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OFFEROR TO COMPLETE BLOCKS 12, 17, 23, 24, & 30

SOLICITATION/CONTRACT/ORDER FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS

MCC-17-RFP-0140 07-28-2017

Walter Pemberton pembertonwe@mcc.gov 202-772-6836 08-18-2017

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Millennium Challenge Corporation Contracts and Grants Management Division 1099 Fourteenth Street NW Suite 700 Washington DC 20005

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Millennium Challenge Corporation

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Millennium Challenge Corporation Contracts and Grants Management Division 1099 Fourteenth Street NW Suite 700 Washington DC 20005

Interior Business Center Interior Business Center M/S D-2773 7301 West Mansfield Avenue Lakewood CO 80235-2230

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THE MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION INTENDS TO AWARD A SINGLE

BLANKET PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR ORGANIZATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND

DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES.

THIS REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL IS ISSUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH FAR PART

12 AND 13.

BLOCK 26 – THIS BPA IS NOT FUNDED, ALL FUNDS WILL BE ALLOCATED

TO THE CALL ORDERS.

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Carlos Torres-Roman

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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 SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED

B.2 PRICE/COST SCHEDULE/ITEM INFORMATION

B.2.1 Sample Call Order 1 B.2.2 – Sample Call Order Number 2

B.3 LABOR CATEGORIES/RATES

B.4 BPA OBJECTIVE

B.6 ORDER OF PRECEDENCE

SECTION C - DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/STATEMENT OF WORK BPA AND Introduction

SECTION D - PACKAGING AND MARKING

E.1 Incorporated by Reference: FAR 52.212-4 (a) Inspection/Acceptance

SECTION F - DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE

F.1 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

F.2 PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

F.3 DELIVERABLES

F.4 ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA

F.5 TIMING AND REPORTING

F.6 MCC TECHNICAL DIRECTION

SECTION G - CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA

G.1 LABOR RATES

G.2 DESCRIPTION OF AGREEMENT

G.3 EXTENT OF OBLIGATION

G.4 PURCHASE LIMIT

G.5 INDIVIDUALS AUTHORIZED TO PURCHASE UNDER THE BPA

G.6 ORDERING PROCEDURES

G.4 MCC 52.201-70 Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) and/or Project Monitor (PM) (JULY 2012)

G.6 MCC 52.232-70 INVOICE INSTRUCTIONS (MAY 2017)

G.7 MCC 52.232-74 ODC REIMBURSEMENT (JAN 2007)

SECTION H - SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS

H.1 KEY PERSONNEL

H.2 MCC 52.203-70 CONTRACTOR NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT (MAY 2017)

H.3 MCC 52.204-70 SECURITY REQUIREMENTS FOR CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL (MAY 2013)

H.4 52.209-7 INFORMATION REGARDING RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS (JUL 2013)

H.5 MCC 52.209-70 ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: PRECLUSION FROM

IMPLEMENTATION CONTRACT (JULY 2012)

H.6 MCC 52.232-72 LIMITATION OF FUNDS – INCREMENTALLY FUNDED CONTRACTS (NOV

2006) H.6 MCC 52.232-73 Travel Reimbursement (MAY 2017) H.8 MCC 52.242-70 CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT RATING SYSTEM (CPARs)

REGISTRATION (AUG 2011)

H.9 MCC 52.243-70 INCREASE IN SERVICES (OCT 2006)

H.10 ADDITIONAL LABOR CATEGORIES

H.11 H.REMOVAL OF CONTRACTOR'S EMPLOYEES (MANDATORY SUBCONTRACTOR FLOW DOWN) . 31

H.12 EMPLOYEE TERMINATION

SECTION I - CONTRACT CLAUSES

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I.1 52.212-4 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS—COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JAN 2017) ALTERNATE I

(JAN 2017)

ADDENDUM to FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Items

52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998)

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

EXECUTIVE ORDERS—COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JAN 2017)

I.3 52.216-18 ORDERING (OCT 1995)

I.4 52.217-8 OPTION TO EXTEND SERVICES (NOV 1999)

I.5 FAR 52.233-2 SERVICE OF PROTEST (SEP 2006)

SECTION J - LIST OF ATTACHMENTS

SECTION K - REPRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS AND OTHER STATEMENTS OF OFFERORS

K.1 FAR 52.204-19 - INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS

SECTION L - INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS, AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS

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

ADDENDUM to FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Items

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

L.3 REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

L.4 Instructions to Quoters L.5 Quote Preparation and Instructions

L. 6 POSTAWARD CONFERENCE

L.7 EXCLUSION OF PROPOSALS AND PRE-AWARD COMMUNICATIONS WITH OFFERORS

SECTION M - EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD

M.1 BASIS OF AWARD

M.2 EVALUATION FACTORS AND SUBFACTORS

M.2.1 - FACTOR 1: TECHNICAL CAPABILITY

M.2.1.1 - Technical Capability Criteria Matrix for Evaluation

M.2.2 - FACTOR 2: PAST PERFORMANCE

M.2.2.1 – Rating Matrix for Past Performance Evaluation

M.2.3 - FACTOR 3: PRICE

M.3 EVALUATION METHODOLOGY

M.4 SELECTION AND BPA ESTABLISHMENT

M.5 BPA AWARDS

MCC-17-RFP-0140 Section B

SECTION B - SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICE/COSTS

B.1 SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED

Positioning MCC to realize greatest possible returns in the process of reform, while maintaining an agile, highly-qualified, and motivated workforce, MCC HR anticipates conducting strategic organizational assessments and continuing improvement efforts over the next thirty-six (36) months. The purpose of this project is to strategically support and accelerate MCC’s organizational transition, ensuring accomplishment in a manner that maintains MCC’s unique profile as a public sector development agency driven by private sector principles while promoting essential characteristics of organizational health, adaptive capacity, and effectiveness.

B.2 PRICE/COST SCHEDULE/ITEM INFORMATION

Table B.2 – BPA Labor Categories and Net BPA Rates below shall be used by the offeror to submit its direct labor hourly rates for each labor category proposed. At the time of award, information from the price schedule submitted by the offeror will be incorporated into this section. The contractor shall determine which labor categories would be required to execute this requirement and include those labor categories and corresponding hourly labor rates in Table B.2 – BPA Labor Categories and Rates.

The Contractor shall not invoice the Government for any labor rate that is higher than labor rates established by this BPA.

BPA Labor Category

Base Year Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4

Table B.2 – BPA Labor Categories and Net BPA Rates

Escalation Rate:

B.2.1 Sample Call Order 1

I. Scope

In order to continue intentional organizational maturation efforts initiated under the NexGEN effort (FY16), MCC requires an objective assessment of operational roles and responsibilities as they a) are distributed, b) unfold in practice, and c) influence both results and organizational health. The assessment will: accurately capture MCC’s current state of practice regarding operational roles and responsibilities; assess specific implications for role accountability within existing structures; and consider implications for talent composition and development. The objective is to provide data and strategic assessment to support and promote continual drive towards organizational effectiveness.

This will require: reviewing documentation relevant to roles and responsibilities; capturing the ‘as is’ state both of organizational structure and of practice with regard to roles and responsibilities; and assessing how these align

a) against each other, b) MCC’s business lines, c) workload decision-making practices, and d) prevailing understandings of good organizational practice (i.e., gap analyses). Focus, while to be specified, will center on position categories across leadership levels and matrixed roles. Framing, data, and recommendations should be organized clearly around drivers of effectiveness, talent maximization, and organizational health. Likely effectiveness and culture impacts (current and future), as well as risks, resulting from adjustments/adaptations should be explicitly addressed.

This task is complex, as the relevant comparator group is a hybrid of private sector start-ups, government agencies, and global development agencies. While free-standing, work under this Task should conceptually and tactically align with a concurrent MCC-executed learning needs assessment (LNA) and an anticipated future externally-accomplished Talent Composition assessment.

II. Deliverables and Metrics

Task No

Task Performance Measures

1 Coordinate and conduct kickoff meeting

• Meeting facilitates efficient progress through well-structured agenda

• Clear conceptual framing of the task relevant to MCC is proposed in advance, and finalized in meeting

• Meeting concludes with specified:

timeline for proceeding clear milestones and check-ins, and communications expectations

2 Contextual familiarization and detailed plan/methodology articulation

• Contractor demonstrates enhanced understanding of MCC’s product, organizational structure, culture, data availability, and challenges

• Detailed assessment implementation plan presented for discussion/finalization, including:

• Data collection including:

variables and methodology proposed comparators (if relevant)

• Draft outline of proposed write-up

3 Conduct assessment • Degree to which execution conforms to agreed plan (content and timing)

• Weekly check-ins

• Speed with which contractor asks for clarification/guidance as need arises

4 Iterative Analysis

a) Preliminary pass & rough highlights

b) Discussion with key stakeholders

c) Refinement

• Analysis integrates all relevant data

• Analysis directly responsive to furthering effective mission accomplishment

• Discussion is well-structure and executed, ensuring best thinking of key stakeholders

• Analysis is produced within agreed timeframe

5 Presentation of results

a) Draft report

b) Report revision

c) Final presentation

• Relevant data are clearly summarized and communicated

• Products focus on tractable, prioritized options for action

(articulating risks and rewards)

• Products are concise and clearly written

III. Period of Performance

The work will commence immediately upon signing of relevant documents. It will be concluded within twenty-four (24 weeks) of signing. The work will be conducted at MCC and the vendor’s location(s). The vendor will comply with strict confidentiality and treatment of data requirements.

B.2.2 – Sample Call Order Number 2

I. Scope

MCC requires an assessment of current talent composition and relevant practices, contextualized by information on sound talent management practices in other industries using adaptive/contingent staffing, in order to support evidence-informed decisions about the best-fit staffing model for the future of the agency. There is a need to understand how far current practice falls from optimal practice for MCC’s mission and resources—across the lifecycle of selection through development. Focusing on categories outside the pool of permanent competitively-appointed federal positions, but with reference to modern best-practice approach of capabilities [in contradistinction to competencies], the vendor will review data and practices with the objective of making recommendations about how best to optimize composition of MCC’s talent pool.

This task is complex, as the relevant comparator group is a hybrid of private organizations and global development agencies. A traditional study approach that might be applied in most federal agencies will not serve MCC’s needs.

While free-standing, work under this Task should conceptually and tactically align with a concurrent Task (Roles & Responsibilities).

II. Deliverables and Metrics

Task No Task Performance Measures 1 Coordinate and conduct kickoff meeting

• Meeting facilitates efficient progress through well-structured agenda

• Clear conceptual framing of the task relevant to MCC is proposed in advance, and finalized in meeting

• Meeting concludes with specified:

timeline for proceeding clear milestones and check-ins, and communications expectations

2 Detailed plan/methodology articulation

• Target categories for analysis identified

• Methodology for evaluating target categories against a) permanent fed

PDs and b) business need outlined

• Detailed data collection plan presented for discussion/finalization

3 Conduct data collection

• Degree to which execution conforms to agreed plan (content and timing)

• Weekly check-ins

• Speed with which contractor asks for clarification/guidance as need arises

4 Iterative Analysis

d) Preliminary pass & rough highlights

e) Discussion & revision

• Analysis integrates all relevant data

• Analysis directly responsive to furthering effective mission accomplishment

• Discussion is well-structure and executed, ensuring best thinking of key stakeholders

• Analysis is produced within agreed timeframe

5 Presentation of results

d) Draft report

e) Report revision

f) Final presentation

• Relevant data are clearly summarized and communicated; logic relating recommendations to MCC’s mission and business needs is clear

• Products focus on tractable, prioritized actions for moving towards robust mechanisms for optimizing talent composition, including but not limited to:

Systematically assigning roles/positions across categories

(permanent, term, or PSC) Mechanisms for ensuring capability development across critical roles in talent pool (regardless of category)

III. Period of Performance

The work will commence immediately upon signing of relevant documents. It will be concluded within twenty-four (24 weeks) of signing. The work will be conducted at MCC and the vendor’s location(s). The vendor will comply with strict confidentiality and treatment of data requirements.

B.3 LABOR CATEGORIES/RATES

The contractor shall provide services in support of this requirement in the labor categories identified in Table B.2 - BPA Labor Categories and Net BPA Rates. See Special Contract Requirement Section H. Additional Labor Categories, if additional categories are required after award of the Blanket Purchase Agreement.

B.4 BPA OBJECTIVE

To provide the required support services identified in B.1., in accordance with FAR 13.303-2 Establishment of BPAs, MCC anticipates the establishment of one BPA as a result of this RFP to procure the support services described herein. The BPA will be established for a period of five years. Call Orders will be awarded as Firm Fixed Price and/or Time & Material with an individual order maximum and/or Not-to-Exceed (NTE) ceiling equivalent to the Commercial Item Simplified Acquisition Procedures threshold as stated under FAR Part 13.5.

Services will be required at MCC headquarters, overseas, on an as-needed basis, in support of specific programs in any MCC-eligible country, MCC eligible countries can be found at www.mcc.gov.

http://www.mcc.gov/

B.6 ORDER OF PRECEDENCE

All Call Orders awarded under this Blanket Purchase Agreement shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the award BPA. In the event of an inconsistency in provisions between a call order and BPA, the provisions of the underlying Blanket Purchase Agreement shall take precedence.

MCC-17-RFP-0140 Section C

SECTION C - DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/STATEMENT OF WORK BPA AND

Introduction

The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is a Federal Corporation created under Title VI of the Foreign Operation, Export Financing, and related Programs Appropriations Act, 2004. MCC is based on the principle that aid is most effective in countries that promote good governance, economic freedom, and investments in people. MCC provides large grants to a small number of eligible developing countries.

MCC was established to innovate by applying private sector principles in the field of development finance: this influences both MCC’s operational model and trajectory as an organization. MCC faces a unique organizational development arc as the sole public sector start-up founded to operate on private sector principles of innovative strategies, ensuring accountability for measurable results, and maximizing use of flexible authorities to optimize efficiencies in contracting, program implementation, and personnel. It is essential that MCC organizational practices, management and decision-making structures, and transaction teams composed of experts from across MCC’s departments, embody these concepts as they create and execute compacts with developing countries.

The Human Resources (HR) division supports the agency’s mission and embodiment of values by acting as a strategic partner to support: effective and agile talent management (from recruiting through selection and succession planning); best practice performance management; learning programs informed by current research designed to support needs of individual contributors, managers, and executives operating in an adaptive system of positions with limited tenure; and organizational culture, health, and effectiveness broadly defined. HR enacts its role through a variety of programs and mechanisms.

MCC is moving along a natural arc of transitioning through start-up to more mature organization. At a tactical level, MCC has invested in business process and system improvements. Complementary efforts at the strategic system level have also unfolded. Through a recent organizational health initiative (FY2016) MCC articulated its CLEAR values: embrace Collaboration; always Learn; practice Excellence; be Accountable; and Respect individuals. The President’s reform agenda creates opportunities for MCC to leverage past investments and intensify organizational development.

A. Project Overview

Positioning MCC to realize greatest possible returns in the process of reform, while maintaining an agile, highly-qualified, and motivated workforce, MCC HR anticipates conducting strategic organizational assessments and continuing improvement efforts over the next thirty-six (36) months. The purpose of this project is to strategically support and accelerate MCC’s organizational transition, ensuring accomplishment in a manner that maintains MCC’s unique profile as a public sector development agency driven by private sector principles while promoting essential characteristics of organizational health, adaptive capacity, and effectiveness.

B. Scope

Detailed scope for each activity defined under this BPA will be provided upon issuance of a call order. Broadly, possible activities anticipated are those analyses, assessments, and expert support relevant to an organization in the phase of transitioning from start-up to mature organization committed to enhancing effectiveness in line with the federal government’s reform objectives. As such, activities will be founded in current research, and combine understanding of best practice in private and public sector settings. Illustrative, but not exhaustive, potential foci for activities include:

• Talent management, e.g., o Essential capabilities identification, focusing on key roles associated with threshold and compact development/implementation o Roles and accountabilities reviews, with the objective of addressing both efficiency and talent development needs o Management Metrics, to align managerial focus, behaviors, and individual development investments, with organizational health and effectiveness metrics o Succession planning, with particular reference to the hybrid structure of the workforce

• Organizational maturity o Assessment and support to critical accelerator conversations o Practice and productivity alignment o Strategic planning and sense-making

• Communication and Key Interfaces o Culture saturation and gaps o Leadership cadre and team practices and opportunities

C. Tasks

Tasks likely to be conducted as a result of call orders on this BPA would be those required to execute on needs identified in line with the project scope (see Section C). Tasks, whether assessment and recommendation only, or inclusive of expert consultation on implementation, would be fully articulated in call orders. Each task would commence with a planning meeting, covering articulation of expectations.

D. Deliverables

Deliverables and associated timelines will be specified when call orders are issued. Deliverables will be in two forms: written products and delivered activities. In those instances in which written products are necessary inputs to organizational development, the products should not be conceived of as ends, but as means to the end of enhanced organizational effectiveness.

Deliverables, whether products or activities, will be evaluated according to the following criteria:

• Thoroughness, accuracy, and timeliness in complying with all of the elements laid out in the tasks;

• Quality and clarity of communication;

• Responsiveness, as reflected in demonstrated understanding of MCC’s unique profile and challenges; and

• Timeliness and efficacy of communications with customer.

E. Conflict of Interest

The consultant should not be involved in drafting any responses to MCC RFPs/RFQs during periods of active engagement on call orders.

F. Period of Performance

All work under this call order shall be completed between effective date of the award through 5 years.

MCC-17-RFP-0140 Section D

SECTION D - PACKAGING AND MARKING

The contractor shall ensure the BPA and any Call Order Number is clearly visible on all information submitted to the Contracting Officer Representative, Project Monitor and/or Contracting Officer

MCC-17-RFP-0140 Section E

SECTION E - INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

E.1 Incorporated by Reference: FAR 52.212-4 (a) Inspection/Acceptance

MCC-17-RFP-0140 Section F

SECTION F - DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE

F.1 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

Period of Performance is from effective date of the award through 5 years.

F.2 PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

Performance shall be at the vendor location, MCC headquarters in Washington, DC, if required and any country where the Millennium Challenge Corporation has or may provide foreign assistance as defined for each Call Order. See www.mcc.gov for current and potential future locations abroad.

F.3 DELIVERABLES

Deliverables and associated timelines will be specified when call orders are issued. Deliverables will be in two forms: written products and delivered activities. In those instances in which written products are necessary inputs to organizational development, the products should not be conceived of as ends, but as means to the end of enhanced organizational effectiveness.

F.4 ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA

Deliverables, whether products or activities, will be evaluated according to the following criteria:

• Thoroughness, accuracy, and timeliness in complying with all of the elements laid out in the tasks;

• Quality and clarity of communication;

• Responsiveness, as reflected in demonstrated understanding of MCC’s unique profile and challenges; and

• Timeliness and efficacy of communications with customer.

F.5 TIMING AND REPORTING

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

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

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

http://www.mcc.gov/

F.6 MCC TECHNICAL DIRECTION

For call order tasks performed under time and materials / labor hours, the following applies:

(a) Performance of the work under this BPA and each call order 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 BPA, and any resulting Call Order.

(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/Call Order cost, the fixed fee (if any), or the time required for contract/Call Order performance;

(4) Changes any of the expressed terms, conditions, or specifications of the BPA/Call Order; or

(5) Interferes with the Contractor's rights to perform the terms and conditions of the BPA/Call

Order.

(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 COR 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 BPA /Task Order 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 BPA/Task Order and does not constitute a change under the changes clause of the BPA/Task Order, 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 BPA/Task Order 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 BPA.

(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.

MCC-17-RFP-0140 Section G

SECTION G - CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA

G.1 LABOR RATES

Labor Rates within this Blanket Purchase Agreement are ceiling rates for each period as outlined in Section B.2.

The ceiling rates shall be fixed without adjustment unless the vendor can substantiate a change in labor rate.

G.2 DESCRIPTION OF AGREEMENT

The supplier shall furnish supplies or services, within the scope of this agreement, if and when requested by the Contracting Officer during the specified Period of Performance, described in Section F.

G.3 EXTENT OF OBLIGATION

The Government is obligated only to the extent of authorized purchases actually made under the Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) on individual Call Orders.

G.4 PURCHASE LIMIT

The limitation for individual call orders for commercial item acquisitions conducted under Subpart 13.5 is $7 million. The simplified acquisition procedures may be used for acquisitions that do not exceed $12 million when:

G.4.1 The acquisition is for commercial item that, as determined by the head of the agency, are to be used in support of a contingency operation or to facilitate the defense against or recovery from nuclear, biological, chemical or radiological attack; or

G.4.2 The acquisition will be treated as an acquisition of commercial item in accordance with 12.102(f)(1).

G.5 INDIVIDUALS AUTHORIZED TO PURCHASE UNDER THE BPA

Any warranted Contracting Officer at the Millennium Challenge Corporation is authorized to purchase under this BPA within their specified warrant level.

G.6 ORDERING PROCEDURES

Purchases under the Blanket Purchases Agreement shall be in accordance with FAR 13.303-5 Purchases under BPAs.

The Call Orders to be issued under each BPA will be based on statements of work defining specific requirements.

The BPAs will establish agreed-upon unit labor rates for the labor categories in Section B.2. BPA holders will then use the BPA unit labor rates times quoted labor hours, plus costs associated with the necessary contract support items (if needed) to quote a Firm Fixed Price and or a Labor Hour/Time & Material NTE ceiling for each individual Call Order. Factors such as (but not limited to) price, past performance on prior Call Orders issued outside and under the BPAs (quality of deliverables/services, timeliness, and cost control), socioeconomic status and potential impact on other orders placed with the contractor (e.g. capacity issues) may be considered in determining establishment of individual Call Orders.

G.4 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.6 MCC 52.232-70 INVOICE INSTRUCTIONS (MAY 2017)

Invoices shall be paid in accordance with the Prompt Payment Act, thirty days (30) following receipt of a proper invoice. The Contractor shall submit each invoice electronically via email or fax to the following:

Fax: 303.969.5151/7281 ATTN: MCC Payments, or

Email: MCC_Accounting_IBCDENVER@ibc.doi.gov, or mailto:MCC_Accounting_IBCDENVER@ibc.doi.gov

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

Interior Business Center

M/S D-2773

7301 West Mansfield Avenue

Lakewood, CO 80235-2230

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

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

(1) Name, address and telephone of the Contractor

(2) Date of invoice and invoice number

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

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

(5) A schedule depicting the following information:

Amount Invoiced

This Period

Cumulative Amount Invoiced

Authorized Value of Contract

Balance Remaining on Contract

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

(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.7 MCC 52.232-74 ODC REIMBURSEMENT (JAN 2007)

Other Direct Charges (ODCs) will be reimbursed for direct costs as provided in the contract and/or task order.

To be reimbursed, invoices including ODCs, must provide a detailed breakdown of the actual expenditures invoiced. The Contractor shall maintain the original or legible copy of receipts for all ODCs invoiced. MCC reserves the right to request evidence of any ODC reimbursed. To assure timely reimbursement of ODC’s, the Contractor is strongly encouraged to submit charges within 45 days of the expense.

(End of clause)

(End of Section G) mailto:MCC_Accounting_IBCDENVER@ibc.doi.gov

MCC-17-RFP-0140 Section H

SECTION H - SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS

H.1 KEY PERSONNEL

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.

Key personnel will be designated at the Call Order level, however, MCC anticipates one (1) Project Manager at the BPA level that will be responsible for overseeing the personnel on all Call Orders.

Name (s) of Key Personnel:

Title Name

Project Manager TBD

The Contractor shall provide resumes of Key Personnel and non-Key Personnel for individual Call Orders. All personnel identified in a Call Order under this contract as Key Personnel are considered to be essential to the work being performed hereunder. 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 (MAY 2017)

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 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 52.204-70 SECURITY REQUIREMENTS FOR CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL (MAY 2013)

Contractor employees and/or subcontractor personnel, while on MCC premises, shall be subject to and abide by all safety and security regulations of the MCC and shall be required to meet the same personnel security background requirements as MCC employees as outlined in MCC policies and procedures, including MCC’s Background Investigations and Clearances (Security Clearances and Facility Access Clearances) for Federal Employment, Contract Service and/or Volunteer Service at the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC’s Background Investigations and Clearance policy).

A. Contractor Personnel Facility Access Requirements (including offsite MCCNet access)

Contractor candidates hired to work under contracts awarded by MCC and require access to MCC Headquarters, MCCNet, Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU), Foreign Government Information (FGI) or other MCC-Sensitive information must be U.S. citizens or have Permanent Resident Status in the U.S. Contractor candidates will undergo a background investigation for a facility access clearance (a.k.a. a “favorable suitability” determination per MCC’s Background Investigations and Clearance policy. The screening will determine the candidate’s suitability and fitness for work under MCC contracts. The background investigation will consist of a National Agency Checks with Law and Credit (NACLC) for a Moderate Risk Public Trust (MRPT) position and fingerprint imaging to be reported to FBI national databases and reported to MCC’s Security & Office Services-Security Office (MCC/Security).

For contract positions with and in support of an MRPT position, a non-U.S. citizen foreign national (FN) who has Permanent Resident Status in the U.S. (a.k.a. holds a valid Alien Registration Card, commonly referred to as a “green card,” although the actual card is no longer green), the contractor candidate must have been residing, working and/or attending school in the U.S. for the last two (2), preferably three (3), years in order for a meaningful background investigation to be conducted and the contractor candidate will be required to report all residences, work venues and/or school registrations for the last seven (7) years. Processing a MRPT background investigation for a foreign national with Permanent Resident Status may require waiting for receipt of a final Report of Investigation, at the discretion of MCC/Security, which might take up to 120 days after the candidate’s reviewed background submission is released by MCC/Security for assignment to an investigator.

MCC/Security can only make a determination of a contractor candidate’s eligibility to meet facility access clearance requirements when the candidate completes an on-line Questionnaire for Public Trust Positions (SF-85P) and Supplemental Questionnaire for Public Trust Positions (SF-85PS) via OPM’s electronic Questionnaire for Investigations Processing (e- QIP) which MCC/Security initiates and e-mails instructions to the candidate.

Contractor is required to have all affected personnel execute appropriate security forms, starting with MCC/Security’s Personal Information Request Form (which must be completed, signed by the candidate and faxed to MCC/Security at 202- 521-3590) as well as theSF85P/SF-85PS, related signature releases and supplemental forms and submit to fingerprint imaging) as well as the SF-85P/SF-85PS, signature releases and supplemental forms and submit to fingerprint imaging) to MCC/ Security within seven (7) days after MCC/Security e-mail request is sent before a determination will be made with regard to the contractor candidate’s access to MCC Headquarters or overseas RCD offices and/or MCCNet is approved.

Contractor candidates may be permitted to work under the contract while the background investigation is being conducted at the discretion of MCC/Security. MCC/Security will provide the necessary background investigations forms

– which must be submitted via OPM’s on-line system – to each contractor candidate, whose Privacy Act protected rights will be protected in that details regarding a negative determination with regard to suitability will only be revealed to the individual contractor candidate by MCC/Security. (Also see “Contract Award” below.)

Contractor candidates for whom unfavorable or derogatory information is developed and/or reported during the background investigation process will be presented to the contractor candidate by MCC/Security and offered an opportunity to refute, explain, clarify or mitigate the information in question. If an ineligibility determination is made by MCC/Security, the contractor candidate will be ineligible to further render services under the contract and access to MCC headquarters and/or any overseas MCC/Resident Country Director offices and/or MCCNet will be immediately terminated if the contractor candidate has been permitted to work in advance of completion of his/her background investigation

The initial ineligibility decision will be communicated by the MCC/Security through the contracting officer and COR to the contractor. The specific reasons for the ineligibility determination will be made available only to the affected contractor candidate directly by MCC/Security.

MCC/Security will follow USG-wide reciprocity mandate per The Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (IRTPA) of 2004, Title III, Sec. 3001 (12/06/2004) and may accept, via reciprocity, a previous investigation meeting or exceeding the MCC required investigation standard (NACLC and fingerprinting) and a related adjudication for a clearance meeting or exceeding the MCC-required clearance. Per IRTPA, the investigation must have been completed within the previous two calendar years. Contractor candidates may be required to submit updated security forms.

MCC/Security’s decision to grant a facility access clearance to a contractor candidate will be communicated via the STARS Sharepoint New Hires database and CGM will communicate the requirement for each contractor candidate to the contractor for attend MCC’s Orientation Program, which takes place on alternating Mondays at the start of each pay period. All contractor candidates who require on-site facility access and/or MCCNet access are required to attend MCC’s Orientation Program which includes a Security Briefing, a badging appointment and an IT Briefing. After attending MCC’s Orientation Program, MCC/Security will issue an HSPD-12 compliant MCC Photo ID Badge which will permit the contractor candidate with physical site access to MCC headquarters and will indicate on the face of the badge, the contractor candidate’s status as a contractor who does not have access to national security classified information.

B. Contract Employees Not Requiring Facility, MCCNet, or Sensitive Information Access

Contractor candidates hired to work under contracts awarded by MCC who do not require access to MCC Headquarters are preferred to be U.S. citizens or have Permanent Resident Status in the U.S. Employment of any foreign national (FN) working within the U.S. must have been lawfully admitted into the U.S. in accordance with immigration laws with eligibility to work within the U.S. Employment of a FN by MCC outside of the U.S. is subject to applicable security and legal requirements established by the Chief of Mission (a.k.a. Ambassador of the U.S. to the foreign country where the non-U.S.

citizen FN will be engaged as an MCC contractor) and the U.S. Department of Treasury. Each Chief of Mission is selected by the Secretary of State at the U.S. Department of State in consultation with The White House Office of Presidential Personnel.

The contractor must provide to MCC/Security the full name, date of birth, place of birth, social security number (except for FN contractors not issued a social security number), home address, work telephone number and a home and/or personal cell telephone number via fax submission of MCC/Security’s Personal Information Request Form.

MCC/Security will use a contractor candidate’s Privacy Act protected Personally Identifiable Information (PII) to screen each contractor candidate through various government databases to determine their suitability and fitness for work under MCC contracts. Additional forms and background information may be requested to verify each contractor candidate’s suitability. Contractor personnel may be permitted, at the discretion of MCC/Security, work under the contract while the background investigation is being conducted.

Contractor candidates on whom unfavorable, derogatory or questionable information has been developed will be given an opportunity to refute, explain, clarify or mitigate the information with MCC/Security. If an ineligibility determination is made by MCC/Security, the contractor candidate will be ineligible to further render services under the contract.

The ineligibility determination will be communicated by MCC/Security through the contracting officer and COR to the contractor. The specific reasons for the ineligibility determination will be made available only to the affected individual directly by MCC/Security.

C. Personal Services Contractor Security Clearance Requirements

The number of Personal Services Contractors (PSCs) cleared for access to national security classified information will be limited only to those PSCs encumbering a Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Federal employee position, based on operational needs requiring the specific PSC to access national security classified information or systems in consultation with MCC’s Human Resources Division and only with approval of the Vice President, Department of Administration & Finance. The level of access approved will relate directly to the level of national security classified information (secret = noncritical-sensitive FTE position or top secret = critical-sensitive FTE position) the PSC candidate requires in order to perform their official USG functions.

1. Personal Service Contractors (PSC). MCC/Security is responsible for investigation and clearance actions associated with PSC candidates who are directly compensated by MCC. MCC/Security will process the appropriate level of background investigations and grant appropriate level security clearances for all PSCs where MCC makes payment directly to the individual. The level of background investigation and clearance (secret = noncritical-sensitive or top secret

= critical-sensitive) granted will be based on the duties to be performed by the PSC as compared with the position of an MCC Federal employee in a similar position.

PSC candidates will be required to execute background investigation forms, starting with MCC/Security’s Personal Information Request Form (which must be completed, signed by the candidate and faxed to MCC/Security at 202-521- 3590) as well as a Questionnaire for National Security Positions (SF-86), signature releases and supplemental forms and submit to fingerprint imaging to be reported and reviewed by FBI national databases) and submit to MCC/Security before…