Attachment_A_-_Africa_Social_Consultant_SOW.docx

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) Combined Synopsis/Solicitation for Independent Consulting Services

ATTACHMENT A

Independent Consulting Scope of Work Social Specialist Support Services

INTRODUCTION

The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) was established as an agency of the U.S. government in 1971. OPIC is the U.S. Government’s development finance institution. It mobilizes private capital to help address critical development challenges and in doing so, advances U.S. foreign policy and national security priorities. Because OPIC works with the U.S. private sector, it helps U.S. businesses gain footholds in emerging markets, catalyzing revenues, jobs and growth opportunities both at home and abroad. OPIC achieves its mission by providing investors with financing, political risk insurance, and support for private equity investment funds, when commercial funding cannot be obtained elsewhere. OPIC supports a wide range of investments, including extractive industries, agriculture, manufacturing, and infrastructure.

OPIC is required by U.S. law (Title IV of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, FAA) to evaluate certain policy issues for every project it supports. OPIC also has issued the Environmental and Social Policy Statement (ESPS) which describes agency policy related to environment, health, safety and social impact. OPIC’s Office of Investment Policy (OIP) is responsible for insuring that OPIC projects are implemented in a manner consistent with FAA and OPIC’s policy requirements related to social and environmental matters which include:

(a) Environmental, health, and safety impacts;

(b) Impacts on project affected people;

(c) Labor and working conditions; and

(d) Human Rights

OIP performs in-depth analyses on all projects proposed for OPIC support and ensures that any OPIC-supported project meets its requirements in environmental, health, safety, social, labor, and human rights policy areas. OIP also monitors project performance to ensure that projects comply with all contractual requirements in environmental, health, safety, social, labor, and human rights policy areas.

SCOPE OF WORK

The contractor shall provide support to OIP to ensure OPIC-supported projects meet OPIC’s policy requirements. In this case, the contractor shall specifically focus on impacts to project affected people and the related mitigation and management requirements as identified in the International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) 2012 Environmental and Social Performance Standards.

The Contractor shall carry out social assessments of potential OPIC investments and perform social-specific monitoring for current OPIC investments in Africa. In particular, the Contractor shall provide support to OIP in the following areas, as requested by OPIC during the contract period of performance:

· Independent social reviews of project impacts, proposed mitigation, and management capacity;

· Independent country-specific reviews to determine gaps between national policies for disclosure, consultation, resettlement, indigenous peoples and cultural heritage and international best practice;

· Independent reviews of project working conditions, including associated environmental and social management systems;

· Independent reviews of social baseline data and collection methodologies;

· Independent reviews of information disclosure and consultation of project affected people and communities;

· Independent review of policy frameworks for stakeholder engagement and consultation, resettlement, indigenous peoples, and/or cultural heritage;

· Independent review of proposed or existing management and monitoring plans for project-specific social risks;

· Assist in independent auditing or monitoring of OPIC-supported projects, either desk-based or via field visits;

· Preparation of draft reports to OPIC management or OPIC’s outside stakeholders; and

· Other general social support including workshop facilitation, report preparation, specialized/focused assessments or reviews.

The Contractor will assist OPIC in assessing each project’s alignment with and capacity to manage social impacts in compliance with the IFC’s 2012 Performance Standards; the policies and procedures outlined in OPIC’s 2010 Environmental and Social Policy Statement (http://www.opic.gov/doing-business-us/OPIC-policies/the-environment); and OPIC’s Transparency Initiative (http://www.opic.gov/who-we-are/transparency) (together the “Applicable Standards”).

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

OPIC’s offices in Washington, DC (1100 New York Ave., Washington, DC 20527) and periodic international travel.

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

Base period of twenty-four months from the date of award with an option to extend services for 12 months.