technical areas, is desired. The individual should demonstrate excellent skills in written and oral communication, management and analysis, as well as knowledge of sustainable and effective project management.

Learning & Knowledge Management Specialist: The specialist should have experience in the design and/or delivery of training and motivating behavior change, designing and implementing cost-effective platforms with targeted outreach for knowledge-sharing, and facilitating exchange in communities of practice. The specialist should have excellent communication (written and oral), presentation, management and interpersonal skills

007. Administrative Support: Provides secretarial, logistical and operations support to contractor teams, USAID and cooperating country personnel. Conducts research and obtains documents to inform technical assistance, briefings and reports. Coordinates logistics for travel, study tours, training and other events.

B.5(a)(2) Labor Categories - Level of Qualification

In order to perform the scope of work set forth in Section C, the Contractor must provide the education and experience levels as indicated below of the specific Functional Labor Categories listed above. The qualifications in the categories must correspond to the applicable fixed daily rates provided in Section B.5(a)(1).

Level Academic

Degree* Plus Approximate Years of Relevant** Work Experience

Including Years of Experience in Int'l Development

Relevant Regional Experience

Relevant Language Fluency

Senior Ph.D.

JD/ABD

MS/MA/MBA

BS/BA

As specified in Task Order

As specified in Task Order

As specified in Task Order

Mid-level Ph.D.

JD/ABD

MS/MA/MBA

BS/BA

As specified in Task Order

As specified in Task Order

As specified in Task Order

Junior Ph.D.

JD/ABD

MS/MA/MBA

BS/BA

Less than Bachelor’s

As specified in Task Order

As specified in Task Order

As specified in Task Order

*Highest degree obtained should be related to work being performed.

**Relevant Work Experience is required for the levels indicated.

B.5.(b) Locally-Hired National Personnel or Other Non-U.S. Expatriates

All locally hired national personnel and other non-U.S. expatriates must be paid in accordance with AIDAR 722.170(a). Third Country Nationals (TCNs) and Cooperating Country Nationals (CCNs) who are working in the United States or are legal residents of the United States at the time they are hired for a task order, must be extended benefits and subject to restrictions on the same basis as U.S.

citizens who work in the United States. The U.S. fixed daily rates will be applied to TCNs and CCNs conforming to this regulatory provision.

Salaries for individual locally-hired personnel and other non-U.S. expatriates under this contract or any resulting subcontract must be in accordance with AIDAR 752.7007, Personnel Compensation (July 2007) and should be based upon a combination of factors including prevailing in-country salaries for the professional category being negotiated and consideration of the individual's education, work experience and recent relevant salary history. Reimbursement of actual salaries, for locally-hired professionals shall not exceed the established compensation schedule of the U.S. Embassy for the country of assignment (Post).

B.5.(b)(1) Multiplier

The multiplier listed below should be applied to the negotiated unburdened daily salary of locally hired national personnel or other non-US expatriates only.

The multiplier must include indirect costs applicable to labor, and profit or fee, if any.

Note: The Locally-Hired National Personnel or Other Non-U.S. Expatriate multiplier must not include or be applied to costs covered as other direct costs in B.6 such as travel and transportation, costs of a local office, etc. USAID anticipates that, for the most part, bilateral agreements with countries receiving technical assistance under any task order will exempt the contractor from paying non-U.S.

taxes, duties, and bonding. To the extent that these costs are not exempted, the question of their allowability would be determined on a case-by-case basis as a direct cost. These costs are not to be considered part of the multiplier. Fringe benefits and social welfare costs for locally-hired or non-U.S. expatriates will be reimbursed as direct costs if allowable/authorized under task orders. They are not to be considered part of the multiplier.

The fixed multiplier(s) for locally hired national personnel and other non-U.S.

expatriates under this contract is as follows:

(Offerors may bid separate multipliers for each year of groups of years, and rates will be included accordingly)

Contract Year 1: ____________ Contract Year 2: ____________ Contract Year 3: ____________ Contract Year 4: ____________ Contract Year 5: ____________

The multiplier(s) set forth above are fixed for the contract periods and are applied to locally hired personnel and other non-US employees or consultants of the prime contractor or subcontractors set forth in Section H.18. If a new subcontractor as opposed to an individual is being proposed for a specific task order, the Task Order Contracting Officer may elect to negotiate costs/price of the subcontract as Other Direct Costs.

Note: If a task order is written in Year 1 with a period of performance that extends into Year 2, the applicable multiplier for work days performed in Year 1 and 2 must be used (if the contractor has proposed different multipliers for each year)in the task order. The same is applicable for future years. Non-funded extensions that will cause existing task orders to extend into a subsequent multiplier period would not typically involve a change in the allowable multiplier under that task order;

funded extensions that add new work to the task order would normally allow the subsequent year's multiplier to apply. Under these circumstances, all changes in the allowable multiplier are subject to the TOCO's discretion.

B.6 OTHER DIRECT COSTS

B.6.(a) Other direct costs necessary for the performance of the work under task orders, such as DBA and Medevac insurance, travel and transportation, lodging and subsistence expenses may be authorized in the task order. Any cost elements included in the fixed daily rates or multipliers must not be charged as other direct costs.

Lodging and subsistence costs may be authorized for locally-hired national personnel, if the terms of the task order require travel, in accordance with the clause of this contract entitled "Travel and Transportation (JAN 1990)", AIDAR

752.7002. Costs for U.S. expatriate travel/transportation to perform services overseas may be authorized by the TOCO or designee in accordance with the same "Travel and Transportation" clause.

B.6.(b) The TOCO determines which other direct costs are allowable, allocable, and fair and reasonable in accordance with the applicable federal cost principles (i.e., FAR 31.2 and AIDAR 731.2 for commercial (for profit) organizations or FAR

31.3 and AIDAR 731.3 for educational institutions, or FAR 31.7 and AIDAR 731.7 for other not-for-profit organizations). For those other direct costs the TOCO authorizes, contractors are allowed to recover applicable indirect costs on these costs, if doing so is part of the contractor's usual accounting procedures, consistent with the applicable cost principles, and are included in the contractor's Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement.

B.6.(c) No profit or fee will be applied to other direct costs, in accordance with

FAR 16.601.

B.7 INDIRECT COSTS (APPLICABLE TO ODC)

B.7.(a) Pending establishment of revised provisional or final indirect cost rates, allowable indirect costs shall be reimbursed on the basis of the following negotiated provisional or predetermined rates and the appropriate bases:

Description Rate Base Type Period % 1/ 1/ 1/ % 2/ 2/ 2/

1/Base of Application:

Type of Rate:

Period:

2/Base of Application:

Type of Rate:

Period:

Note 1: Contractors are allowed to recover applicable indirect costs (i.e., overhead, G&A, etc.) on other direct costs (ODCs), if it is part of the contractor's usual accounting procedures, consistent with FAR Part 31, and Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement (NICRA).

Note 2: While Subcontractor indirect rates are not incorporated above, subcontractor indirect cost rates as indicated in Note 1 above may be included in task order proposals and are subject to approval of the cognizant TOCO in accordance with FAR 52.244-2, Subcontracts.

B.8 TASK ORDER LIMITATIONS

B.8.(a) Minimum Order. When USAID requires services or reports and other deliverables covered by this contract in a Task Order in the amount of less than $25,000.00 the Contractor is not obligated to accept an order to furnish those services or reports and other deliverables under this contract. However, if the Contractor agrees to furnish services or reports and other deliverables required by USAID in an amount of less than $25,000 and is awarded a Task Order to do so, the Contractor is required to provide said services and reports/deliverables in accordance with the Contract's terms and conditions.

B.8.(b) Maximum Order. When USAID requires services or reports and other deliverables covered by this contract in a Task Order amount of more than $5,000,000.00 the Contractor is not obligated to accept an order to furnish those services or reports and other deliverables under this contract. However, if the Contractor agrees to furnish services or reports and other deliverables required by USAID in excess of $5,000,000 and is awarded a Task Order to do so, the Contractor is required to provide said services and reports/deliverables in accordance with the Contract's terms and conditions.

B.8.(c) Notwithstanding the above, if issuance of a task order to, and acceptance of a task order by, the Contractor would: (1) result in the Contractor (or its personnel or its subcontractors or their personnel) having an organizational conflict of interest for which restrictions would be placed on the Contractor's (or its personnel's or its subcontractors' or their personnel's) future activities ; or (2) violate the provisions of the Procurement Integrity legislation, i.e., Section 27 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 423), as amended by Section 814 of Pub. L. 101-189, the Contractor, after written notification to the TOCO, is not obligated to furnish those services or reports and other deliverables under this contract, and USAID may acquire the supplies or services from another source.

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SECTION C - DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/STATEMENT OF WORK

USAID’s goal is to help countries achieve broad-based economic growth1 on a sustainable basis. This is because broad-based, equitable economic growth is the most effective means of bringing poor, disadvantaged, and marginalized groups into the mainstream in a sustainable way while reducing poverty. Key to achieving broad-based equitable economic growth are the following factors: (1) human capacity continuously expanded and renewed by education and training; (2) a policy environment that promotes efficiency and economic opportunity for all members of society; (3) soundly organized and managed institutions; and (4) good governance.

The result of their joint operation is widespread increases in countries’ income, higher wage employment and output, leading to reduced poverty, increased food security, and higher standards of living including better health and education.

For transitional countries, broad-based economic growth offers the best chance to enhance political stability as they transform their economies into market- and private enterprise-based economies ones.

USAID’s goal of broad-based, equitable economic growth on a sustainable basis focuses on three objectives: (1) expansion and strengthening of critical private markets; (2) enhanced agricultural development and food security; and (3) expanded access to economic opportunity for the rural and urban poor.

Within this overall context, the Agency’s Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture & Trade (EGAT) is dedicated to promoting prosperity and reducing poverty in developing and transitional countries. EGAT’s goals are to raise incomes, end hunger, protect the environment, and equip institutions and people with the knowledge and skills needed to build equitable and sustainable economies. 2

PFM is intended to provide support for the public sector in developing countries USAID serves. This is important because when governments have sound, effective, transparent and accountable systems in place to manage public funds, there is a decrease in opportunities for corruption, inefficiencies and mismanagement. Sound public financial management systems can facilitate:

o Good governance practices o Access to useful, accurate public information for better decision-making o Systems that complement each other across governmental entities (e.g., tax collection, customs, and procurements).

These outcomes are important, because when governments with sound public financial management systems that include transparency, accountability, and internationally-recognized standards tend to be more stable, have more credibility, and are better able to achieve broad-based economic growth on a sustainable basis.

1.0 OVERVIEW

The Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade (EGAT) of USAID is initiating an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) mechanism to assist four

1 “Securing the Future: A Strategic Plan,” April 2008 Final Version, http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/economic_growth_and_trade/eg/eg_strategy/eg_stra tegy_v4_final.pdf 2 EGAT: “A New Pillar Bureau: Our Vision,.” USAID Intranet:http://inside.usaid.gov/EGAT/archive/vision-final.htm.

Washington-based offices within the Bureau: Economic Growth (EGAT/EG), Agriculture (EGAT/AG), Food Security (EGAT/FS) and Poverty Reduction (EGAT/PR). PFM is a world-wide IDIQ and will be available to both Washington offices and overseas Missions. PFM addresses four factors which are keys to USAID’s goal of achieving broad-based equitable economic growth: (1) increasing and expanding human capacity; (2) improving the policy environment to promote efficiency and economic opportunity for all members of society; (3) sound management of institutions; and

(4) good governance. As shown in Attachment J.9, public financial management has constituted more than three quarters of the work under a prior similar IDIQ instrument.

2.0 THE PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT IDIQ OBJECTIVES

PFM and other economic expertise furnished under this contract will: (1) position USAID to provide sound development policy advice and take a leadership role in fostering a better understanding of PFM and sectoral policy issues, and (2) support USAID efforts to assist host countries in the design and implementation of large-scale economic and structural reform programs, and the elements of such programs.

USAID has several overlapping objectives in establishing this IDIQ, in order of importance:

2.0.1 To empower USAID missions to engage in public financial management reforms and other economic policy and institutional reform/modernization projects by enabling USAID to procure short- and long-term services through a structured and easy-to-use procurement system.

2.0.2 To accumulate the intellectual and technical resources necessary to better understand, and thereby help overcome, economic policy and institutional constraints to economic growth.

2.0.3 To advance state-of-the-art practices within the international donor community by making useful contributions to development theory and practice. As the knowledge management function is a core component of the PFM IDIQ, each successful offeror shall make a long-term commitment to cooperating with USAID and other PFM IDIQ contractors to advance development theory and practice. The EGAT/EG office will monitor the impact of KM work performed under this IDIQ. The implementers shall provide copies of all deliverables or “knowledge products” to an EG-specified Web site (http://www.fiscalreform.net/) rather than creating their own.

3.0 TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

Contractor duties shall include the provision of technical and advisory services, training, research, and other services to USAID missions and offices, and their clients, through the execution of task orders with measurable performance standards (as defined in Section C.3.9 “Standards of Performance of this Contract”). Such services are not to be limited to USAID Missions abroad; they are also to be provided to USAID/Washington bureaus and, via USG transfers, to other US government agencies, including the Department of State, the Department of the Treasury, and MCC (Millennium Challenge Corporation).

The contractor shall provide technical and advisory services, training and/or research services in the activity areas listed in C.3, as specified in each task order written under this contract.

3.1 MISSION SERVICES

PFM IDIQ contractors shall produce these outputs:

3.1.1 Core research on priority technical, policy and strategic issues, and applied research to meet specific, contextually defined requirements of countries, regions, or sub-regions;

3.1.2 Information dissemination through seminars, workshops, blogs, and chat rooms;

3.1.3 Customized strategic and tactical development approaches;

3.1.4 Technical advice and implementation support to USAID regional bureaus, field missions, and host country officials on all aspects of relevant macroeconomic and sectoral policies;

3.1.5 Training of USAID staff and host-country decision-makers and technical personnel in the design and implementation of economic policy and institutional reforms;

3.1.6 Long-term, in-country coordination and management of field activities under the PFM mechanism.

3.1.7 Policies harmonized in allocating and coordinating assistance.

3.1.8 Local capacity for administering and implementing changes in legal and institutional frameworks, by partnering and/or sub-contracting with local resource organizations on an as-needed basis (governmental, NGO, and private companies).

3.1.9 Seminars, focus groups, workshops, conferences, training, and study tours.

3.2 TECHNICAL SERVICES

3.2.1 Institutional Development through Small Grants Management. The Contractor shall have the administrative ability to make grants available for institutional capacity building. Such grants would generally be limited to administrative and start-up costs; participating organizations would be expected to provide a portion of their costs from own resources. In this regard, the Contractor may be required to execute and/or administer grants under awarded task orders.

3.2.2 Administration of Grants and Loan Programs. The Contractor may be called upon to furnish technical assistance to administer USAID funded grant and loan programs.

3.2.3 Grant and Loan Capitalization Funds through the PFM Contract. Going beyond the administration of grant and loan programs, USAID may obligate funds to the Contract to serve to capitalize USAID loan and grant programs.

3.2.4 Subcontracting Ability with Local Resource Organizations. Have the capacity to subcontract and partner with these local organizations as required.

3.2.5 DESCRIPTION OF TECHNICAL SERVICES

The contractor must have the capacity to provide research, technical assistance, and/or training in the economic policy areas discussed below to USAID’s pillar bureaus such as EGAT and DCHA, USAID field missions, USAID Regional Bureaus - Africa

(AFR), Europe and Eurasia (E&E) Bureaus, Latin American and Caribbean (LAC), the Asia Bureau (A) and Middle East Bureau (ME), other operating units and host country institutions (public sector, NGO and private sector).

MACROECONOMIC POLICY:

3.2.5.1 FISCAL POLICY. This includes all aspects of public finance, fiscal policy and public expenditure management -- e.g., tax policy and administration at all governmental levels; budget planning and expenditure management, tax and non-tax revenue forecasting and projections for fiscal analysis, intergovernmental fiscal relations, including reforms involving devolution and decentralization of governments revenue sources and expenditure assignments, domestic debt-management and external borrowing, the design and administration of public pension and retirement systems, and training in all of the above. To help deter and reduce waste and corruption, expertise will also be required in areas of financial controls, pro-competitive procedures (including e-procurement), improved uses of information technology (e.g., GFMIS), strengthened cross-checks over commitments, effective internal and external audits, and sanctions for misconduct.

3.2.5.2 PUBLIC FINANCE, PUBLIC DEBT OPERATIONS AND PUBLIC DEBT MANAGEMENT. Both internal and external government debt issuance and management, and debt refinancing operations at all governmental levels; data collection and information systems (e.g., DMFAS) to provide central monitoring and control over debts of public entities; subsidies; forecasting governments’ cash flows and borrowing requirements/debt retirement possibilities, and refinancing needs, maintaining and improving government’s creditworthiness on international exchanges to improve terms on which it incurs debt.

3.2.5.3 MONETARY POLICY, BANKING AND CENTRAL BANK OPERATIONS. This includes credit and interest rate issues, measurement, monitoring and control of key monetary aggregates, structure of the banking system and its regulatory frame work, including bank supervision; structure and operation of the payments system, and capital and financial market development including creation of a government securities yield curve, a liquid secondary market for government securities, and an effective regulatory environment for the government securities market, ability of the monetary authorities to perform financial markets surveillance of both government and non-government financial markets that are systemically important in order to assure prudential norms are being respected as financial deepening and diversification takes place.

3.2.5.4 TRADE AND EXCHANGE RATE POLICY. This includes analysis, assessment, recommendations for policy changes and training with respect to all policy aspects of trade and exchange rate regimes, customs streamlining, including:

tariff policy and schedules non-tariff barriers exchange rate policy capital account controls and taxation balance of payments projections and forecasting of principal sources of foreign exchange and uses of foreign exchange trade trends and WTO, FTA and AGOA related matters anti-dumping measures, countervailing duties, safeguards;

openness of the trade regime;

export incentive schemes foreign investment, foreign debt, debt service and international financial flows management of foreign trade shocks such as commodity price booms,

3.2.5.5 MACROECONOMIC POLICY COORDINATION / INTEGRATION. The contractor will be expected to provide research and/or technical assistance in all aspects of macroeconomic policy coordination, e.g., harmonizing fiscal, monetary, public debt management, and trade and exchange policy.

GROWTH AND SECTORAL POLICY

3.2.5.6 LABOR MARKET ANALYSIS AND POLICY. This includes training, research and policy advice relating to labor force (work force) development, labor participation rates, promotion of labor mobility and labor markets flexibility, labor rights and employer rights and obligations, employment agencies, labor exchanges and labor brokerage activities, labor organizations and employers’ associations, self employment activities and the structure and dynamics of the labor market, respective roles of the formal and informal sectors of the developing economy.

Gender implications of labor markets and policies should be included in this research, policy analysis and training.

3.2.5.7 SECTORAL POLICY ANALYSIS AND REVIEW. This includes the economic analysis of key sectors in an economy – focusing on growth potential, policy constraints, reforms, and…