Attachment_2-Performance_Work_Statement_Template.docx

Overseas Private Investment Corporation 1100 New York Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20527

(202) 336-8400

FAX (202) 408-9859

Performance Work Statement (PWS) Emerging Markets Bank Analysis Training

1) Agency Background

a) The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) is a Federal government agency that assists American companies expand their business in developing countries. OPIC is the U.S. Government’s development finance institution. It mobilizes private capital to help solve critical development challenges and in doing so, advances U.S. foreign policy. 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, guarantees, political risk insurance, and support for private equity investment funds. Established as an agency of the U.S. Government in 1971, OPIC operates on a self-sustaining basis at no net cost to American taxpayers.

2) Department Purpose

a) OPIC’s Structured Finance and Insurance Department (“SFI”) is responsible for the underwriting, credit approval, and loan negotiation of debt financing and underwriting and approval of political risk insurance for American businesses investing overseas in less developed countries where OPIC is open. In addition, the political risk insurance team also monitors project performance to ensure that projects comply with the terms and conditions of the OPIC contract. It is the responsibility of the SFI officers to insure that these projects are implemented in a manner consistent with OPIC’s credit policy mandates and statutory requirements. An important facet of this is the analysis of the banks in emerging markets specifically frontier international markets.

b) Rather than sending 30 investment officers to individual training, it would be most cost effective to provide training in-house to the entire SFI team on these issues. It would allow the entire SFI team to acquire the technical abilities, resources, and professional network needed at the lowest cost.

3) Scope (Please replace the yellow text with your solutions)

a) Design, develop, and deliver instructor-led training on Analyst’s Notebook 1 (ANB1) and Analyst’s Notebook 2 (ANB2).

b) Currently, there are 3 employees who are interested only in ANB1, 6 employees who are interested only in ANB2, and 16 employees who are interested in ANB 1 and 2.

4) Period of Performance, Place of Performance and Contract Type (Please replace the yellow text with your solutions)

a) The Period of Performance will be from award date until 11/1/2017.

b) The Place of Performance shall be at the OPIC offices in Washington D.C.

c) The government anticipates awarding a Firm Fixed Price type contract.

5) Performance Objectives (Please replace the yellow text with your solutions)

a) The contractor shall provide in-classroom instructional materials for investigative staff within the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection (BCP), and shall provide data to support the training and will incorporate equipment and information provided by BCP.

b) The proposed Program of Instruction (attached) shall be modified so that one of the sessions will be devoted entirely to importing financial records and another session devoted entirely to importing telephone records. Additional training emphasis shall be on making charts, which Investigative Staff find useful as court exhibits and drawing connections between individuals and companies.

c) All instruction will be provided using a 10:1 student to instructor ratio. The contractor shall provide an additional instructor for every additional ten students.

d) The course will be one-tenth lecture and nine-tenths hands-on training focused on developing the requisite skills to fully utilize the ANB program to conduct network analysis in support of BCP requirements.

e) The course will focus on the most current software version and analytical methodologies to provide Investigative Staff with the tools to support emerging requirements. The Investigative Staff will learn basic ANB interface functions through advanced analytical processes.

6) Contract Deliverables and Schedule

a) The contractor shall prepare, deliver and update as needed the following deliverables.

7) Security Requirements (Please replace the yellow text with your solutions)

a) The contractor shall comply with FTC contractor and personnel security requirements. Badge requests and building access pass requests shall be forwarded to the COR.

b) All individuals requiring access to information technology (IT) systems will have the appropriate security clearance and will be granted access according to their security clearance, need-to-know and their IT position/category. Additional position category and investigation guidance will be provided, if required, by the COR.

8) Project Management (Please replace the yellow text with your solutions)

a) Project management. The contractor shall identify a Project Manager (PM) who is responsible for this contract. The PM is responsible for the coordination of project activities and client contact.

b) Supervision of Contractor Personnel. The Government shall not exercise any supervision or control over the contractor’s service providers in their performance of the services herein. Service providers shall be accountable solely to the contractor who, in turn is responsible to the Government.

c) Transportation. Contractor personnel shall provide their own transportation to and from assigned duties. Contractor local travel, in the Washington, DC area, shall not be reimbursed. Any other travel will be in accordance with the Federal Travel Regulation (FTR).

9) Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR)

a) The COR will be identified at award.

b) The COR monitors all technical aspects of the contract and assists in contract administration. A letter of COR designation is issued to the COR stating the responsibilities and limitations of the COR, especially with regard to changes in cost or price, estimates or changes in delivery dates. The COR is not authorized to change any of the terms and conditions of the resulting order. A copy of the COR designation letter will be provided to the contractor.

10) Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP)

a) The Government’s Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan is a government-developed document used to determine if the contractor’s performance meets the performance standards contained in the contract. The QASP establishes procedures on how this assessment/inspection process will be conducted.

b) The contractor is responsible for implementing and delivering performance that meets contract standards using its Quality Control Plan. The QASP provides the structure for the government’s surveillance of the contractor’s performance to assure that it meets contract standards. It is the government’s responsibility to be objective, fair and consistent in evaluating contractor performance.

c) The QASP is not part of the contract nor is it intended to duplicate the contractor’s quality control plan. This QASP is a living document. Flexibility in the QASP is required to allow for an increase or decrease in the level of surveillance necessary based on contractor performance.

d) Roles and Responsibilities – The following personnel shall oversee and coordinate surveillance activities.

i) Contracting Officer (CO) – The CO shall ensure performance of all necessary actions for effective contracting, ensure compliance with the contract terms, and shall safeguard the interests of the United States in the contractual relationship. The CO shall also ensure that the contractor receives impartial, fair, and equitable treatment under this contract. Determine the final assessment of the contractor’s performance.

ii) Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) – The COR is responsible for providing technical oversight of the contractor’s performance. The COR uses the QASP to conduct the oversight/surveillance process. The COR shall keep a Quality Assurance file that accurately documents the contractor’s actual performance. The purpose is to ensure that the contractor meets the performance standards contained in the contract. The COR is responsible for reporting early identification of performance problems to the CO. The COR is required to provide an annual performance assessment to the CO which will be used in documenting past performance. The QASP is the primary tool for documenting contractor performance. The COR is not empowered to many any contractual commitments or to authorize any contractual change on the Government’s behalf.

e) The Performance Requirements Summary (PRS) is the list of performance objectives and standards that must be performed by the contractor. This Summary details the method of surveillance the COR will use to validate and inspect these performance elements. Inspection of each element will be documented in the COR file.

i) Performance objectives define the desired outcomes. Performance Standards define the level of service required under the contract to successfully meet the performance objective. The inspection methodology defines how, when, and what will be assessed in measuring performance. The Government performs surveillance, using this QASP, to determine the quality of the contractor’s performance as it relates to the performance element standards. The PRS should be used to form the foundation of the COR’s inspection checklist.

ii) Performance Requirements Summary: (Feel Free to update/revise this as necessary)

PRS # 1

Course Materials

PRS # 2

Expert Instructor Instructors shall be graduates of a comprehensive Contractor instructor training program and shall be trained and certified subject matter experts on emerging markets and frontier markets and educated in the latest software versions, methodologies and techniques, tactics and procedures. They shall have a minimum number of two years’ experience with bank analysis in emerging and frontier markets, one to two years’ experience in providing training to the U.S. Government, in this specified area.

PRS # 3

Measure student knowledge gain The course will culminate in each student developing a product that demonstrates their ability to utilize objective gained through the course in support of OPIC’s requirements for network analysis and intelligence products.

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