RFP 72051921R00004 Hope Index Perception Survey.pdf

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Regional Office of Acquisition and Assistance

USAID/El Salvador, 3450 San Salvador Place, Washington DC 20521 mailto:xcarmona@usaid.gov

Solicitation No. 72051921R00004

Issuance Date: May 28, 2021

Question Deadline: June 11, 2021

Closing Date & Time: July 12, 2021 (3:00 p.m. El Salvador Local Time)

SUBJECT: Request for Proposal No. 72051921R00004

-Hope Index Perception Survey

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in El Salvador, USAID/El Salvador, requests the services of a local organization to carry out research tasks through household surveys and data analysis to help USAID/El Salvador understand public perceptions of the current and future conditions in targeted areas. The survey results will be used to measure actions taken by USAID to address the drivers of irregular migration: insecurity, a lack of economic opportunities, and a lack of basic services and to measure progress on the impact of USAID’s interventions.

USAID will conduct this procurement through local competition, under which entities that meet the local entity definition in Section K.5 are eligible to compete. The award will have a five-year performance period and will result in a firm-fixed price contract.

The procedures set forth in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Par 15 shall apply. The

Government is not obligated to make an award. Cost proposals shall be evaluated as part of the lowest price technically acceptable process for contract award. The RFP addresses all the specifics associated with this requirement. Offerors are encouraged to read the entire solicitation. Special attention should be paid to Section L-Instructions, Conditions and Notices to Offerors, and Section M-Technical Evaluation

Criteria.

If there are specific questions that are not answered within this document, please submit them to xcarmona@usaid.gov by June 11, 2021. Proposals in response to this RFP are due on July 12, 2021 no later than 3:00 p.m. El Salvador time. In your submission, please make reference to Request for Proposal

No. 72051921R00004

The offeror is required to be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) when submitting an offer at www.sam.gov, pursuant to FAR 52.204-7. Should they need assistance, please feel free to contact the above email.

Sincerely, Craig Riegler

Contracting Officer

Enclosures: Request for Proposal http://www.sam.gov/

PART I-THE SCHEDULE

SECTION B: SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICE/COSTS

B.1 PURPOSE

The purpose of this activity is to carry out research tasks through household surveys and data analysis to help USAID/El Salvador understand public perceptions of the current and future conditions in targeted areas. The survey results will be used to measure actions taken by USAID to address the drivers of irregular migration: insecurity, a lack of economic opportunities, and a lack of basic services and to measure progress on the impact of USAID’s interventions.

B.2 CONTRACT TYPE

The U.S. Government contemplates award of a Firm Fixed Price type contract resulting from this solicitation. For the consideration set forth below, the Contractor must provide the deliverables or outputs described in Section C in accordance with the performance standards specified therein based on the Statement of Work (SOW) found in Section C of this solicitation. The period of performance for this FFP contract is five years.

B.3 PAYMENT SCHEDULE

The Contractor shall submit, to the Office of the Controller, USAID/El Salvador, invoices (SF-

1034) which shall not exceed the total obligated amount. Payment shall be made within 30 calendar days after submission of a proper invoice and acceptance by the Contracting Officer

Representative (COR) of the invoice.

[END OF SECTION B]

SECTION C: DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVES

Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS)

Public Opinion Poll: “Perceptions of Salvadorans: Security, Prosperity, and

Governance in El Salvador”

Introduction

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in El Salvador, USAID/El Salvador, requests the services of a local organization to carry out research tasks through household surveys and data analysis to help USAID/El Salvador understand public perceptions of the current and future conditions in targeted areas. The survey results will be used to measure actions taken by USAID to address the drivers of irregular migration: insecurity, a lack of economic opportunities, and a lack of basic services and to measure progress on the impact of USAID’s interventions.

Background Information

According to the biannual Vanderbilt University’s Latin American Public Opinion Project

(LAPOP) survey of 2018/2019, 55 percent of Salvadorans perceive that the national economic context has worsened compared to the previous year, about 41 percent say that their personal economic situation has worsened in the last 12 months. In addition, 63 percent of the population feel that their household income is insufficient, and 21 percent have been a crime victim in the last 12 months. Approximately half of all Salvadorans think that their neighborhood is not safe, and about 12 percent of the adult population has been the victim of corruption in the last 12 months. All these factors impact the intention of Salvadorans to migrate. According to LAPOP

2018/2019, 26 percent of Salvadorans have the intention to migrate in the next three years.

About 83 percent of irregular immigrants returned from the United States cite a lack of economic opportunity, poor government services, and insecurity as reasons for leaving El Salvador.

The goal for USAID/El Salvador’s 2020-2025 Country Development Cooperation Strategy

(CDCS) is to reduce the drivers of illegal migration by partnering with the Government of El

Salvador, the private sector, non-governmental organizations, and other donors to improve security, provide better economic opportunities, and increase good governance so that people feel that they can lead a safe and prosperous life supported by a transparent and accountable government in El Salvador.

To accomplish this goal, USAID/El Salvador will focus its efforts in three urban hubs in the country, working with targeted populations who are most likely to attempt irregular migration and concentrating its programs to improve the three main drivers of illegal migration: insecurity, a lack of economic opportunities and a lack of basic services resulting from corruption and lack of transparency in the use of public resources.

https://www.vanderbilt.edu/lapop/es/AB2018-19_El_Salvador_RRR_Presentation_W_09.25.19.pdf https://www.vanderbilt.edu/lapop/es/AB2018-19_El_Salvador_RRR_Presentation_W_09.25.19.pdf

Performance Management Plan

The Results Framework of the 2020-2025 CDCS has three Development Objectives, eight

Intermediate Results (IRs), and 25 sub-IRs.

USAID/El Salvador prepared a Performance Management Plan (PMP) for planning and managing the processes of monitoring strategic progress, project performance, programmatic assumptions, and operational context; evaluating performance and impact; and learning and adapting from evidence. USAID/El Salvador must include in the PMP at least one performance indicator for each IR and at least one performance indicator for any Project Purpose not aligned to an IR or sub-IR (e.g. Projects at the DO level). Given the nature of the IRs, data for some of their performance indicators can be collected only with this perception survey.

Data Collection and Data Analysis

USAID/El Salvador requires the Contractor to design a survey instrument to measure public perception of citizen security, economic and educational opportunities, and confidence in national/local institutions to provide high-quality basic services. More specifically, the survey will measure a least the following indicators:

Citizen Security

-Perception of Citizen Security in each of the urban hubs

-Crime Victimization rate in each of the urban hubs

-Level of trust in the National Civilian Police in each of the urban hubs

Economic Opportunities

-Level of Satisfaction with Economic Prospects in each of the urban hubs

-Perception of job availability and quality in select sectors1 and in other sectors in each of the urban hubs, consisting of:

1. Perception that one can readily, easily be hired for a job that:

a. can sufficiently meet one’s household’s needs;

b. has sufficient benefits (health coverage, child care, etc.);

c. is within a reasonable distance (in terms of time, cost, safety) from the household.

2. If one currently has a job that meets these criteria.

-Perception that education is becoming more vocationally relevant, increasing employment opportunities

-Perception by parents/caregivers that educational programs contribute to future options for their children/primary school age children.

Governance

-Perception of Corruption in each of the urban hubs

-Level of trust in the justice sector (to resolve GBV case)

-Level of User’s Satisfaction with select municipal/central government services in each of the urban hubs

Migration

-Percentage of people with intention to migrate and the reasons why

Based on the information to be collected through the survey instrument and other available third-party data, the Contractor will design and analyze a “Hope Index” to measure the level of people’s life satisfaction in the country as an indication that they will stay in El Salvador once their expected standards of living are reached. The Hope Index will aim to answer the following research questions: What are the minimum conditions that the community/municipality/country must meet to decrease the desire of its population to migrate? Why do people think there are or there are not opportunities for a better life in El Salvador?

The survey, and its analysis, will take in consideration the following demographic variables: sex, age, education level, and income level. The Contractor will collect the data from three samples whose sizes must be representative of the population over the age of 18 at the urban hub level

(not at the municipal nor department level), according to projections from the most recent census

(2007), with a margin of error no larger than 2.5% and at least 90% confidence. If the surveyed person is under 18, the Contractormust apply any respective Child Protection Laws. The three urban hubs2 are:

1 For USAID/El Salvador, select high-growth sectors are light manufacturing, ICT, and Tourism.

2 According to the General Directorate of Statistics and Census (DIGESTYC by its acronym in Spanish), in El Salvador, urban areas are the capital city of each department where the civilian, religious, and military authorities are located; and those areas with a minimum of 500 houses grouped continuously, with public lighting service, a basic education school, regular public transportation service, and paved or cobbled roads.

1. Urban Hub: Western (18 municipalities):

Ahuachapán: Ahuachapán, San Francisco Menéndez

Santa Ana: San Antonio Pajonal, Santiago de la Frontera, Texistepeque, Candelaria de la

Frontera, El Porvenir, Chalchuapa, San Sebastián Salitrillo, El Congo, Coatepeque, Santa

Ana

Sonsonate: Armenia, Caluco, Izalco, San Julián

Chalatenango: Nueva Concepción

La Libertad: San Pablo Tacachico

2. Urban Hub: Central (27 municipalities):

La Libertad: San Matías, San Juan Opico, Quezaltepeque, Colón, Antiguo Cuscatlán, Comasagua, Santa Tecla, Zaragoza, San José Villanueva, Huizúcar, Nuevo Cuscatlán, La

Libertad

San Salvador: Nejapa, Apopa, Tonacatepeque, Cuscatancingo, Ayutuxtepeque, Delgado, San Salvador, Soyapango, Mejicanos, Ilopango, San Marcos, Santo Tomás, Santiago

Texacuangos, Panchimalco, Rosario de Mora

3. Urban Hub: Eastern (28 municipalities)

Usulután: Berlín, San Agustín, San Francisco Javier, Jiquilisco, Puerto El Triunfo, Alegría, Santiago de María, Jucuapa, Tecapán, Ozatlán, Usulután, San Dionisio, Santa

Elena, California, Jucuarán, Concepción Batres, Santa María, Ereguayquín

San Miguel: Chirilagua, San Miguel, Chinameca, San Jorge, San Rafael Oriente, El

Tránsito

La Unión: El Carmen, La Unión, Conchagua, Intipucá

Urban hubs are the clusters of municipalities that in an aggregated way concentrate the majority of population, migration (measured as the rate of returned population), citizen insecurity (measured as the rate of intentional homicides per 100,000 inhabitants), and economic activity (tax collection) in the country.

For purposes of the CDCS, targeted areas are the urban areas within the urban hubs.

The exact geographic limitations and the municipalities listed here can have small variations that will be specifically defined by USAID.

A secondary purpose of the survey is to measure public perception of the work of USAID/El

Salvador in targeted geographic areas.

Some illustrative questions to measure this perception include:

-Have you ever heard about or read about the United States Agency for International

Development, or USAID?

-Where have you heard about or read about USAID?

-Can you name any programs in which assistance is provided through USAID in this country? If affirmative, which programs?

-Would you say that you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of USAID?

-Would you say that you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of the U.S. Government?

For purpose of comparison, the survey must mirror as much as possible, and when applicable, the questions of the instruments used for the bi-annual LAPOP’s “Political Culture of https://www.vanderbilt.edu/lapop/ab2016/AB2018-V12.0-Eng_190131_W.pdf

Democracy in El Salvador and in the Americas” (to compare with the national level), the annual

“El Salvador Cómo Vamos” (to compare with the municipal level), and/or other previous perception surveys commissioned by USAID as the one used to measure the progress of the

Partnership for Growth Presidential Initiative. USAID/El Salvador will collaborate with the U.S.

Embassy Public Affairs Section (PAS) to best leverage each organization’s investment in surveying public opinion.

The Contractor must present to USAID/El Salvador the proposed instrument to collect data.

Once USAID/El Salvador approves the instrument, the Offeror must test the questions prior to data collection in the field or through enumerator training (all enumerators must be trained in the final survey before implementation) and discuss any modifications to the questions with

USAID/El Salvador prior to implementing the surveys with the full samples. The Offeror must give special attention to ensure that the questions drafted are gender sensitive, to ensure equal access and opportunities for both male and female enumerators, and to ensure that enumerators have the skills to ask gender sensitive questions properly.

The Offeror must use the same survey instrument annually for four years after the baseline (for a total of five3) to detect any change that has occurred during implementation of the CDCS, unless otherwise instructed by USAID/El Salvador. Any adjustment in the instrument must be made in consultation with and approval from USAID/El Salvador.

The Offeror will use the data collected through the questions in the survey instrument to calculate the scores for each indicator. The Offeror will use the values of the indicators to estimate the Hope Index.

Effects of COVID-19 and Elections

To conduct this survey, the Offeror will propose a methodology, for USAID/El Salvador’s approval, that best fits the needs and objectives of this research study. The data must be collected in the field in the same timeframe each year in order to be fully comparable.

Given that 2020 has been a uniqueyear with clear negative effects in the economy and potentially in other kind of variables, the Offeror will propose a methodology for the data collection or analysis to compensate for the values of baseline because of the COVID-19 pandemic, so as to allow the Mission to have a better baseline measurement of its strategy results.

Team

The Contractor will propose the most adequate team size and composition to meet the deliverables of this Scope of Work in a timely manner and adjust the team as it determines necessary. The team in charge of the design of the data collection tool, the index, the sampling, 3 Depending on the availability of funds and the life of the strategy, the Mission could commission a sixth round of data collection in 2026.

https://www.vanderbilt.edu/lapop/ab2016/AB2018-V12.0-Eng_190131_W.pdf http://fusades.org/sites/default/files/Informe%20de%20Calidad%20de%20Vida%202018%20-%20ESCV%20-%20160719%20OK_0.pdf https://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PA00MPD7.pdf and the analysis must be a combination of Specialists with relevant experience in similar studies

(including, but not limited to, Econometrics/Statistics, Political Sciences, Criminology, etc.). It is not mandatory for the numerators to have experience in surveys, but the Contractormust train them before starting the data collection. If during the life of the contract, the Contractorchanges a/some member/s of the team of Specialists originally proposed, the Contractor must notify

USAID of this change and request approval of the new member/s.

[END OF SECTION C]

SECTION D: PACKAGING AND MARKING

D.1 AIDAR 752.7009- MARKING (JAN 1993)

(a) It is USAID policy that USAID-financed commodities and shipping containers, and project construction sites and other project locations be suitably marked with the USAID emblem.

Shipping containers are also to be marked with the last five digits of the USAID financing document number. As a general rule, marking is not required for raw materials shipped in bulk

(such as coal, grain, etc.), or for semi-finished products which are not packaged.

(b) Specific guidance on marking requirements should be obtained prior to procurement of commodities to be shipped, and as early as possible for project construction sites and other project locations. This guidance will be provided through the cognizant technical office indicated on the cover page of this contract, or by the Mission Director in the Cooperating Country to which commodities are being shipped, or in which the project site is located.

(c) Authority to waive marking requirements is vested with the Regional Assistant

Administrators, and with Mission Directors.

(d) A copy of any specific marking instructions or waivers from marking requirements is to be sent to the Contracting Officer; the original should be retained by the Contractor.

[END OF SECTION D]

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" in Section I of this contract. 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)

NUMBER TITLE DATE

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

E.2 INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

Final acceptance of deliverables and reports will be made by the Contracts Office Representative

(COR) or his/her alternate in the Regional Program Office (RPO), listed in Section G. Any changes to the COR will be given to the provider in writing by the Contracting Officer (CO).

[END OF SECTION E]

SECTION F: DELIVERABLES OR PERFORMANCE

F.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Citation Number, Title, and Date) in accordance with the clause at FAR "52.252-2 CLAUSES

INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE" in Section H of this contract. See FAR 52.252-2 for an

52.211-10 COMMENCEMENT,

PROSECUTION, AND

COMPLETION OF WORK

APR 1984

52.242-15 STOP WORK ORDER AUG 1989

AIDAR 752.7005 SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR DEVELOPMENT

EXPERIENCE DOCUMENTS (September 2013)

(a) Contract Reports and Information/Intellectual Products.

(1) Within thirty (30) calendar days of obtaining the Contracting Officer Representative’s approval, the contractor must submit to USAID’s Development Experience Clearinghouse

(DEC) one copy each of reports and information products which describe, communicate or organize program/project development assistance activities, methods, technologies, management, research, results and experience. These reports include: assessments, evaluations, studies, technical and periodic reports, annual and final reports, and development experience documents

(defined as documents that:

(i) describe the planning, design, implementation, evaluation, and results of development assistance; and

(ii) are generated during the life cycle of development assistance programs or activities.) The

Contractor must also submit copies of information products including training materials, publications, databases, computer software programs, videos and other intellectual deliverable materials required under the Contract Schedule. The following information is not to be submitted:

(A) Time-sensitive materials such as newsletters, brochures or bulletins.

(B) The contractor’s information that is incidental to award administration, such as financial, administrative, cost or pricing, or management information.

(2) Within thirty (30) calendar days after completion of the contract, the contractor must submit to the DEC any reports that have not been previously submitted and an index of all reports and information/intellectual products referenced in paragraph (a)(1) of this clause.

(b) Submission requirements. The contractor must review the DEC Web site for the most up-to-date submission instructions, including the DEC address for paper submissions, the document formatting and the types of documents to be submitted. The submission instructions can be found at: https://dec.usaid.gov.

(1) Standards.

(i) Material must not include financially sensitive information or personally identifiable information (PII) such as social security numbers, home addresses and dates of birth. Such information must be removed prior to submission.

(ii) All submissions must conform to current USAID branding requirements.

(iii) Contract reports and information/intellectual products can be submitted in either electronic (preferred) or paper form. Electronic documentation must comply with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

(iv) The electronic submissions must consist of only one electronic file, which comprises the complete and final equivalent of the paper copy. In the case of databases and computer software the submissions must also include necessary descriptive information, e.g., special backup or data compression routines, software used for storing/retrieving submitted data, or program installation instructions.

(v) Electronic documents must be in one of the National Archives and Records

Administration (NARA)-approved formats as described in NARA guidelines related to the transfer of permanent E-records. (See http://www.archives.gov/records-mgmt/initiatives/transfer-to-nara.html).

(2) Essential bibliographic information. Descriptive information is required for all Contractor products submitted. The title page of all reports and information products must include the contract number(s), contractor name(s), name of the USAID Contracting Officer’s

Representative, the publication or issuance date of the document, document title, (if non-English, provide an English translation of the title), author name(s), and development objective or activity title (if non-English, provide a translation) and associated number, and language of the document

(if non-English). In addition, all hard copy materials submitted in accordance with this clause must have, attached as a separate cover sheet, the name, organization, address, telephone number, fax number, and Internet address of the submitting party.

F.2 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

The period of performance of this contract is [this will be added at the time of award].

F.3 PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

Performance of this contract will be in El Salvador.

F.4 DELIVERABLES

In addition to other required reports and deliverables in this contract, the Contractor must deliver the following to the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR).

CONTRACT DELIVERABLES:

1. A Work Plan in English, font Gill Sans, size 11 single space, with the following content:

Data collection and data analysis team(s), draft survey instrument, definition/formula for the Hope Index, sampling plan and justification for the selected sampling method

(including limitations and approach to address those limitations), municipalities/areas in the hubs where data will be collected, training plan for numerators, timeframe for data collection, methodology for data collection and data analysis (including gender integration) and its rationale, expected limitations and how to address them, and a detailed timeline for all the activities between the approval of the work plan and the dissemination of the results. The work plan should be presented no more than 30 calendar days after the start of this contract.

2. A Data Management Plan (DMP) about security, privacy, and use of data. The DMP must follow the different stages of the USAID Data Lifecycle: Plan, Collect and Acquire, Process and Integrate, Analyze, Curate, and Publish and Share.4 The DMP must be a component of the Work Plan.

3. Final survey questionnaire in Word with notes on any changes to the work plan. The final questionnaire must be presented in both English and Spanish no more than 10 working days after the approval of the work plan.

4. A preliminary Report in Microsoft Word in English, font Gill Sans, size 11, with the following sections:

4.1 Table of Contents

4.2 List of all graphs/tables

4.3 List of Acronyms

4.4 Executive Summary (1-5 pages)

4.5 Introduction: Brief description of the purpose and the work plan

4 The Offeror can adapt the data practices, resources, and tools developed in the guidance “Considerations for Using Data Responsibly at USAID” https://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/15396/USAID-UsingDataResponsibly.pdf https://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/15396/USAID-UsingDataResponsibly.pdf

4.6 Results

4.7 Conclusions

4.8 Comparison with years prior (for years 2,3, 4, and 5) and with baseline; and comparison with other similar studies

4.9 Annexes

The report must comply with the USAID Graphic Standards Manual.

5. A final report for each round of data collection and analysis in English in PDF, with

USAID’s comments incorporated as appropriate, due 10 working days after USAID/El

Salvador provides comments. The Offeror will submit the final report to the

Development Experience Clearinghouse and send the link to USAID/El Salvador.

6. A presentation with Google slides in English to USAID/El Salvador upon acceptance of the Final Report. The Offeror must use the most updated standard USAID template and must submit the presentation to the Development Experience Clearinghouse and send the link to USAID/El Salvador.

7. Datasets collected in non-proprietary, machine readable format and the respective codebook in PDF. Datasets and the codebook must be prepared in English and be submitted to the USAID Development Data Library.

The Offeror will provide deliverables 4, 5, 6, and 7 four times: a baseline in 2021, second data collection in 2022, third data collection in 2023, four data collection in 2024, and an end line in

2025. Depending on the availability of funds, the Mission can commission a sixth data collection in 2026. Unless anything changes, the Offeror will present deliverables 1, 2, and 3 only once before the baseline. Any change to the Work Plan, the DMP, or the questionnaire must be approved by USAID/El Salvador.

F.5 LANGUAGE REPORTS AND OTHER OUTPUTS

All reports and other outputs shall be in the English language, unless otherwise specified. See also Section H.7 AIDAR 752.211-70, Language and Measurement (June 1992), which is incorporated into this contract.

F.6 PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

The Contractor performance information determined to be relevant will be evaluated in accordance with the elements below:

(1) Quality of product or service, including consistency in meeting goals and targets. All deliverables should be of high quality in format, writing and content by the final deliverable date with little need of COR instructions and corrections. The Contractor must ask any clarifying questions to the COR and submit drafts if the Contractor and COR agree this would be beneficial. This type of potential Contractor and COR collaboration is the responsibility of the

Contractor and must occur well ahead of the final deliverable date.

(2) Cost control, including forecasting costs as well as accuracy in financial reporting https://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/1869/USAID_GSM_03_05_2019.pdf https://dec.usaid.gov/dec/home/Default.aspx https://data.usaid.gov/

(3) Schedule, including the timeliness against the completion of the contract, task orders, milestones, delivery schedules, and administrative requirements (e.g., efforts that contribute to or affect the schedule variance)

(4) Business relations, addressing the history of professional behavior and overall business-like concern for the interests of the customer, including the Contractor’s history of reasonable and cooperative behavior (to include timely identification of issues in controversy), customer satisfaction, timely award and management of subcontracts, cooperative attitude in remedying problems, and timely completion of all administrative requirements

(5) Management of key personnel, including appropriateness of personnel for the job and prompt and satisfactory changes in personnel when problems with clients where identified

F.7 MONITORING AND EVALUATION

The progress, success and impact of the Contractor’s performance under this contract will be monitored and evaluated as a part of the overall activity results. The USAID Contracting Officer

Representative (COR) will conduct periodic performance reviews as required under FAR 42.15 and AIDAR 742-15 to monitor the progress of work and the achievement of results under this contract, based on the targets and the other contract terms and conditions, which shall form the basis of the Contractor’s permanent performance record regarding this contract.

F.8 AIDAR 752.7005 SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR DEVELOPMENT

EXPERIENCE DOCUMENTS (SEP 2013)

(a) Contract Reports and Information/Intellectual Products.

(1) Within thirty (30) calendar days of obtaining the Contracting Officer

Representative’s approval, the contractor must submit to USAID’s Development Experience

Clearinghouse (DEC) one copy each of reports and information products which describe, communicate or organize program/project development assistance activities, methods, technologies, management, research, results and experience. These reports include:

assessments, evaluations, studies, technical and periodic reports, annual and final reports, and development experience documents (defined as documents that (1) describe the planning, design, implementation, evaluation, and results of development assistance; and (2) are generated during the life cycle of development assistance programs or activities.) The

Contractor must also submit copies of information products including training materials, publications, databases, computer software programs, videos and other intellectual deliverable materials required under the Contract Schedule. The following information is not to be submitted:

(i) Time-sensitive materials such as newsletters, brochures or bulletins.

(ii) The contractor’s information that is incidental to award administration, such as financial, administrative, cost or pricing, or management information.

(2) Within thirty (30) calendar days after completion of the contract, the contractor must submit to the DEC any reports that have not been previously submitted and an index of all reports and information/intellectual products referenced in paragraph (a)(1) of this clause.

(b) Submission requirements. The contractor must review the DEC Web site for the most up-to-date submission instructions, including the DEC address for paper submissions, the document formatting and the types of documents to be submitted. The submission instructions can be found at: https://dec.usaid.gov.

(1) Standards.

(i) Material must not include financially sensitive information or personally identifiable information (PII) such as social security numbers, home addresses and dates of birth. Such information must be removed prior to submission.

(ii) All submissions must conform to current USAID branding requirements.

(iii) Contract reports and information/intellectual products can be submitted in either electronic (preferred) or paper form. Electronic documentation must comply with Section

508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

(iv) The electronic submissions must consist of only one electronic file, which comprises the complete and final equivalent of the paper copy. In the case of databases and computer software the submissions must also include necessary descriptive information, e.g., special backup or data compression routines, software used for storing/retrieving submitted data, or program installation instructions.

(v) Electronic documents must be in one of the National Archives and Records

Administration (NARA)-approved formats as described in NARA guidelines related to the transfer of permanent E-records. (See http://www.archives.gov/recordsmgmt/initiatives/transfer-to-nara.html).

(2) Essential bibliographic information. Descriptive information is required for all

Contractor products submitted. The title page of all reports and information products must include the contract number(s), contractor name(s), name of the USAID Contracting Officer’s

Representative, the publication or issuance date of the document, document title, (if nonEnglish, provide an English translation of the title), author name(s), and development objective or activity title (if non-English, provide a translation) and associated number, and language of the document (if non-English). In addition, all hard copy materials submitted in accordance with this clause must have, attached as a separate cover sheet, the name, organization, address, telephone number, fax number, and Internet address of the submitting party.

(End of clause)

[END OF SECTION F]

SECTION G: CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA

G.1 AIDAR 752.7003 DOCUMENTATION FOR PAYMENT (NOV 1998)

A. Claims for reimbursement or payment under this contract must be submitted to the Paying

Office indicated in the schedule of this contract. The Contracting Officer’s Representative

(COR) is the authorized representative of the Government to approve vouchers under this contract. The Contractor must submit either email, paper or fax versions of the SF-1034 – Public

Voucher for Purchases and Services Other Than Personal. Each voucher must be identified by the appropriate USAID contract number, in the amount of dollar expenditures made during the period covered.

1) The SF 1034 provides space to report by line item for products or services provided. The form provides for the information to be reported with the following elements:

TOTAL EXPENDITURES (Document Number: XXX-X-XX-XXXX-XX)

Line Item Description Amt. Vouchered

To Date

Amt. Vouchered

This Period

0001 Product/Service

Desc. for Line

Item 0001

$XXXX.XX $XXXX.XX

0002 Product/Service

Desc. for Line

Item 0002

$XXXX.XX $XXXX.XX

Total $XXXX.XX $XXXX.XX

2) The fiscal report must include a certification, signed by an authorized representative of the

Contractor, as follows:

The undersigned hereby certifies to the best of my knowledge and belief that the fiscal report and any attachments have been prepared from the books and records of the Contractor in accordance with the terms of this contract and are correct: the sum claimed under this contract is proper and due, and all the costs of contract performance (except as herewith reported in writing) have been paid, or to the extent allowed under the applicable payment clause, will be paid currently by the

Contractor when due in the ordinary course of business; the work reflected by these costs has been performed, and the quantities and amounts involved are consistent with the requirements of this Contract; all required Contracting Officer approvals have been obtained; and appropriate refund to USAID will be made promptly upon request in the event of disallowance of costs not reimbursable under the terms of this contract.

BY:_______________________

TITLE:____________________

DATE: ____________________

B. Local currency payment. The Contractor is fully responsible for the proper expenditure and control of local currency, if any, provided under this contract. Local currency will be provided to the Contractor in accordance with written instruction provided by the Mission Director. The written instructions will also include accounting, vouchering, and reporting procedures. A copy of the instructions must be provided to the Contractor’s Chief of Party and to the Contracting

Officer. The costs of bonding personnel responsible for local currency are reimbursable under this contract.

C. Upon compliance by the Contractor with all the provisions of this contract, acceptance by the

Government of the work and final report, and a satisfactory accounting by the Contractor of all

Government-owned property for which the Contractor had custodial responsibility, the

Government shall promptly pay to the Contractor any moneys (dollars or local currency) due under the completion voucher. The Government will make suitable reduction for any disallowance or indebtedness by the Contractor by applying the proceeds of the voucher first to such deductions and next to any unliquidated balance of advance remaining under this contract.

D. The Contractor agrees that all approvals of the Mission Director and the Contracting Officer which are required by the provisions of this contract must be preserved and made available as part of the Contractor’s records which are required to be presented and made available by the clause of this contract entitled “Audit and Records – Negotiation”.

G.2 ADMINISTRATIVE CONTRACTING OFFICE

The Administrative Contracting Office is:

USAID/El Salvador

Regional Office of Acquisition and Assistance (ROAA)

G.3 CONTRACTING OFFICER´S REPRESENTATIVE (COR)

The Contracting Officer´s Representative (COR) for this contract is [to be filled in at time of award]

G.4 TECHNICAL DIRECTION/RELATIONSHIP WITH USAID

A. Technical Directions are defined to include:

1) Written directions to the Contractor which fill in details, suggest possible lines of inquiry, or otherwise facilitate completion of work;

2) Provision of written information to the Contractor which assists in the interpretation of drawings, specifications, or technical portions of the work statement;

3) Review and, where required, provide written approval of technical reports, drawings, specifications, or technical information to be delivered. Technical directions must be in writing, and must be within the scope of the work as detailed in Section C.

B. The COR is authorized by designation to take any or all action with respect to the following which could lawfully be taken by the Contracting Officer, except any action specifically prohibited by the terms of this Contract:

1) Assure that the Contractor performs the technical requirements of the contract in accordance with the contract terms, conditions, and specifications.

2) Perform or cause to be performed, inspections necessary in connection with a) above and require the Contractor to correct all deficiencies; perform acceptance for the Government.

3) Maintain all liaison and direct communications with the Contractor. Written communications with the Contractor and documents must be signed as “Contracting Officer’s Representative” with a copy furnished to the Contracting Officer.

4) Issue written interpretations of technical requirements of Government drawings, designs, and specifications.

5) Monitor the Contractor's production or performance progress and notify the Contractor in writing of deficiencies observed during surveillance, and direct appropriate action to effect correction. Record and report to the Contracting Officer incidents of faulty or nonconforming work, delays or problems.

6) Obtain necessary security clearance and appropriate identification if access to Government facilities is required. If to be provided, ensure that Government furnished property is available when required.

LIMITATIONS: The Contracting Officer’s Representative is not empowered to award, agree to, or sign any contract (including delivery or purchase orders) or modifications thereto, or in any way to obligate the payment of money by the Government. The Contracting Officer’s

Representative may not take any action which may impact on the contract schedule, funds, scope or rate of utilization of LOE. All contractual agreements, commitments, or modifications which involve prices, quantities, quality, and schedules shall be made only by the Contracting Officer.

a) In the separately-issued Contracting Officer’s Representative Designation letter, the CO designates an alternate Contracting Officer’s Representative to act in the absence of the designated Contracting Officer’s Representative, in accordance with the terms of the letter.

b) Contractual Problems - Contractual problems, of any nature, that may arise during the life of the contract must be handled in conformance with specific public laws and regulations (i.e.

Federal Acquisition Regulation and Agency for International Development Acquisition

Regulation). The Contractor and the Contracting Officer’s Representative must bring all contracting problems to the immediate attention of the Contracting Officer. Only the Contracting

Officer is authorized to formally resolve such problems. The Contracting Officer will be responsible for resolving legal issues, determining contract scope and interpreting contract terms and conditions. The Contracting Officer is the sole authority authorized to approve changes in any of the requirements under this contract. Notwithstanding any clause contained elsewhere in this contract, the said authority remains solely with the Contracting Officer. These changes include, but will not be limited to the following areas: scope of work, price, quantity, technical specifications, delivery schedules, and contract terms and conditions. In the event the Contractor effects any changes at the direction of any other person other than the Contracting Officer, the change will be considered to have been made without authority.

c) Failure by the Contractor to report to the Administrative Contracting Office, any action by the

Government considered to be a change, within the specified number of days contained in FAR

52.243-7 (Notification of Changes), waives the Contractor's right to any claims for equitable adjustments.

G.5 PAYING OFFICE

The preferred method of transmission of invoices is through electronic form at the following address: sansalvch@usaid.gov. Subject line must read Award No. and name of firm [to be filled in at time of award]. The SF-1034 must be signed, and it must be submitted along with the invoice and any other documentation in Adobe format. If submitting invoices electronically, do not send a paper copy.

Paper copy submission: One (1) original of each invoice must be submitted on an SF-1034

Public Voucher for Purchases and Services Other Than Personal to the Controller’s Office at the following address:

Office of the Controller USAID/El Salvador

U.S. Embassy

Final Blvd. Santa Elena, Antiguo Cuscatlán Depto. La Libertad

G.6 CONTRACTOR’S PRIMARY POINT OF CONTACT

The contractor’s primary point of contact is [insert name and can be reached at telephone number] and email address:

[To be filled in at time of award]

G.7 CONTRACTOR’S PAYMENT ADDRESS

G.8 ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA

[END OF SECTION G]

SECTION H: SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS

H.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Citation Number, Title, and Date) in accordance with the clause at FAR "52.252-2 CLAUSES

INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE" in Section H of this contract. The full text of a clause http://www.acquisition.gov/comp/far/index.html

AIDAR PART 752

752.211-70 LANGUAGE AND

MEASUREMENT

JUN 1992

752.225-70 SOURCE, ORIGIN AND

NATIONALITY

REQUIREMENTS

FEB 2012

752.245-71 TITLE TO AND CARE OF

PROPERTY

APR 1984

752.7015 USE OF POUCH

FACILITIES

JUL 1997

752.7027 PERSONNEL DEC 1990

H.2 FOREIGN GOVERNMENT DELEGATIONS TO INTERNATIONAL

CONFERENCES

Funds in this contract may not be used to finance the travel, per diem, hotel expenses, meals, conference fees or other conference costs for any member of a foreign government's delegation to an international conference sponsored by a public international organization, except as provided in ADS Mandatory Reference "Guidance on Funding Foreign Government Delegations to International Conferences [http://www.info.usaid.gov/pubs/ads/300/refindx3.htm] or as approved by the CO.

http://www.acquisition.gov/comp/far/index.html

H.3 AUTHORIZED GEOGRAPHIC CODE

The authorized geographic code for procurement of goods and services under this contract is

937. 22 CFR 228 is the governing regulation for procurement of commodities and services financed by USAID federal program funds.

H.4 AIDAR 752.7001 BIOGRAPHICAL DATA (JULY 1997)

The Contractor agrees to furnish to the Contracting Officer on AID Form 1420-17, “Contractor

Employee Biographical Data Sheet”, biographical information on the following individuals to be employed in the performance of the contract:

a) All individuals to be sent outside of the United States, or

b) Any employees designated as “key personnel”. Biographical data in the form usually maintained by the Contractor on the other individuals employed under the contract must be available for review by USAID at the Contractor’s headquarters. A supply of AID Form 1420-17 will be provided with this contract. The Contractor may reproduce additional copies as necessary.

H.5 AIDAR 752.7004 EMERGENCY LOCATOR INFORMATION (JUL 1997)

The Contractor agrees to provide the following information to the Mission Administrative

Officer on or before the arrival in the host country of every contract employee or dependent:

a) The individual's full name, home address, and telephone number.

b) The name and number of the contract, and whether the individual is an employee or dependent.

c) The contractor's name, home office address, and telephone number, including any after-hours emergency number(s), and the name of the contractor's…