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STATEMENT OF WORK

Department of Policy and Evaluation

Cost Benefit Analysis Consultant

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.

On January 23, 2003, the United States established the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), an innovative foreign assistance program designed to reduce poverty by promoting sustainable economic growth. MCC, a U.S. government corporation, is based on the principle that aid is most effective in countries that promote good governance, economic freedom, and investments in people.

SCOPE: The Department of Policy and Evaluation, Economic Analysis Division is seeking to retain the services of an independent consultant with cost benefit analysis expertise to support economic research, strengthen applied cost-benefit analysis methods, and contribute to preparation and/or review of cost-benefit analysis modeling the division conducts for country compacts under preparation by MCC.

DUTIES: The Cost Benefit Analysis Consultant:

Conducts cost benefit analysis (CBA), including for economic rate of return (ERR) and beneficiary analyses, identifies key risks and drivers of the CBA results.

Identifies data needs, designs surveys or other data collection as needed, identifies the appropriate method of analysis, and communicates effectively with country teams, consultants, stakeholders, and counterparts to obtain the information required on program logic, context, economic costs, and likely impacts of proposed interventions by MCC.

Seeks and recommends ways to improve upon MCC’s economic analysis and design of monitoring and evaluation to permit real time analysis of country performance on key CBA modeling parameters.

Contributes to meetings with MCC economists and evaluation practitioners regarding the development and use of CBA models.

Participates in workshops, seminars, and conferences involving cooperating agencies, donors, academics, and representatives of other development organizations, as appropriate.

Performs other related duties as assigned.

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA: Performance is reviewed in terms of the quality of the final documents that will be produced. The quality of those documents will be assessed according to, but not limited to:

Quality and level of communication between the CBA Consultant, DVP and MD of the Econ Department;

Contribution of the CBA Consultant to strengthening MCC capacity, consistency, and quality of CBA models.

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Degree to which the CBA Consultant can make independent decisions related to CBA models with the country teams;

Overall style, consistency, readability, and accessibility of the documents; and

Degree to which the document adheres to United States Government requirements and guidelines for publication of government-produced documents.

DELIVERABLES: The Consultant shall provide MCC cost benefit analysis support. The Consultant shall provide services to MCC on an as needed basis, as required. No additional tasks shall imply any additional costs to the Government beyond the amount allowed for in the initial call order; however, this call order may be amended to reflect additional costs.

Task Deliverable Due Date

1 Review of current Sector CBA guidance papers Through contract period

2 Review of the new Policy and Institutional Reform (PIR) guidance report and contributions to strengthening the final report;

Through contract period

3 Elaboration of CBA models, together or independently of EA country teams, for PIR interventions in countries with current compacts under preparation

Through contract period

4 Assistance with refining CBA methodology for developing counterfactuals, measuring consumer surplus, approaches to modeling uncertainty, and other methodology issues that EA is currently engaged with.

Through contract period

PERIOD AND PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: This consultancy is expected to have a base period of twelve months with four 12-month option periods. The estimated level of effort required to complete the tasks for this requirement under the Base Period and each Option Period is 320 hours (40 working days). MCC anticipates this level of effort but does not guarantee this level of effort, as it may increase or decrease.

CLIN 0001 Base Period December 2017- December 2018

320 hours

CLIN 1001 Option Period 1 December 2018- December 2019

320 hours

CLIN 2001 Option Period 2 December 2019- December 2020

320 hours

CLIN 3001 Option Period 3 December 20120- December 2021

320 hours

CLIN 4001 Option Period 4 December 2021- December 2022

320 hours

This consultant will be required to perform work at his or her home office and MCC’s Washington, D.C.

office.

SUBCONTRACTING: The consultant is not authorized to subcontract.

TIMING AND REPORTING: All formal communication with MCC, including reports, will be submitted to the COR/PM. The COR/PM for this requirement will be identified via separate correspondence. The COR/PM will have technical responsibility for monitoring the contractor’s performance. The COR/PM will review and evaluate the contractor’s performance, and also will coordinate any communications with relevant counterparts and other donor agencies and organizations.

Any changes in the terms of the Call Order will be made in writing and approved by the Contracting Officer. No representation of the COR/PM shall serve as a basis for an alteration in the general scope of this Call Order or of the terms and conditions of the Call Order 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.