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Request for Quotations MCC-15-RFQ-0208 for the Social and Gender Dimensions of Access to

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Taylor Wolf

MCC-15-RFQ-0208

Table of Contents

SECTION A

A.1 SF 1449 SOLICITATION/CONTRACT/ORDER FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS

SECTION B - SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICE/COSTS

B.1 ............................................................................................................................................................. PURPOSE B.2 .............................................................................................................................................. CONTRACT TYPE B.3 ......................................................................... SCHEDULE OF SERVICES AND PAYMENT SCHEDULE

SECTION C - DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/STATEMENT OF WORK

C.1 ................................................................................................................................................ INTRODUCTION C.2. .................................................................................................................................................. BACKGROUND C.3 ......................................................................................................................... SCOPE OF WORK and TASKS

C.4 REQUIRED RESOURCES

SECTION D - PACKAGING AND MARKING

SECTION E - INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

E.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

E. 2 Deliverables Acceptance Criteria

SECTION F - DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE

F.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

F.2 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE AND LEVEL OF EFFORT

F.3 TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

F.4 PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

F.5 DELIVERABLES

F.6 MCC TECHNICAL DIRECTION

SECTION G - CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA

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

G.2 MCC 52.232-70 INVOICE INSTRUCTIONS (MAY 2013)

G.3 ACCEPTANCE AND APPROVAL

SECTION H - SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS

H.1 KEY PERSONNEL

H.2 MCC 52.203-70 CONTRACTOR NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT (JULY 2012)

H.3 MCC 52.203-70 CONTRACTOR NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT (JULY 2012)

H.4 MCC 52.232-73 Travel Reimbursement (MAY 2013)

H.5 CONFIDENTIALITY AND OWNERSHIP OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

H.6 CONTRACTOR’S STAFF SUPPORT, AND ADMINISTRATIVE AND LOGISTICS ARRANGEMENTS

H.7 MCC 52.242-70 CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT RATING SYSTEM (CPARs)

REGISTRATION (AUG 2011)

SECTION I - CONTRACT CLAUSES

I.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

I.2 52.212-5 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT STATUTES OR

EXECUTIVE ORDERS—COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JUL 2014)

I.3 52.204-19 INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF REPRESENTATIONS AND

CERTIFICATIONS (DEC 2014)

I.4 52.209-9 UPDATES OF PUBLICLY AVAILABLE INFORMATION REGARDING

RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS (JUL 2013)

I.5 52.227-23 RIGHTS TO QUOTE DATA (TECHNICAL) (JUN 1987)

PART III - LIST OF DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS AND OTHER ATTACHMENTS

SECTION J - LIST OF ATTACHMENTS

J.1 ATTACHMENT 1: SAMPLE PRICE TEMPLATE

PART IV - REPRESENTATIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS

SECTION K - REPRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS AND OTHER STATEMENTS OF QUOTERS

FAR 52.204-19 - INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF REPRESENTATIONS AND

CERTIFICATIONS

SECTION L - INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS, AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS

L.1NOTICE LISTING SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

L.252.216-1 TYPE OF CONTRACT (APR 1984)

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

L.4ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

L.5 RFQ FORMAT

L.6 ELECTRONIC COPY SUBMISSION

L.7 PROPOSAL PREPARATION & INSTRUCTIONS

L.7.1 GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

L.7.2 Volume I – Technical Capability All personnel must be identified at the time of award due to the short period of performance L.7.3 Volume II - Past Performance (max 5 pages) L.7.4 Volume III – Business Proposal

(a) Part 1 - Standard Form (SF) 33

(b) Part 2 - Proposed Prices

L.8PROPOSAL SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

L.9 NEGOTIATIONS/DISCUSSIONS

L.10Exclusion of Quotes and Communications

SECTION M - EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD

M.1 GENERAL INFORMATION

M.2 EVALUATION CRITERIA

M.3 EVALUATION METHODOLOGY

SECTION B - SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICE/COSTS

B.1 PURPOSE

The purpose of this award is to carry out analytical work on the gender and social dimensions of the electricity sector and prepare a technical working paper for discussion and potentially for consensus building among key stakeholders on key gender and social issues relevant in the sector for making decisions on MCC operational investments.

B.2 CONTRACT TYPE

This is a firm-fixed price (FFP) contract. For the consideration set forth in the contract, the Contractor shall provide the deliverables described in Section C and comply with all contract’s requirements.

B.3 SCHEDULE OF SERVICES AND PAYMENT SCHEDULE

The Total Ceiling Price of this contract is $ TBD.

The maximum dollar value awarded to the contractor cannot exceed the Ceiling Price.

The Consultant shall furnish all personnel required to provide the services in accordance with Section C- Descriptions/Specifications/Statement of Work, and the terms and conditions herein. The total price includes labor and other direct costs to perform all required services.

CLIN Items Q-ty Unit Total Price

Payment Amount

0001 Technical working paper that provides a comprehensive and concise analysis on the social and gender dimensions of the electricity sector supported by the Power Point Presentations

1 Unit $TBD $TBD

TOTAL PRICE $TBD

The Contractor shall furnish all personnel, facilities, equipment, supplies, transportation, and other services required to provide services to the MCC in accordance with Section C, Statement of Work, and the terms and conditions contained herein. The Total Contract Price includes labor and other direct costs to perform all required services.

SECTION C - DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/STATEMENT OF WORK

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.

MCC recognizes that gender inequality can be a significant constraint to economic growth and poverty reduction. MCC’s gender policy and operational guidance ensure that gender will be considered in the selection of eligible countries and integrated into the development and design of Compact programs, the assessment and implementation of projects funded by the Millennium Challenge Account, the monitoring of program results, and the evaluation of program impacts.

(http://www.mcc.gov/documents/guidance/14‐genderpolicy.pdf). MCC’s Gender Milestones and Operational Procedures strengthen and concretize the requirements of the Gender Policy and contribute to the MCC’s and the Country Core Team’s ability to ensure gender integration in projects that may be funded.

The purpose of this consultancy is to carry out analytical work on the gender and social dimensions of the electricity sector and prepare a technical working paper for discussion and potentially for consensus building among key stakeholders on key gender and social issues relevant in the sector for making decisions on MCC operational investments.

C.2. BACKGROUND

According to the World Energy Outlook (2010) 1.4 billion people lack access to electricity globally (more than 20% of the world’s population). South East Asia and sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) account for 83% of total global population without electricity. Despite the progress made in increasing access to electricity in SSA over the years (from 23% in 2000 to 32% in 2012), the region has more people living without electricity than any other continent (620 million). Likewise more than 10 million micro-enterprises are not connect to grid. More than 240 million people in rural and per-urban areas in the six Power Africa countries live without electricity. In fact, research indicated that SSA is the only continent where the number of people with no electricity continues to increase due to population growth, while a declining trend is projected for South Asia and the world in general. Moreover, about 2.7 billion people use biomass for cooking and heating. Studies have shown that the use of biomass and its consequence of indoor pollution comes with a high health risk that disproportionately affects women and children- leading to 1.5 million pre-mature deaths per year.1 In recognition of the importance of energy to economic growth and poverty reduction, MCC is currently supporting power sector development in Malawi, Ghana, Tanzania, Benin, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nepal. MCC is an active member of the Power Africa Group. MCC’s Gender and Social Inclusion (GSI) Practice Group, in line with MCC’s Gender Policy and Social and Gender Integration Operational Guidelines, has the responsibility to support the integration of gender and social considerations into compact development, project design and implementation through carry out analytical work in the sector, identification of activities and solutions.. In this regard, the practice group through its work in compact development identified a number key GSI issues in the electricity sector in countries mentioned. Furthermore, in collaboration with the Energy Practice Group, the GSI team held seminars at MCC and to share knowledge and lessons learned around pertinent issues. The following points highlight some of the key issues identified:

• Rural Poverty and High Cost of Electrification: About 80% of the population (worldwide) without electricity lives in rural and peri-urban areas, the majority of which are characterized as poor (living below $2/day). Bringing grid electricity to rural and peri-urban areas with low population density and low electricity consumption rate can be an expensive investment that may deliver low returns. As most of the rural households use electricity for lighting and charging batteries only and often consume on average less than 30 kwH per month, the investment cost to a distribution company per customer and KwH can be expensive. Therefore, providing conventional grid electricity to rural and peri-urban areas is a high risk for the operational and financial viability and sustainability of utility companies and difficult to attract investors. 2

• Unmet and Growing Electricity Demand in Urban Areas: Studies have shown that electricity service delivery in developing countries has not been able to keep up with the increasing demand in urban areas, mainly due to

1 International Energy Agency (IEA): Energy Poverty: How to Make Modern Energy Access Universal (2010) 2 World Bank: Addressing electricity Access Gap 2010.

http://www.mcc.gov/documents/guidance/14%E2%80%90genderpolicy.pdf population growth and increased economic activity. This has resulted in poor quality of services characterized by outages, rationing, and poor quality power that forces micro and small enterprises to perform below their desired capacity, suffer high costs of production (e.g., from lost production or the high cost of self-generation), or even to close their businesses. In addition, a large number of the urban population lives in slums (for example in SSA 70% of the urban population), often not benefiting from electricity services as most are considered unplanned settlements.

It is estimated that some of the slum dwellers are illegally connected to electricity due to various barriers to obtaining legal connections, which can impose a financial and operational strain on distribution utilities, and ultimately government resources wherever subsidies to support utility operations are required to cover costs of service.

• High Connection Charges: Studies indicate that a high connection cost (including the cost born by customers to obtain internal wiring) is one of the main reasons why many poor households in both urban and rural areas do not connect to the grid.3 Sub-Sahara Africa, for example, has the highest connection charges reaching from $200 and more. For example, in Benin the cost is almost 2.5 times of the monthly income of a small holder farmer and some households have to save for 13 months in order to afford the one-time upfront connection cost.4 In some countries it is unclear how connection charges are calculated. A large number of households and micro and small enterprises remain un connected, even several years after the grid had reached their communities.

• Affordability of Services and Electricity Consumption Subsidies: In general, poor households allocate a disproportionate amount of their income to energy (using electricity or other alternative sources of energy for lighting) consumption.5 One of the challenging tasks policy makers face in tariff design is balancing the objectives of affordability/equity and maintaining cost reflective tariffs that guarantee the financial and operational sustainability of utility companies. Subsidies in the form of “lifeline” tariffs have been used in many countries to make electricity affordable for low-income households. However, most of the subsidy mechanisms have proven to be ineffective (in many cases due to ineffective targeting mechanism) and other challenges and ended up benefiting relatively well-off households. Moreover, since most of the poor households living in grid connected areas are not connected, they are automatically excluded from benefiting from the policy.

• Productive Use of Electricity: the commonly used definition of productive use of electricity includes use of electricity for income generating activities/ value addition leading to increased productivity and income growth6.

Some of the examples include agro-processing (mill), food processing (mostly home based women’s income generating livelihoods), carpentry, tailoring, welding and in services areas restaurants and coffee shops. While owners of micro and small enterprises recognize the benefits of using electricity to increase their productivity and expand (in some cases diversify) their business, their decision is influenced by both external and internal factors such as access to finances, skills, information on available technology, access to markets etc.7 Although power sector programs are designed with the overall objective to support enhancing economic activities increasing productive use of electricity among micro and small enterprises remains below expectations.

Access for Social Institutions (e.g., health facilities and schools): Connecting health facilities and schools to electricity has multiple benefits. Refrigeration of vaccines and medication, sterilization of equipment and tools, better lighting for service delivery including surgery, are among the benefits electricity can provide at clinics.

Connecting schools can potentially improve teaching and learning outcomes and improve academic performance – potential use of computers for teaching and learning; better use of science labs; enhance vocational schools’ use various machines and tools and improve education outcomes etc. However, of the 11 countries studies in SSA, only 28% of the health facilities and 34% of the hospitals have reliable access to electricity.

3 Golumbeanu,R & D. Barnes: Connection Charges and Access to Electricity. WB working paper 2013 4 Harsdorff, M & J. Peters: On-Grid Rural Electrification in Benin a Socio-Economic Baseline Study on a GTZ Project (2010) 5 IEA: Energy Poverty: How to Make Modern Energy Access Universal. (2010) 6 GIZ & ESMAP: Productive Use of Energy –PRODUSE: Measuring Impacts of Elecftrification on Small and Micro Enterprises in SSA GIZ L Productive Use of Energy: A Manual for Electrification Practitioners 7 Tuntivate, V: Powering Up Productivity in Rural Lao PDR, June 2011

C.3 SCOPE OF WORK and TASKS

Task 1: Based on available literature, data and evidence, prepare a technical working paperthat provides a comprehensive and concise analysis on the social and gender dimensions of the electricity sector in the following areas:

(i) Provide a summary analysis of challenges of rural electrification in low-income countries in general and SSA in particular and discussion policy and operational options and opportunities for low-cost electrification for sustainable rural development. Provide some good practices that have shown success.

(ii) Review basics of commonly used methodologies for translating cost of service into tariffs to determine tariff structures and subsidy policies. (iii) Provide analysis on major challenges why residential electricity subsidies do not, for the greater part, benefit the poor. What are the key solutions that have shown success in making residential subsidies beneficial to the poor? Discuss various approaches and examples of effective targeting that worked and succeeded to ensure subsidy tariff policies benefit the poor.

(iv) Studies indicated that poor households who live in compound houses with shared meters are unable to benefit from “lifeline” tariffs as their total consumptions exceeds the consumption bracket for subsidized tariff. Examine various approaches of experiences in addressing this problem and assess their effectiveness.

(v) Discuss the role and function of electricity regulator in customer protection, establishing and conducting socially inclusive consultations including unconnected marginalized people and enforcing and monitoring electricity tariff policies for social protection and present country experiences.

(vi) Examine the various ways that connection fees and charges impact people’s ability to take advantage of electricity (in particular low income households), and summarize the various experiences, good practices, lessons learned of ways of reducing connection charges and making them affordable by the poor; including but not limited to financing schemes, technological solutions and tariff policy options to make electricity connection charges affordable by the poor.

(vii)Review and provide a summary of analysis on the challenges and opportunities of providing electricity service delivery to the poor urban settlements known as “slums” in developing countries in general, and in SSA in particular.

Discuss policy and regulatory frameworks that may promote or hinder improvements and assess the roles and responsibilities of various actors, including but not limited to utility companies, local government, civil society organizations and others. Discuss experiences and lessons learned. Present best practices that have worked in improving access to electricity services within slums, in a financially sound and sustainable way.

(viii) Examine any other barriers that poor households and micro and small enterprises experience in connecting to grid electricity and present potential solutions.

(x)Conduct a review of the current gaps and issues of productive use of electricity in rural and urban areas in low-income countries and briefly discuss the link between electricity and enterprise growth. Provide analysis on how productive use of electricity can be promoted within the context of large scale electrification programs. Identify challenges and opportunities, present international good practices and lessons learned.

(xi) Prepare power point presentations on the findings of the report and areas of recommendation and carry out presentations to both internal and external audience as needed.

(xii) Based on the key finds of the technical papers, assessment of MCC’s policy and operations in the energy sector, discussions with management and staff of the energy practices group, relevant staff of development policy and economic analysis department, the Gender and Social Inclusion practice group, develop operational guidance document to support enhance gender and social integration into MCC investments in the sector.

(xiii) Based on internal and external review comments and feedback, revise the report, edit and submit a final report acceptable to MCC.

C.4 REQUIRED RESOURCES

Key Personnel

Contractor shall assemble a team of both key personnel with in-depth international expertise, local and regional knowledge, and necessary technical background and experience. Contractor’s team shall consist of personnel with a wide range of analytical skills and experiences in the electricity sector -with extensive understand of the key social and gender issues as follows.

At the time of submission of its proposal, the contractor is requested to submit CVs for the full roster set out below as the exercise of options may depend, in part, on the qualifications of Contractor’s team. It should be noted that, under one possible scenario, all of the options would be exercised at the time of contract award, meaning that the Contractor would have to manage all the consulting services concurrently and staff accordingly.

Contractor is also expected to provide sufficient administrative support throughout the term of the task order.

To the extent that additional personnel, representing other disciplines, are needed to carry out any of the tasks in the SOW, the Contractor must present for MCC’s approval both the qualifications and billing rates for such new personnel.

The Contractor is free to propose alternative staffing configurations that will achieve all objectives of specific assignments, cover the required competencies and satisfy the requirements for sector, regional and local knowledge. All such positions shall include qualifications, experience, and education commensurate to the position proposed, similar to those outlined below.

The Contractor must provide and maintain all key personnel. Any changes are subject to prior approvals by MCC in accordance with the appropriate U.S. Government regulations.

Role Qualifications

Team leader & senior professional

The senior professional/team leader shall be an independent professional with strong analytical and organizational skills, preferably at a minimum a Master’s degree in the social science (economics or social development/ urban development/planning or other similar fields.

He/she must have extensive knowledge of international best practices in socio-economic analysis of the electricity sector and practical experience of program/project development in designing and evaluation in gender and social inclusion of electricity development projects in the areas including but not limited to analyzing electricity tariff subsidies for the poor, connection charges, electricity service delivery to poor urban and rural areas, electricity for productive and social development services and related areas. He/she shall also have a proven track record of successfully managing and coordinating as team leader a diverse group of professionals in accomplishing studies or projects of similar nature and complexity to this assignment. A minimum of 10 years of working experience in analysis/design and evaluation of energy (electricity) projects is desired.

Key staff/professional The key staff shall have strong research and analytical skills and must have demonstrated experience with social and gender inclusion in the energy (electricity) sector. He/She must have a Master’s degree in related social science fields.

The key professional should have demonstrated experience conducting research in the social and gender areas in the electricity sector and a track record of analytical work in the mentioned relevant areas and proven ability in research, project design & evaluation in gender and social inclusion in the energy sector.

SECTION D - PACKAGING AND MARKING

Reserved.

SECTION E - INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

E.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

The following contract clauses pertinent to this section are hereby incorporated by reference (by Citation Number, Title, and Date) in accordance with the clause at FAR "52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE" contained in this document. See FAR 52.252-2 for an internet address (if specified) for electronic access to the full text of a clause.

Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this address: http://www.acquisition.gov/far/

FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (48 CFR Chapter 1)

FAR

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Title Date

52.246-4 INSPECTION OF SERVICES—FIXED-PRICE AUG 1996

E. 2 Deliverables Acceptance Criteria

Deliverables are associated with the tasks identified above. All required documents are to be submitted in English in electronic copy using WINDOWS based MS-Office products including WORD for text, data tables in EXCEL, appropriate MS-Office 2010 programs for exhibits, and schedules using MS-Project. Files containing graphs, flowcharts or diagrams should be submitted in PDF printable version. Digital photo files should be submitted in JPG format. GIS data should be submitted in PDF printable files. Presentations should be prepared with PowerPoint.

Acceptance Criteria:

The deliverables will be evaluated according to the following criteria:

• Thoroughness and timeliness in complying with all of the elements in the tasks specified.

• Quality and clarity of analyses and work produced.

• Timeliness and efficiency of communications with relevant counterparts at MCC, MCA, and other relevant organizations.

• All reports should be written in English with no errors and be well formatted.

• MCC reserves the right to review draft reports, plans and analysis two weeks before the due date and provide comments before it is finalized.

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SECTION F - DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE

F.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

The following contract clauses pertinent to this section are hereby incorporated by reference (by Citation Number, Title, and Date) in accordance with the clause at FAR "52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE" contained in this document. See FAR 52.252-2 for an internet address (if specified) for electronic access to the full text of a clause.

FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (48 CFR Chapter 1)

FAR

Number

Title Date

52.242-15 STOP-WORK ORDER AUG 1989

52.242-17 GOVERNMENT DELAY OF WORK APR 1984

F.2 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE AND LEVEL OF EFFORT

The total period of performance for the contract is 6 months from date of the award.

F.3 TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

Travel is authorized from the company’s headquarters to Washington DC if needed.

F.4 PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

All work under this contract will be completed in US. The place of performance is at the location of the contractor’s headquarters, travel to MCC office and one potential workshop site might be required.

F.5 DELIVERABLES

SUMMARY of DELIVERABLES AND ESTIMATED SCHEDULE

At a minimum, the following deliverables will be required:

• Following the initial meetings at and consultations at MCC, submit an inception report presenting the approach, concept and format and outline of the reports within two weeks.

• Within three weeks of agreeing on the table of content and content of the report, submit draft report in two parts on the social and gender dimensions of electricity (no more than 40 - 45 pages total) that includes analysis on gaps, challenges, opportunities; good practices, lessons learned and forward looking recommendations relevant to MCC as below:

o Part one – Tasks I, ii, iii, iv, v, vi, vii, viii o Part two – Tasks ix & x

• Prepare power point presentations on the key finding and convey findings and recommendation (about 20 slides) to both MCC and external audience (workshops and conferences as needed).

• Prepare an operational guidance document (note) – task xii no longer than 10-15 pages.

These are estimated deliverables and the contractor will be provided with the technical directions regarding deliverables from the COR.

F.6 MCC TECHNICAL DIRECTION

(a) Performance of the work under this contract is subject to the written technical direction of the Contracting Officer Representative (COR), and any Government Project Monitors, (PM), who shall be specifically appointed, and responsibilities identified, by the Contracting Officer in writing in accordance with MCC policy. "Technical direction" means a directive to the Contractor that approves approaches, solutions, designs, or refinements; fills in details or otherwise completes the general description of work or documentation items; shifts emphasis among work areas or tasks;

or furnishes similar instruction to the Contractor. Technical direction includes requiring studies and pursuit of certain lines of inquiry regarding matters within the general tasks and requirements in Section C of this contract, and any resulting Contract.

(b) The COR/Government PM does not have the authority to, and shall not, issue any instruction purporting to be technical direction that—

(1) Constitutes an assignment of additional work outside the statement of work;

(2) Constitutes a change as defined in the changes clause;

(3) Constitutes a basis for any increase or decrease in the total estimated contract cost, the fixed fee (if any), or the time required for contract performance;

(4) Changes any of the expressed terms, conditions, or specifications of the contract; or

(5) Interferes with the contractor's rights to perform the terms and conditions of the contract.

(c) Technical direction may be oral or in writing; however, the COR or government PM shall confirm oral direction in writing within five workdays.

(d) The Contractor shall proceed promptly with the performance of technical direction duly issued by the COTR or PM in the manner prescribed by this clause and within the COR's/PM’s authority. If, in the Contractor's opinion, any instruction or direction by the COR/PM falls within any of the categories defined in paragraph (b) of this clause, the Contractor shall not proceed but shall notify the Contracting Officer in writing within 5 workdays after receiving it (either orally or in writing, whichever comes first) and shall request the Contracting Officer to take action as described in this clause. Upon receiving this notification, the Contracting Officer shall either issue an appropriate contract modification within a reasonable time or advise the Contractor in writing within 30 days that the instruction or direction is—

(1) Rescinded in its entirety; or

(2) Within the requirements of the contract and does not constitute a change under the changes clause of the contract, and that the Contractor should proceed promptly with its performance.

(e) A failure of the contractor and Contracting Officer to agree that the instruction or direction is both within the requirements of the contract and does not constitute a change under the changes clause, or a failure to agree upon the contract action to be taken with respect to the instruction or direction, shall be subject to the Disputes clause of this contract.

(f) Any action(s) taken by the contractor in response to any direction given by any person other than the Contracting Officer or the COR/PM shall be at the Contractor's risk.

SECTION G - CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA

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

(a) The Contracting Officer may designate a Government representative to act as the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) or Project Monitor (PM) to perform functions under the contract such as review and/or inspection and acceptance of supplies, services, including construction, and other functions of a technical nature. The Contracting Officer will provide a written notice of such designation to the COR and/or PM and the Contractor. The designation letters will set forth the authorities and limitations of the COR and/or PM under the contract.

(b) Modifications to this contract are effective only if reduced to writing and executed by the Contracting Officer. The Contractor is specifically prohibited from performing any work that is outside the scope of this contract without the approval of the Contracting Officer. The Contracting Officer cannot authorize the COR or any other representative to sign documents (i.e., contracts, contract modifications, etc.) that require the signature of the Contracting Officer.

G.2 MCC 52.232-70 INVOICE INSTRUCTIONS (MAY 2013)

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 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 Cumulative Amount Invoiced

Authorized Value of Contract

Balance Remaining on Contract mailto:mcc_accounting_ibcdenver@ibc.doi.gov

This Period

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.

(6) Name of Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR); and

(7) Signature of authorized representative of the firm with the following invoice certification:

“The undersigned hereby certifies to the best of my knowledge and belief that: the sum claimed under this contract is proper and due, and all the costs of contract performance have been paid, or to the extent allowed under the applicable payment clause, will be paid by the Contractor when due in the ordinary course of business; the work reflected by these costs has been performed, and amounts involved are consistent with the requirements of this Contract.

BY:______________________________________

TITLE:___________________________________

DATE: ___________________________________

Inquiries regarding the status of invoices may be directed to NBC Accounting. The email address is:

mcc_accounting_ibcdenver@ibc.doi.gov.

G.3 ACCEPTANCE AND APPROVAL

The COR and PM must accept and approve all deliverables before payment may be made.

mailto:mcc_accounting_ibcdenver@ibc.doi.gov

SECTION H - SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS

H.1 KEY PERSONNEL

The following individual is identified as Key Personnel under this contract:

Key Personnel is:

1. Gender and Energy Paper Team Leader, Senior level

2. Gender and Energy Paper Key Staff Member, mid-career level

The Contractor must provide and maintain all Key Personnel as specified in the Statement of Work. Any changes are subject to prior approvals by MCC in accordance with the appropriate U.S. Government regulations.

Before changing an individual identified as Key, the Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer in no less than 15 business days and will submit written justification as to the reason for substitution. Substitution within the first 90 days will only be considered for reasons of illness, death, or termination of employment. The Justification must include the name and qualifications of the proposed substitute(s). The proposed substitute(s) will possess qualifications equal to or superior to those of the Key person being replaced. The Contractor shall not substitute Key personnel without written consent from the Contracting Officer. No change in fixed unit prices may occur as a result of key personnel substitution.

The key personnel may, with the consent of the contracting parties, be amended from time to time during the course of this contract to either add or delete personnel, as appropriate, provided that the contracting officer may ratify, in writing, such diversion and such ratification shall constitute the consent of the contracting officer. Substitutions of Key Personnel shall be equal to or have greater qualifications than the personnel being replaced.

H.2 MCC 52.203-70 CONTRACTOR NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT (JULY 2012)

All contractor employees or independent contractors engaged in this contract shall provide a non-disclosure agreement as follows signed by the individual contractor/consultant and, if a contractor employee, by the contractor’s contract administrator:

NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT

I, _(contractor employee’s name) do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will not divulge any information, whether obtained orally or in writing from, or data maintained by (Confidential Information) the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) to any unauthorized person for any purpose. I will not directly or indirectly use, or allow the use of Confidential Information for any other purpose other than that directly associated with my officially assigned duties for MCC.

Further, I will not directly or indirectly reveal or cause to be revealed the nature or content of any (Confidential Information), except to authorized personnel.

I am aware that the unauthorized use of information may be a violation of law and this Agreement.

Company or Subcontractor

Understand that authorized persons refer only to persons assigned to a project requiring access to Confidential Information or directly in the line of management over the project requiring access to the data.

[signatory]

Contract Administrator Date

H.3 MCC 52.203-70 CONTRACTOR NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT (JULY 2012)

All contractor employees or independent contractors engaged in this contract shall provide a non-disclosure agreement as follows signed by the individual contractor/consultant and, if a contractor employee, by the contractor’s contract administrator:

NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT

I, _(contractor employee’s name) do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will not divulge any information, whether obtained orally or in writing from, or data maintained by (Confidential Information) the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) to any unauthorized person for any purpose. I will not directly or indirectly use, or allow the use of Confidential Information for any other purpose other than that directly associated with my officially assigned duties for MCC.

Further, I will not directly or indirectly reveal or cause to be revealed the nature or content of any (Confidential Information), except to authorized personnel.

I am aware that the unauthorized use of information may be a violation of law and this Agreement.

Company or Subcontractor

Understand that authorized persons refer only to persons assigned to a project requiring access to Confidential Information or directly in the line of management over the project requiring access to the data.

[signatory]

Contract Administrator Date

H.4 MCC 52.232-73 Travel Reimbursement (MAY 2013) Policy. When authorized as part of the Scope of Work on this contract/order and within the contract/order ceiling and as approved by the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) and/or other MCC officials as described below, travel expenses incurred in performance of technical directives issued under this contractor/order may be reimbursed as allowed by the Federal Travel Regulations (FTR) in effect at the time of travel. MCC’s supplemental policy interpretations are derived from the FTR and cannot grant additional benefits or adjust processes defined in the FTR. Supplemental policies of MCC set forth below:

a) Traveler Responsibilities. All contractor travelers must:

1) Exercise the same care in incurring expenses that a prudent person would exercise if traveling on personal business;

2) Travel in accordance with the FTR and the MCC policies included in this document; and

3) Pay any charges or fees associated with non-compliance of FTR or any MCC policies included in this document, and any expenses incurred for personal convenience. For example, the traveler may become personally responsible for travel costs associated with unauthorized use of other than coach class accommodations, failing to follow the Fly American Act requirements, exceeding per diem rates, changing departure or return flights, purchasing unapproved items, etc. regardless of the fact that travel arrangements may have been booked by others (e.g., Travel Agency).

b) Cabin Class Standards

1) The standard cabin class for contractor air-travel is coach class, regardless of destination or travel time.

2) Coach “premium” class may be authorized for destinations which have a travel time of more than 14 hours, consistent with the Federal Travel Regulations and the approval standards outlined in paragraph (f) of this document.

3) Business class travel accommodations will NOT be authorized except as determined through the approval process outlined in paragraph (f) of this document. This approval process is considered to be exceptional, to be part of a trip by trip analysis, and at the discretion of the government regardless of the destination or travel time.

c) Airlines and Flights. In accordance with the Fly America Act, contractors must use a U.S. flag air carrier service for all travel funded by the government beginning or ending in the U.S. unless a specific exemption to the “Fly America” rule applies. Flights on U.S. air carrier pairings with foreign carriers (i.e., code share flights) are regarded as meeting Fly America requirements if the ticket is issued on the American carrier and there is an American carrier flight number.

d) Limitations. Travel reimbursement, which is part of ODC, shall not exceed the authorized ODC amount on the contract.

To be reimbursable, the travel expenses must be:

1) Allowable under the FTR and the provisions of this contract/order and associated technical directives;

2) Approved prior to travel expenditure by the COR; and

3) Allocable and necessary for performance of this contract/order and associated technical directives.

e) Reimbursement Requests. Travel reimbursement requests must be submitted in sufficient time for the COR to give prior approval, and must identify:

1) The name of the traveler.

2) Destination (s) including itinerary.

3) Purpose of the travel; and

4) Cost breakdown.

5) To be reimbursed, invoices including travel expenses must provide a detailed breakdown of the actual expenditures invoiced. Contractor shall maintain the original or legible copy of receipts for all travel expenses invoiced when the expenditure is $75.00 or more. MCC reserves the right to request evidence of any travel expense paid.

f) Approvals. All travel expenses, including rental cars, must be approved by the MCC COR in writing in advance of booking any travel and incurring travel expenses. The following expense types require additional MCC pre-approvals beyond that of the COR. These additional approvals and associated justifications will be documented in writing:

1) Business class Business class travel is considered to be exceptional, to be determined as part of a trip by trip analysis, and at the discretion of the government regardless of the destination or travel time. To reflect the exceptional nature of this approval, the justification for use of business class must be prepared by the COR and approved in writing by the relevant Managing Director or Deputy Vice President of the organization requesting the contractor to travel. The single exception to requiring this justification and approval for every trip in question is when a State Department approved medical accommodation has been granted. In this case, the approval of the COR and the Contracting Officer only is required after verifying that the medical accommodation is effective for the trip in question and that sufficient funds are available. All justifications must verify that the contractor is required to report for duty the following day or sooner, that the travel time for the trip is at least 14 hours, and that a rest stop will not be taken en route. For audit purposes, all justifications and approvals to this effect must be retained by the COR and the contractor until contract closeout at which point all documentation must be provided to the Contracting Officer for incorporation in the contract file. Below are possible justifications supporting these exceptional requests:

A) Medical accommodation – MCC has engaged the services of the U.S. Department of State’s Office of Medical Services (MED/DP) for adjudication on requests for medical accommodations due to disability. MCC will facilitate this process but will not adjudicate disputes or appeals in connection with these requests. If the Department of State’s policies for reviewing these requests changes, MCC will be responsible for notifying contractors of the change but will not be responsible for providing an alternative for medical accommodation requests. For detailed procedures see Attachment: Medical Accommodation Procedures.

B) Sanitation/Health – Coach accommodations on an authorized/approved foreign air carrier do not provide adequate sanitation or health standards.

C) Savings – Flying in non-coach status would involve significant cost savings to MCC when compared to the lowest price non-refundable or restricted coach class fare.

D) Availability - No space is available in coach-class accommodations in time to accomplish the mission, which is urgent and cannot be postponed. (Note: this justification should not be used based on the lack of advanced planning by the contractor or the COR).

E) Security – Exceptional security circumstances require other than coach-class airline accommodations.

F) Mission critical agency requirement – circumstances in which a critical agency priority or project will incur delay or degradation without the intervention of a contractor and that intervention urgently requires other than coach class ticketing.

2) Coach “premium” class Must be approved by the COR, subject to the availability of funds on the contract/order, and:

A) The origin and/or destination are OCONUS; and B) The scheduled flight time including non-overnight stopovers and change of planes, is in excess of 14 hours. Scheduled flight time is the flight time between the originating departure point and the ultimate arrival point including scheduled non-overnight time spent at airports during plane changes. Scheduled non-overnight time does not include time spent at the originating or ultimate arrival airports. And;

C) The contractor is required to report to duty the following day or sooner; and D) The contractor does not take a rest stop en route or a rest period upon arrival at the duty site.

3) Rest Stops – must be approved by the COR and cannot exceed 24 hours.

NOTE: Travelers may upgrade flight accommodations at their own expense or through the use of frequent flyer miles if the coach airfare is upgradeable at no extra cost to MCC.

H.5 CONFIDENTIALITY AND OWNERSHIP OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

All reports generated and data collected during this project shall be considered the property of MCC and shall not be reproduced, disseminated or discussed in open forum,…