RFQ 95332420Q0019 - Burkina Faso RCT.pdf

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95332420Q0019

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Listing of Incorporated Purchase Requisitions Section B - Supplies or Services and Prices/Costs Section C - Description/Specifications/Work Statement Section D - Packaging and Marking Section E - Inspection and Acceptance Terms Section F - Delivery or Performance Section G - Contract Administration Data Section H - Special Contract Requirements Section I - Contract Clauses Section J - List of Documents, Exhibits, and other Attachments Section K - Representations, Certifications, and Other Statements of Offerors Section L - Instructions, Conditions and Notices to Offerors Section M - Evaluation Factors for Award

Listing of Incorporated Purchase Requisitions

Incorporated Purchase Requisition Numbers:

Section B - Supplies or Services and Prices/Costs

Item Number Base Item Number

Supplies/Services Quantity Unit

0001 Base Period - Burkina Faso RCT (Tasks 1-7)

Contract Type:Time and Materials Unit Price

Other Direct Costs Extended Price

Description:

Burkina Faso Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) - Electricity Grid Connections

Base Period (Tasks 1-7)

Period of Performance: 8 months (estimated) 08/05/2020 - 04/04/2021

Purchase Requisitions

IDC Type: Not Applicable FSC Codes: R410 SUPPORT- PROFESSIONAL: PROGRAM

EVALUATION/REVIEW/DEVELOPMENT

NAICS Code: 541690 Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services

Supplies/Services Quantity Unit

1001 Option Period 1 - Burkina Faso RCT (Tasks 8-10)

Contract Type:Time and Materials Unit Price

Other Direct Costs Extended Price

Description:

Burkina Faso Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) - Electricity Grid Connections

Option Period 1 (Tasks 8-10)

Period of Performance: 6 months (estimated) 04/05/2021 - 10/04/2021

Purchase Requisitions

Option:

Option Time Date: 4/5/21 Option Time Duration: 182 Option Time Units: Days IDC Type: Not Applicable

Supplies/Services Quantity Unit

2001 Option Period 2 - Burkina Faso RCT (Tasks 8-10)

Contract Type:Time and Materials Unit Price

Other Direct Costs Extended Price

Description:

Burkina Faso Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) - Electricity Grid Connections

Option Period 2 (Tasks 11-13)

Period of Performance: 12 months (estimated) 10/05/2021 - 10/04/2022

Purchase Requisitions

Option:

Option Time Date: 10/5/21 Option Time Duration: 364 Option Time Units: Days IDC Type: Not Applicable

Clauses incorporated by reference

None

Clauses incorporated by full text

DPE IE Section B Section B - Supplies or Services and Prices/Costs

B.1. FAR 52.216-1 -- Type of Contract (APR 1984)

The Government contemplates award of a time-and-materials (T&M) contract resulting from this solicitation.

B.2. Funding Type

This contract will be funded, at the time of award, with 609(g) Compact Development Funds. As such, funding obligated to this contract may be used during the life of the contract.

B.3. Limitation of Funds -- Incrementally Funded Contracts

In accordance with clause MCC 52.232-72, "Limitation of Funds -- Incrementally Funded Contracts," funds in the amount of [TBD] have been allotted to this contract. It is contemplated that funds now obligated under this contract will cover the work to be performed until [TBD]. If the contractor considers the funds obligated under this contract to be insufficient to cover the work to be performed until the date specified herein, or another date agreed to by the parties, the contractor shall notify the contracting officer in writing and indicate the date on which it expects expended funds to approximate 75 percent of the total amount obligated. The notice shall state the estimated amount of additional funds required to continue performance through the date for which incremental funds are provided.

The Contractor shall not perform work on the contract which exceeds the total amount actually allotted by the Government to the contract. The Government is not obligated to reimburse the Contractor for costs incurred in excess of the total amount allotted by the Government to this contract. The contractor assumes the risk for any increased costs beyond what the Government obligates.

B.4. Labor Rates and Other Direct Costs (ODCs)

Labor rates at the inception of a contract period will carry through as "fixed-price" without adjustment for the life of that contract period.

Hours by labor category and pricing under ODCs are estimates only and may be increased/decreased as necessary for successful completion of the contract requirements and as approved by the COR/PM. However, the contractor's expenditures at any given point shall not exceed the total obligated amount or the total ceiling price for this contract as specified below.

Using the template below, Offerors must include all proposed labor categories, fully-burdened hourly rates and Other Direct Costs (ODCs) for each contract period identified above. Please review the notes following the tables for information on plug numbers to be included in the pricing summary.

PRICING SUMMARY PER CONTRACT PERIOD

Base Option 1 Option 2 TOTAL

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Please note the following:

1. MCC anticipates approximately $405,000.00 to be spent on direct costs for treatment injection (e.g., connection cost subsidy, consumer equipment package). Thus, all offerors shall utilize a plug number of $405,000 for injected treatment costs in the respective period in which the intervention is expected to occur.

2. MCC anticipates approximately $777,861 worth of total data collection costs across the entire period of performance of this requirement. The contractor shall utilize $777,861 as a total plug number for data collection but may allocate this amount across the base and option periods in line with their technical quotation. Subcontracting costs for data collection are subject to the requirements of FAR 52.244-2, Subcontracts.

3. Injected treatment costs and data collection costs refer only to the direct costs associated with the selected treatments and data collection, respectively. They do not include any prime contractor labor associated with overseeing/managing the treatment injection or data collection; this time should be incorporated into the level of effort proposed under the respective

Labor CLIN. MCC anticipates the level of effort for this requirement to be approximately 1,000 hours across the entire period of performance.

4. If you believe the above plug numbers are inadequate, please advise during the Question and Answer period of the solicitation.

5. A job description shall be included for each labor category proposed. The job description must identify essential and non-essential tasks that are assigned to a specific position. It must also identify reporting relationships and shall also describe required qualifications, minimum requirements, working conditions and desirable qualifications.

6. If applicable, offerors shall specify their proposed indirect rates and costs (e.g., General and Administrative (G&A) and/or Subcontractor Handling). Indirect costs must be presented as a separate line item. ODCs shall not include profit/fee.

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Section C - Description/Specifications/Work Statement

Section C - Description/Specifications/Work Statement C.1. Introduction and Background

The purpose of this Statement of Work (SOW) is for the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) to acquire contractor services to implement a randomized controlled trial (RCT) on interventions to increase electricity grid connections in urban Burkina Faso. Specifically, MCC seeks a contractor to design and implement the RCT in partnership with SONABEL, the electricity utility. The RCT should address the potential of credit interventions and lowering administrative barriers to increase grid connections but could potentially be extended to analyze other interventions to the extent that they are well justified by existing research.

MCC works with developing countries to promote sustainable economic growth to reduce poverty. Since its establishment in 2004, MCC has deployed more than $10 billion in development grants through compact and threshold programs across 40+ countries. Compacts are five-year agreements between MCC and a country to fund specific programs targeted at reducing poverty and stimulating economic growth. Threshold programs are smaller-scale grants awarded to countries that may not qualify for compact funding but are firmly committed to improving policy performance.

MCC operates under the principle of country ownership: Countries identify their own priorities for achieving sustainable economic growth and poverty reduction following broad consultation within their society and work in partnership with MCC to refine programs. When a country is awarded an MCC compact, it sets up a local accountable entity—called the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA)—to manage and oversee all aspects of implementation. By statute, implementation of any MCC compact must be completed within 5 years; there is no possibility of extension. As a result, thorough project design, feasibility studies and political economy analyses are critical before the compact enters into force.

Burkina Faso became eligible for a compact in December 2016, and the Government of Burkina Faso (GOBF) and MCC are working together on developing a compact program. As the first step, a team consisting of economists, private sector specialists, and social and gender specialists from the GOBF and MCC completed a constraint to growth diagnostic study.

The study identified electricity and education as binding constraints to growth and private investment in Burkina Faso. MCC and GOBF are now working to identify potential interventions that could address these constraints to growth.

As part of alleviating the electricity constraint, MCC is considering implementing a credit program to amortize the cost of connections into the electricity bill of consumers. In addition, MCC is considering supporting interventions to reduce the administrative burden of connecting to the grid, for example by having agents go door to door to enroll new customers. The full implementation of these interventions will be made contingent on the results of the RCT described in this statement of work.

Note: The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting MCC's operations and as of this solicitation posting, the extent of the impact is not yet fully known. Due to this uncertainty, various aspects of the requirement terms may change (e.g., period of performance). Should changes be necessary, the Government will determine whether they are material and whether to engage in communications with offerors. Please see Attachment J.4 for additional information regarding the potential impact of COVID-19 on this procurement.

C.2. Scope

The contractor, supporting the Economic Analysis division of the Department for Policy and Evaluation at MCC, will collaborate with MCC and the GOBF to design and implement or subcontract for the implementation of an RCT to improve electricity grid connection rates in Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. The contractor will design and evaluate at least three of the following interventions:

1. A credit intervention, ideally in which the connection cost is amortized into the electricity bill – terms of credit such as loan term and interest rate may be varied;

2. An intervention to reduce the administrative burden of connecting to the grid;

3. An intervention to reduce (subsidize) connection costs (from the pole to the meter);

4. An intervention to subsidize internal wiring costs;

5. An intervention to increase customers' knowledge of the cost to connect, the monthly cost of electricity with average household appliances, how to budget and pay for electricity; and/or

6. An intervention that randomly supplies consumer equipment such as water boilers, irons, fans, and other small consumer equipment that is likely to increase electricity consumption. The technical specification of the equipment must abide with recommendations from the Agence Nationale des Énergies Renouvelables et de l'Efficacité Énergétique (ANEREE) and will have to be approved by MCC and GOBF. Consider in particular time-saving equipment that may have gender implications.

The contractor shall choose at least three (3) interventions but their selection must include treatments 1 and 2 above. The contractor is free to choose the additional treatment(s) out of the remaining four options as they feel appropriate for enhancing compact design but shall provide convincing justifications in their technical quotation for the choice. The justifications must address the end goal of determining what drives household willingness to connect to the grid and benefit from electricity, but may include other factors as well (e.g., filling a literature gap).

In addition, all households in the experiment will receive information about the benefits of connecting to the electricity grid.

The contractor will be expected to work closely with the utility, SONABEL, and MCC and the GOBF represented by Unité de Coordination de la Formulation du Second Compact du Burkina (UCF) to implement the RCT.

The RCT is expected to be conducted on a household sample (comprised of 2,000-4,000 households unconnected from the grid but covered in the SONABEL service area). Given the nature of the intervention, a cluster sampling maybe preferred (the contractor can provide justifications if they believe so). If that is the case, please provide your sample cluster size recommendation to ensure minimum impact in the technical quotation. The expected location of the RCT is Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso. The contractor will work with MCC, SONABEL, and UCF to develop a strategy for identifying unconnected but covered households, leveraging previous due diligence work done by MCC contractors engaged in compact development.

In terms of data collection, the contractor will conduct a baseline survey, and collect data on households' enrollment for grid connections. These data will be comprised of both survey data collected from households by the contractor and administrative data from SONABEL. The baseline survey, which should be collected using computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI) methods, will be used to both balance the randomization along relevant characteristics and assess the effectiveness of the interventions for different subgroups.

The contractor is responsible for designing and implementing the experiment treatment. The contractor will work closely with the SONABEL distribution department to ensure that the selected locations are within SONABEL electrification scope. As stated in Section B.4, the contractor shall include in their offer a plug number for the direct cost of the proposed interventions.

If the contractor is proposing to supply households with equipment, the contractor must ensure availability of equipment for the treatment. Finally, the contractor shall analyze the data from the experiment and synthesize learnings for MCC to guide compact design.

Further detail regarding the expected content of the experiment is to be developed in cooperation with MCC and the GOBF. It is a desired outcome that the experiment will create a public good and result in a report/research publication co-authored and co-branded with MCC and GOBF.

C.3. Roles and responsibilities

MCC & UCF Responsibilities: The MCC and UCF, along with the contractor, play critical roles in designing and implementing the RCT. The MCC and UCF roles are as follows:

1. Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC): MCC is responsible for oversight of the contractor, including the following specific responsibilities:

a. Contract and supervise the contractor;

b. Conduct quality reviews of all products (work plan, reports, questionnaires, etc.);

c. Facilitate public dissemination efforts to inform decision-makers on learning generated by the contractor if necessary (However, given that the output of this exercise is to inform MCC's compact design decision, we rather expect a dissemination to be done at MCC HQ only);

d. Oversee preparation of public-use data that ensures appropriate balance of enabling verification of analysis and broad use of the data with adherence to promises of confidentiality to survey respondents;

e. Determine the budget;

f. Provide both operational and scientific inputs into the RCT and its deliverables;

g. Support efforts to draft and publish reports of the RCT; and

h. Organize monthly check-ins (via virtual meeting or in person) to check progress.

2. UCF and country partners: UCF and country partners are responsible for building local ownership and commitment to the studies, and conduct quality control of activities, including the following specific responsibilities:

a. Build buy-in and ownership of the research and analysis;

b. Support the contractor when dealing with legal and official matters such as getting IRB approval, working with INSD, making available engineers to train enumerators on basic electricity concepts;

c. Provide letters of introduction if needed;

d. Conduct quality reviews of all products (work plans, reports, questionnaires, etc.); and

e. Facilitate contractor collaboration with SONABEL.

C.4. Tasks

Contractor Responsibilities: The Contractor is responsible for the overall design and implementation of the research, including the following specific responsibilities:

a. Develop high-quality and feasible survey design, protocols, and instruments (Tasks 1-3);

b. Ensure appropriate review of evaluation materials and research protocols by an institutional review board (IRB) and local research institutions (Task 4);

c. Prepare for data collection including recruiting and training necessary personnel and piloting the survey instruments (Tasks 5-6);

d. Manage all phases of the RCT (Tasks 7-11);

e. Design, lead, and implement treatment (Tasks 2-8);

f. Conduct data cleaning (Tasks 7, 9, 11); and

g. Draft technical report and recommendation for compact design (Tasks 12-13).

Task 1: Provide MCC with workplan

The contractor shall provide MCC with a work plan for its team describing the expected days it will spend preparing for and managing the RCT, and the time required to conduct the aforementioned analyses of the cleaned data and write the final report. The work plan must detail the time frame for completion of each task and provision of deliverables as described herein.

The workplan shall also include a security plan which outlines contractor risk mitigation plans and strategies. The contractor will provide the work plan to the COR/PM for approval at least two weeks prior to travel to Burkina Faso to begin field work.

Additionally, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Contractor shall include in the work plan and budget their considerations for personal protective equipment, how to incorporate the practice of social distancing protocols while collecting data, and an explanation of how communication with respondents will occur to ensure the health of enumerators and respondents.

Task 2: Work with MCC and GOBF to design experiment

The contractor shall work with the MCC team and GOBF to develop and design the experiment and sampling strategy described above. The Contractor shall submit an experiment design proposal to MCC and GOBF for review and approval before proceeding. The selection of the specific neighborhood of interventions will also be done with both MCC and GOBF's input and approval.

Task 3: Design baseline survey, informed consent forms and experimental protocols

The contractor shall receive inputs from MCC and GOBF on the draft baseline questionnaire, informed consent forms and experimental protocols. The contractor shall develop a CAPI interface to collect the data required in the baseline questionnaire. The survey questionnaire shall be designed to capture within-household gender differences. To the extent practicable, the contractor should use the latest evidence from the gender literature to develop an approach for capturing intrahousehold differences (Note: For inspiration, please see: Caitlin Brown & Dominique van de Walle, 2020. "Headship and Poverty in Africa," Working Papers 531, Center for Global Development.).

Task 4: Obtain human subjects approval

The contractor shall obtain the necessary human subjects research approvals, including relevant foreign approvals, from an IRB or local research institution as appropriate.

Task 5: Train field staff and enumerators; pilot and finalize baseline survey instrument

The contractor shall train field staff and enumerators to recruit the sample, administer the questionnaires and administer the interventions. The contractor may sub-contract the data collection work.

Task 6: Identify sample of unconnected but covered households; obtain informed consent and conduct baseline survey

The contractor shall conduct field work to identify a sample of unconnected but covered households, obtain informed consent and conduct the baseline survey using CAPI. The contractor will work with SONABEL's distribution division to identify those samples in both Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso.

Task 7: Clean baseline data, perform randomization, and prepare baseline report

The contractor shall clean and verify the baseline data and perform a stratified randomization, balancing on characteristics to be agreed upon with MCC and GOBF. The contractor shall write a baseline survey report describing the data collected, providing descriptive statistics of key variables, and describing randomization of sample size, including mean difference of key characteristics between control and treatment groups. The report should be short, with no more than 15 pages.

Task 8: Implement interventions and collect data on uptake of connections

The contractor shall implement the RCT interventions and collect data on uptake of connections. The contractor is encouraged to hire qualified local staff to implement the treatment. They will work closely with SONABEL and other local experts to ensure that the treatment is adequately injected. (Note: This means the treatment and control samples must be large enough to ensure measurable impact. The contractor must minimize the risks of attrition by ensuring an initially larger sample and/or present their strategy for replacing dropped respondents in a scientifically acceptable way.) The contractor shall assume the costs of treatment injection which should be reflected in their proposed budget.

Task 9: Midline survey and assessment of take-up rate

The contractor shall conduct a midline survey to collect key data to measure treatment impact on adoption rate. The contractor shall clean the data and generate a basic analysis of the data, including summary statistics and analysis of patterns of key variables of interest by subgroup and geography. Further detail on the analysis is to be determined in conjunction with MCC and GOBF.

Task 10: Interim report

The contractor shall write an interim report of findings with input from MCC and GOBF. The report shall include details about household characteristics, energy consumption, welfare variables, disaggregated impact analysis of the treatments using the latest econometric methodology (difference in differences, regression discontinuity, etc.) while carefully addressing any potential endogeneity issues. Because MCC seeks to address poverty and income inequality, the econometric analysis shall go beyond the average treatment effects by estimating quartile treatment effects as well. The Contractor shall give a PowerPoint presentation on the interim findings to the Burkina Faso country team, either virtually or in person at MCC Headquarters (to be determined based on travel conditions).

Task 11: Implement post connection survey

Twelve months after the injection of the treatment, the contractor shall conduct a post connection survey to evaluate the impact of the treatments on households' welfare (across gender, both within and across households). The contractor is responsible for cleaning the data and identifying those welfare variables from the literature that will be tested by this intervention.

Task 12: Final report

The contractor shall write a final report of findings with input from MCC and GOBF and highlight recommendations for compact design that will ensure both high take up rate and high electricity consumption. Additionally, the Contractor shall give a PowerPoint presentation on the final results to the Burkina Faso country team, either virtually or in person at MCC Headquarters (to be determined based on travel conditions).

Task 13: Implementation recommendations report

This is the most important document the contract seeks to produce. Using evidence from implementation science, the contractor shall prepare a report on how the evidence gathered from the RCT can be scaled up for the compact. The contractor must note in their recommendations that the population used in the RCT ("under-grid households") is different than those to benefit from the compact ("households dwelling in peri-urban areas without electricity") and suggest appropriate ways of scaling up. The compact will mainly target peri-urban areas in both Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso that are not covered by the grid.

Task(s) Task Descriptions Months

BASE PERIOD (8 Months)

1-2 ● Finalization of the workplan, developing a theory of change, and designing of the experiment and sampling strategy, including gathering information on the neighborhoods currently covered by the grid, types of household dwelling (e.g. single unit, multi-unit etc.) and presence of alternative providers.

3-5 ● Designing baseline survey, informed consent, and experimental protocol with comments/feedback from MCC and GOBF; Institutional and local (if needed) IRB approval; programming instrument for CAPI; enumerator training, pilot, and any updates to survey or protocol.

6 ● Identification of sample of unconnected but covered households; implementation of baseline survey.

7 ● Clean and analyze baseline data; random assignment and balance check; write baseline report; feedback from MCC and GOBF and finalization of list.

OPTION PERIOD 1 (6 months)

8 ● Implementation of intervention. 4

● Take-up period (and take-up data collection).

9 ● Midline survey, generate analysis plan and feedback from MCC and GOBF; analyze take-up data.

10 ● Write draft interim report; get comments from MCC and GOBF; revise and finalize report; PowerPoint presentation to MCC country team.

OPTION PERIOD 2 (12 Months)

11-13 Conduct post connection survey, write and present final report, write compact implementation recommendation report.

[END OF SECTION C]

Section D - Packaging and Marking

DPE IE Section D Section D - Packaging and Marking D.1. Disclaimer of Deliverables

The Contractor shall ensure that each report prepared by the Contractor and delivered under this Contract contains the following statement on the first or cover page of such report:

"The views and opinions expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent those of MCC or any other U.S. Government entity."

(End of SECTION D)

Section E - Inspection and Acceptance Terms

DPE IE Section E Section E - Inspection and Acceptance

E1. Inspection of Reports

MCC only accepts full submittals, not partial submittals; submittals must be in full accordance with the Contractor's approved methodology and QA/QC plan. The Contractor must take into consideration that each deliverable will have at least one round of reviews by MCC and other stakeholders when developing their work plan.

E2. Quality Control Plan

The contractor shall have in place and maintain a Quality Assurance/Quality Control Plan (QA/QC) that covers, as a minimum, how the contractor intends to meet the requirements of all performance objectives, monitor and proactively manage contract requirements. It shall also include the mechanism by which MCC will be notified of performance-related incidents that are likely to affect quality of service.

(End of SECTION E)

Section F - Delivery or Performance

Line Item: 0001 Period Of Performance Start Date Period Of Performance End Date Period Of Performance Address

8/5/20 4/4/21

MCC-SOW

Various Locations See Statement of Work

US

Line Item: 1001

4/5/21 10/4/21

MCC-SOW

Various Locations

Line Item: 2001

10/5/21 10/4/22

MCC-SOW

Various Locations

DPE IE Section F Section F - Delivery or Performance

F.1. Period of Performance

The overall anticipated period of performance of this contract is 26 months across a Base Period and two (2) Option Periods as follows:

Base Period: August 5, 2020 – April 4, 2021 (estimated 8 months)

Option Period 1: April 5, 2021 – October 4, 2021 (estimated 6 months)

Option Period 2: October 5, 2021 – October 4, 2022 (estimated 12 months)

While the Contract will be awarded for the Base and Option Periods, the exercise of the option periods is at the sole discretion of MCC.

Note: As indicated in Section C.1, the period of performance of this contract may be adjusted due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

F.2. Place of Performance

Generally, the Contractor shall perform services in Burkina Faso or at their home offices, as needed by MCC. During missions to Burkina Faso, the Contractor shall coordinate with MCC, UCF and/or SONABEL, as needed by MCC. MCC may also require the Contractor to travel to MCC offices in Washington, DC from time to time to perform services.

F.3. Deliverables

F.3.1. The Contractor should be aware that all final products (e.g., final report and dataset) of the RCT may be made publicly available on the MCC website. Each of the publicly released final products are subject to MCC-facilitated peer review in order to assess the quality of the final product. In addition, all deliverables intended for public use must be Section 508 compliant -http://www.section508.gov.

F.3.2. As per Section H, the Contractor is responsible for ensuring that all public release documentation is reviewed to minimize any risk to respondent confidentiality. This may require submission of internal use only and public release reports.

F.3.3. In addition to the required reporting detailed at Section F.4, including the monthly virtual meeting, the Contractor is responsible for the following deliverables:

Deliverable Estimated Due Date (months after award)

Place of Performance

Contractor's travel scope of work Before each mission to Burkina Faso No specific location

BASE PERIOD

Workplan, including outlining a security plan (Task 1)

3 months No specific location

Draft questionnaire and experimental protocol (Tasks 2-3)

4 months No specific location

Final questionnaire and experimental protocol (Tasks 5-6)

6 months Piloting to take place in Burkina Faso

Cleaned baseline dataset and random assignments (Task 7)

8 months Data collection: On-site in Burkina Faso

Data cleaning: No specific location

Baseline survey report (Task 7) 8 months No specific location

OPTION PERIOD 1

Mid-line dataset (Task 9) 14 months No specific location

Interim report (including impact of treatment on adoption) and presentation (Task 10)

14 months Report: No specific location

Presentation: Location TBD

OPTION PERIOD 2

Final dataset (Task 11) 25 months No specific location

Final report (including impact of treatment on household welfare variables and business creation) and presentation (Task 12)

25 months Report: No specific location

Presentation: Location TBD

Implementation recommendation report (Task 13)

25 months No specific location

F.3.4. Due dates for all deliverables will be discussed with MCC and then included in the work plan and deliverable schedule during the inception period. The Contractor shall propose due dates in the proposal and methodology.

F.3.5. The work plan must include a timeline, a staffing plan, and a security plan. The staffing plan must describe the division of responsibilities and estimated LOE for each staff member according to deliverable and activity. The Contractor shall clearly demonstrate who performs what activity and when and for how long. The security plan must include contractor risk mitigation plans and strategies.

http://www.section508.gov

F.3.6. When provided, the Contractor must follow MCC-provided templates and guidelines for specific deliverables.

F.4. Reporting Deliverables

The Contractor is required to participate in monthly check-ins with MCC, either via virtual meeting or in person. If requested in advance, the Contractor shall also submit progress reports and any draft or final deliverables with invoices. For travel, the Contractor should submit a draft travel scope of work to the COR/PM (see template in Section J) for review and approval before confirming travel.

F.5. Deliverable Format

Unless specifically instructed by MCC otherwise, all reports shall be submitted electronically using WINDOWS based MS- Office 2010 or newer, including WORD for text, data tables in EXCEL, appropriate MS-Office program for exhibits, and schedules using MS-Project 2010 or newer. Original drawing files should be submitted in AUTOCAD 2010 (or later), and also in .PDF printable version. Digital photos files should be submitted in .JPG format. GIS data should be submitted both in ArcView files, and .PDF printable files. Presentations should be prepared with MS PowerPoint 2010 or newer. The final data must be submitted in Stata format with all variables properly labeled. All work files shall be submitted to MCC along with PDF files.

The Contractor must establish and maintain a comprehensive reference index of all relevant documents reviewed, produced, and/or edited by the Contractor. Any and all such documents made available to and collected by the Contractor must be compiled in usable form and delivered in an organized fashion to MCC at the end of the contract in electronic format acceptable to MCC, and if requested by MCC in hard copies. Such documents may also be requested periodically, prior to the end of the contract.

F.6. Acceptance Criteria

The deliverables will be evaluated according to the following criteria:

• Thoroughness and timeliness in complying with all of the elements in the tasks specified.

• Quality and clarity of analyses and work produced.

• Timeliness and efficacy of communications with relevant counterparts at MCC, UCF, and other relevant organizations.

[End of SECTION F]

Section G - Contract Administration Data

Requesting Office Address

MCC-HQ

Millennium Challenge Corporation Contracts and Grants Management Division 1099 Fourteenth St NW, Suite 700 Washington DC 20005-3550 Phone: Fax:

Contact Details:

Property Administration Office Address

MCC-HQ

Millennium Challenge Corporation Contracts and Grants Management Division 1099 Fourteenth St NW, Suite 700 Washington DC 20005-3550

COTR Office Address

Millennium Challenge Corporation Contracts and Grants Management Division 1099 Fourteenth St NW, Suite 700 Washington DC 20005-3550

Issuing Office Address

Millennium Challenge Corporation Contracts and Grants Management Division 1099 Fourteenth St NW, Suite 700 Washington DC 20005-3550

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.

(End of clause)

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

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:

mailto:MCC_Accounting_IBCDENVER@ibc.doi.gov mailto:MCC_Accounting_IBCDENVER@ibc.doi.gov

MCC_Accounting_IBCDENVER@ibc.doi.gov.

Section H - Special Contract Requirements

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, _________ 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 sensitive 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

MCC 52.204-70 SECURITY REQUIREMENTS FOR CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL - FEBRUARY 2019

A. Compliance with MCC Safety and Security Regulations at MCC Headquarters

1. Personal services contractors (PSCs) and contract employees including those working for subcontractors shall be subject to and abide by all MCC safety and security policy and procedures while on MCC premises, and satisfy applicable requirements for fitness to perform work for or on behalf of MCC, personnel security, and obtaining an MCC Photo Identification (ID) Badge.

2. MCC may impose applicable criminal, civil and/or administrative sanctions, including removal, suspension, termination or suspension of access to information, information systems, or MCC facilities, against any PSC or contractor employee who fails to adequately protect classified national security information or sensitive information, including such information designated as Controlled Unclassified Information, from unauthorized disclosure. The sanctions imposed are under the authority of the applicable laws, regulations, Government-wide and MCC policies.

B. PSC and Contract Employee Fitness and MCC Photo ID Badge Requirements

1. The following are requirements for a PSC or contractor employee who works under this contract and requires access to any of the following: MCC Headquarters, MCCNet, Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU), Foreign Government Information (FGI) or any other designated sensitive information (such as classified national security information and Controlled Unclassified Information under 32 CFR Part 2002).

a. Such an individual must be:

i. A U.S. citizen or have Permanent Resident Status in the U.S;

ii. Screened for fitness to work for or on behalf of MCC;

iii. Determined by MCC to be fit to work for or on behalf of MCC; and

iv. Determined eligible to be issued an MCC Photo Identification Badge.

b. In addition, if the individual is not a U.S. citizen for or in a position designated as moderate or high risk (i.e., a public trust position), the individual must have been residing, working and/or attending an educational institution in the U.S. for at least three, years.

c. MCC may allow such an individual to perform services under this contract based on: (1) a favorable suitability/fitness screening as an interim fitness determination, and (2) a favorable interim credentialing determination for issuance of an MCC Photo ID Badge, as applicable. An interim fitness determination does not satisfy requirement a. iii.) of this paragraph, and an interim credentialing determination does not satisfy requirement a. iv.) of this paragraph.

d. An investigation for an individual's fitness will be required to satisfy requirement a. iii.) except whenever the individual already has an investigation on file that meets the requirements for an investigation based on all applicable position designation(s) for the individual that satisfies/satisfy guidelines issued by the Suitability and Credentialing Executive Agent (SuitCredEA), the Security Executive Agent (SecEA) and the individual has been working for or on behalf of a Federal agency continuously for at least one year in one or more Federal positions or as a contractor employee that was/were subject to suitability or fitness investigation satisfying guidelines issued by the Suitability and Credential Executive Agent. However, no exception to the investigation requirement will be granted whenever MCC obtains new information in connection with the individuals that calls into question the individual's fitness under the criteria for suitability in 5 CFR 731.202. The investigation required will be based on position designation performed by MCC in accordance with 5 CFR 731 and 5 CFR 1400.

2. PSCs and contractor employees for or in public trust positions are subject to reinvestigation for fitness within the timeframe specified by the SuitCredEA.

3. A PSC or contractor employee whose position risk designation increases due to reassignment or change in job duties or responsibilities, is subject to the fitness investigation requirements for the higher risk position at the time the position designation is changed. If the position with the higher risk designation is the same one occupied by the individual, the individual may remain in the position while the investigation is being conducted; otherwise, the individual may not perform services under this contract in the new capacity until the requirements of B.1. of this clause are satisfied. Any upgrade in the investigation required for the new risk level will be initiated by MCC within 14 calendar days of the reassignment or change in job duties or responsibilities.

4. Fitness determinations will be made by MCC using the criteria and guidelines for making suitability determinations in 5 CFR 731.202 and related guidelines of the SuitCredEA. When no new investigation is required, MCC may determine an individual unfit when the investigative record on file for the individual shows conduct that is incompatible with the core duties of the relevant position by applying the criteria and guidelines referenced in this paragraph.

5. If a PSC or contractor employee develops one or more issues with respect to the criteria in 5 CFR 731.202 prior to any required investigation or reinvestigation, MCC may conduct an investigation at any time sufficient to resolve the issues and determine the individual's fitness to work for or on behalf of MCC.

6. Interim and final determinations on eligibility to be issued a MCC Photo ID Badge will be made by MCC based on the SuitCredEA's criteria in "Final Credentialing Standards for Issuing Personal Identity Verification Cards" or it latest successor.

7. Contractor, including any PSC, is required to have all affected personnel complete appropriate security forms, including a signed Personal Information Request Form (PIRF) and a signed form OF 306 Declaration for Federal Employment, which are to be signed and faxed to MCC DIS at 202-521-3590. Candidates for PSC positions must also include a copy of their resume in the fax transmission that includes the PIRF and OF 306.