RFQ 95332420Q0063 Kosovo Energy Infrastructure Advisory.pdf

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95332420Q0063

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: KOSOVO ENERGY

INFRASTRUCTURE AND

ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY

1 LT

Contract Type:Time and Materials Unit Price

Other Direct Costs Extended Price

Description:

Base Period: Kosovo Energy Infrastructure includes Labor and ODCs.

Purchase Requisitions

IDC Type: Not Applicable FSC Codes: R499 SUPPORT- PROFESSIONAL: OTHER

NAICS Code: 541990 All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical S...

Supplies/Services Quantity Unit

1001 OY1: KOSOVO ENERGY

INFRASTRUCTURE AND

ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY

1 LT

Contract Type:Time and Materials Unit Price

Other Direct Costs Extended Price

Description:

Option Period 1: Kosovo Energy Infrastructure includes Labor and ODCs.

Purchase Requisitions

Option: 2

Option Time Date: 10/1/21 Option Time Duration: 364 Option Time Units: Days

Supplies/Services Quantity Unit

2001 OY2: KOSOVO ENERGY

INFRASTRUCTURE AND

ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY

1 LT

Contract Type:Time and Materials Unit Price

Other Direct Costs Extended Price

Description:

Option Period 2: Kosovo Energy Infrastructure includes Labor and ODCs.

Purchase Requisitions

Option: 3 Option Time Date: 10/1/22 Option Time Duration: 364 Option Time Units: Days

Supplies/Services Quantity Unit

3001 OY3: KOSOVO ENERGY

INFRASTRUCTURE AND

ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY

1 LT

Contract Type:Time and Materials Unit Price

Other Direct Costs Extended Price

Description:

Option Period 3: Kosovo Energy Infrastructure includes Labor and ODCs.

Purchase Requisitions

Option: 4 Option Time Date: 10/1/23 Option Time Duration: 365 Option Time Units: Days

Supplies/Services Quantity Unit

4001 OY4: KOSOVO ENERGY

INFRASTRUCTURE AND

ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY

Contract Type:Time and Materials Unit Price

Other Direct Costs Extended Price

Description:

Option Period 4: Kosovo Energy Infrastructure includes Labor and ODCs.

Purchase Requisitions

Option: 1 Option Time Date: 10/1/24 Option Time Duration: 364 Option Time Units: Days

Clauses incorporated by reference

None

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Supplies or Services and Prices/Costs

B.1 SERVICES TO BE PROVDED

MCC will requires a Contractor to provide independent engineering, advisory, and consulting services in support of the Compact development and implementation processes in Kosovo. The Contractor will be required to utilize an integrated approach to provide oversight services for Environmental, Social and Resettlement, Health and Safety, and GIS disciplines.

The Contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform the tasks as defined in Section C Statement of Work.

B.2 CONTRACT TYPE

MCC anticipates awarding a Time and Materials type Contract.

B.3 LABOR RATES

This RFQ is issued in accordance with FAR Part 13- Simplified Acquisition Procedures

Position Hourly Rate (Base)

Hourly Rate (Option 1)

Hourly Rate (Option 2)

Hourly Rate (Option 3)

Hourly Rate (Option 4)

Infrastructure Project Manager

Gas Pipeline Manager

Gas Market Development Manager

Balancing Services Manager

Frequency Regulation Specialist

Battery Energy Storage Systems Specialist

Gas-fired Power Generation Systems Specialist

Distribution Network Manager

Medium Voltage Distribution Specialist

Transformer Specialist

Construction Specialist

Environmental & Social Performance Project Manager

Senior Environmental Specialist

Position Hourly Rate (Base)

Hourly Rate (Option 1)

Hourly Rate (Option 2)

Person-Hours (Option 3)

Person-Hours (Option 4)

Senior Resettlement Specialist

Senior Health & Safety Specialist

Senior Social Specialist

Geographic Information Specialist

Regulatory Communication / Marketing Specialist

Regulatory Expert - Gas/Energy Sector

Regulatory Expert - Power/Energy Sector

Total 3,576 3,348 3,297 3,276 3,192

B.4 Other Direct Costs

Total Other Direct Costs

Base Period

Option Period One

Option Period Two

Option Period Three

Option Period Four

Other Direct Costs Grand Total

Section C - Description/Specifications/Work Statement

Clauses incorporated by reference

None

Clauses incorporated by full text

Description/Specifications/Work Statement

STATEMENT OF WORK ATTACHED

Section D - Packaging and Marking

Clauses incorporated by reference

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Section E - Inspection and Acceptance Terms

None

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Section F - Delivery or Performance

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

10/1/20 9/30/21 MCC Headquarters Millennium Challenge Corporation 1099 Fourteenth Street NW, Suite 700

WASHINGTON

US 20005

Line Item: 1001 Period Of Performance Start Date Period Of Performance End Date Period Of Performance Address

MCC Headquarters

10/1/21 9/30/22 Millennium Challenge Corporation 1099 Fourteenth Street NW, Suite 700

WASHINGTON

US 20005

Line Item: 2001 Period Of Performance Start Date Period Of Performance End Date Period Of Performance Address

10/1/22 9/30/23 MCC Headquarters Millennium Challenge Corporation 1099 Fourteenth Street NW, Suite 700

WASHINGTON

US 20005

Line Item: 3001 Period Of Performance Start Date Period Of Performance End Date Period Of Performance Address

10/1/23 9/30/24 MCC Headquarters Millennium Challenge Corporation 1099 Fourteenth Street NW, Suite 700

WASHINGTON

US 20005

Line Item: 4001 Period Of Performance Start Date Period Of Performance End Date Period Of Performance Address

10/1/24 9/30/25 MCC Headquarters Millennium Challenge Corporation 1099 Fourteenth Street NW, Suite 700

WASHINGTON

US 20005

Clauses incorporated by reference

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Delivery or Performance

F.1 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

Base: October 01, 2020 to September 30, 2021

Option Period 1: October 01, 2021 to September 30, 2022

Option Period 2: October 01, 2022 to September 30, 2023

Option Period 3: October 01, 2023 to September 30, 2024

Option Period 4: October 01, 2024 to September 30, 2025

F.2 PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

The Contractor shall perform services in Kosovo or at their own offices, 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.

While performing services in Kosovo, the Contractor shall be responsible for arranging temporary office space as would be required for work not taking place through site visits or meetings with project stakeholders.

It shall be noted that the Contractor shall bill its personnel performing work authorized by MCC no more than eight (8) billable hours per work day, and no more than 40 billable hours per work week (Sunday through Saturday), or as actually performed when lesser. Subject to prior approval of MCC, the Contractor may be able to bill up to 48 hours per week for in-country missions of key and non-key personnel, to account for travel time for mission deployment to and from Kosovo during a specific week.

F.3 DELIVERABLES

Deliverables will be determined at the Technical Direction Level. Within two weeks of commencement of award, the Contractor shall develop a work plan that illustrates the team structure and organization and the methodology for the work in the first technical direction. The work plan shall be updated as required.

Deliverables will be considered "draft" upon initial receipt and will be reviewed by MCC; comments should be addressed with one week of receipt of MCC comments.

Unless specifically instructed by MCC otherwise, all such reports are to be submitted in English, in an electronic copy using WINDOWS based MS-Office 2007 or later products including WORD for text, data tables in EXCEL, appropriate MS-Office 2003 or later programs for exhibits, and schedules using MS-Project. Original drawing files should be submitted in AUTOCAD 2002 (or later), and also in PDF printable version. Digital photo 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 PowerPoint. All work files shall be submitted to MCC along with PDF files.

F.4 DOCUMENT OWNERSHIP AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

All documents produced and/or collected by the contractor, electronic and hard copies, shall be the sole property of MCC. The Contractor shall establish and maintain a comprehensive electronic data base and reference index of all relevant documents reviewed, produced, and/or edited by the Contractor. Any and all such documents will be electronically compiled in usable form and delivered to MCC, in an organized electronic format acceptable to MCC, at the end of the contract, and if requested by MCC also in hard copies. The Contractor shall provide a document management system acceptable to MCC. MCC, at its sole discretion, may provide such system as SharePoint or similar in addition or in lieu of the Contractor's system. The Contractor shall abide by MCC required communication protocol including sharing information and reports with the MCC team, and/or other MCC consultants for efficient and timely reviews and communications as specifically requested

F.5 ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA

Reports 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 the MCC and any relevant counterparts at MCC.

All reports are to be submitted in English in hard and electronic copy (in MS Word), with tables, data and calculations in MS

Excel.

F.6 CONTRACT PERFORMANCE MONITORING

Quality Assurance: The Contractor shall have in place and maintain a Quality Control Plan (QCP) 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 the Government will be notified of performance related incidents that are likely to affect quality of services or impact mission accomplishment. The Contractor shall provide a copy of its QCP to the COR within 30 days of the effective date of contract award. Any proposed changes to the QCP shall be provided to the Contracting Officer for review and comment no later than 10 working days prior to the effective date of the proposed changes.

F.7 ESTIMATED LEVEL OF EFFORT AND TRAVEL

Base Period and Option Periods

Below is the estimated level of effort by labor category.

Position Person- Hours (Base)

Person- Hours (Option 1)

Person- Hours (Option 2)

Person-Hours (Option 3)

Person-Hours (Option 4)

Infrastructure Project Manager 162 161 161 166 162

Gas Pipeline Manager 341 288 259 197 192

Gas Market Development Manager

341 288 259 212 207

Balancing Services Manager 341 288 259 212 207

Frequency Regulation Specialist 153 139 141 139 135

Battery Energy Storage Systems Specialist

176 161 166 162 158

Gas-fired Power Generation Systems Specialist

153 139 141 139 135

Distribution Network Manager 153 139 141 139 135

Medium Voltage Distribution Specialist

122 127 127 96 93

Transformer Specialist 176 161 163 163 147

Construction Specialist 176 161 163 163 160

Environmental & Social Performance Project Manager

200 200 200 200 148

Senior Environmental Specialist 176 176 133 133 130

Senior Resettlement Specialist 176 176 133 133 130

Senior Health & Safety Specialist

176 176 133 133 130

Senior Social Specialist 176 176 133 133 130

Geographic Information Specialist

133 133 133 133 130

Position Person- Hours (Base)

Person- Hours (Option 1)

Person- Hours (Option 2)

Person-Hours (Option 3)

Person-Hours (Option 4)

Regulatory Communication / Marketing Specialist

154 160 167 224 220

Regulatory Expert - Gas/Energy Sector

154 160 167 224 220

Regulatory Expert - Power/Energy Sector

154 160 167 224 220

Total 3,576 3,348 3,297 3,276 3,192

Estimated hours may increase or decrease, but shall not exceed the total hours per year.

Note

Please see below a forecast of the first six months of the base period's estimate level of effort. The figures in the rightmost column represent the probable percentage utilization of level of effort, for each personnel, out of the entire base period's estimated level of effort.

Position Total Person-Hours (Base)

First 6-Months % Utilization

Infrastructure Project Manager 162 30%

Gas Pipeline Manager 341 30%

Gas Market Development Manager 341 20%

Balancing Services Manager 341 80%

Frequency Regulation Specialist 153 90%

Battery Energy Storage Systems Specialist 176 70%

Gas-fired Power Generation Systems Specialist 153 90%

Distribution Network Manager 153 50%

Medium Voltage Distribution Specialist 122 0%

Transformer Specialist 176 0%

Construction Specialist 176 0%

Position Total Person-Hours (Base)

First 6-Months % Utilization

Environmental & Social Performance Project Manager 200 50%

Senior Environmental Specialist 176 50%

Senior Resettlement Specialist 176 50%

Senior Health & Safety Specialist 176 50%

Senior Social Specialist 176 50%

Geographic Information Specialist 133 50%

Regulatory Communication / Marketing Specialist 154 30%

Regulatory Expert - Gas/Energy Sector 154 40%

Regulatory Expert - Power/Energy Sector 154 70%

Total 3,576

Travel

During the Base Contract Period, the Contractor shall anticipate 15 international trips (to Kosovo) of approximately 10 days each and 7 domestic trips of approximately 2 days each (to MCC headquarters in Washington, DC). This will increase to 19 trips during the option years. MCC will request in advance that the in-country duration for specific deployments be extended for up to two (2) weeks each, if necessary.

F.8 TECHNICAL DIRECTION

Performance of the work under this Purchase Order shall be subject to the technical direction of the COR/PM.

The term "technical direction" is defined to include, without limitation, the following:

a) Directions to the Contractor, which redirect the Purchase Order effort, shift work emphasis between work areas, require the pursuit of certain lines of inquiry, fill in details or otherwise serve to accomplish contractual requirements;

b) Provision of information to the Contractor, which assists in the interpretation of renderings, specifications or technical portions of the work description; and

c) Review and, where required by the Purchase Order, approval of reports, creative renderings, specifications, materials or technical information to be delivered by the Contractor to MCC under this Purchase Order.

Technical direction must be within the general scope of work stated in the contract. The COR/PM does not have the authority to, and may not, issue any technical direction which:

1) Constitutes the assignment of any additional work outside the general scope of the Purchase Order;

2) Constitutes a change as defined in the contract clause entitled, "Changes";

3) In any manner causes an increase or decrease in the total estimated Purchase Order costs, fixed fee, or time required for the Purchase Order performance; or

4) Changes any of the express terms, conditions or specifications of the contract.

All technical direction shall be issued in writing by the COR/PM; verbal direction, if necessary, shall be confirmed by the COR/PM in writing within five (5) working days after their issuance, with a copy to the Contracting Officer (CO). The Contractor shall acknowledge acceptance of the technical direction by submitting a letter of acceptance, via email or Fax, to the COR/PM and Contracting Officer. The technical direction will provide clear and concise instructions on tasks and deliverables requested of the Contractor's team, and designate the MCC technical contact with whom the Contractor should coordinate. The Contractor shall proceed promptly with the performance of technical directions duly issued by the COR/PM in the manner prescribed by this article and within his/her authority under the provisions of this article. If, in the opinion of the Contractor, any instruction or direction issued by the COR/PM is not within one of the tasks defined above, the Contractor shall not proceed, but shall notify the CO, in writing, within five (5) working days after receipt of any such instruction or direction and shall request the CO to modify the contract accordingly. Upon receiving such notification from the Contractor, the CO shall issue an appropriate Purchase Order modification or advise the Contractor, in writing, that in his/her opinion, the technical direction is within the scope of this article and does not constitute a change under the "Changes" clause of the Purchase Order. The Contractor shall thereupon proceed immediately with the direction given.

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 Phone: Fax:

Contact Details:

COTR 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:

Issuing 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:

Clauses incorporated by reference

None

Clauses incorporated by full text

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 _________, 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 52.204-72 COVER LETTER REQUIREMENTS AND IDENTIFICATION OF POINTS OF CONTACT

(NOV 2019)

Offerors/quoters must provide a Cover Letter signed by an individual authorized to commit the company to the quote/proposal. The cover letter must include the Offeror/Quoter's Business Entity Name, Address, Point of Contact, Phone Number, Email and DUNS number and identify all enclosures included in the quote/proposal. In addition, the Offeror/quoter must identify the company's anticipated Contractor Performance and Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) Contractor Representative, to include the individual's full name, telephone number and email address. The letter shall reference the solicitation number and acknowledge that it transmits an offer in response to the solicitation and amendment(s).

It shall state: Quote validity for 90 days after submission.

(End of Clause)

MCC 52.243-70 INCREASE IN SERVICES (OCT 2006)

The services described in Sections B and C (statement of work) represent the Government's best estimate for known requirements at this time. However, due to the uncertainty of the work, the Government reserves the right to add or delete services if the need arises.

(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:

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

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:

MCC_Accounting_IBCDENVER@ibc.doi.gov.

(End of clause)

52.204-71 MCC 52.204-71 NOTICE OF MCC ELECTRONIC MAIL FILTERS (JUNE 2019)

Offerors and other interested parties are hereby notified that the Millennium Challenge Corporation utilizes electronic mail filters for security purposes that may block certain messages from unknown or suspicious senders and certain potentially malicious file types. As such, the following information and guidance is provided:

a) General Inquiries, Questions, and/or Submission of Quotes/Proposals. As unrecognized or unknown senders may be blocked by MCC's email security measures, Offerors and interested parties are advised of the following:

1. Offerors and interested parties must conform to any submission instructions included in this solicitation or notice, including referencing any solicitation or notice number(s) identified in the subject line of any communications regarding it to minimize the chance that the message will be identified as spam or as a suspicious message.

2. MCC considers Offerors and interested parties responsible for confirming with MCC personnel that messages containing such communications, including general inquiries about MCC solicitations, questions regarding MCC solicitations, and electronic submissions of quotes or proposals have been received.

3. As a general practice, MCC acknowledges receipt of inquiries about a solicitation, questions about a solicitation, or submission of quotes/proposals in writing, so if such an acknowledgement has not been received, then the offeror or interested party should contact MCC directly for confirmation of receipt.

4. This verification should be completed by contacting MCC personnel identified directly in this solicitation or notice regarding the inquiry, question, or quote/proposal via telephone number if a confirmation of receipt or acknowledgement is not returned by MCC personnel. As such, Offerors and interested parties, if submitting questions or quotes/proposals that are time-sensitive, must provide sufficient time to contact MCC and verify receipt prior to any quotation/proposal/question due date.

b) Blocked and Unacceptable File Types. Offerors and interested parties are advised that due to current cybersecurity threats, MCC currently blocks attachments containing extensions that run programs. These include any files that contain or are executables, macros, and other extensions that present a threat. As such the Offeror must not use any of these file extensions and remove all macros from Microsoft Office documents (Word, Excel) or their inquiry, question, or quote/proposal will be blocked, preventing receipt of the message by MCC and potentially preventing the Offeror from being considered for award. The following are examples of file types that are blocked, however this list is not exhaustive or fully-inclusive as additional, similar file types may be blocked in the future:

.vbs (Microsoft visual basic scripting)

.vbe (VBScript Encoded Script File)

.scr (script)

.reg (registration file)

.jar (java file extension)

.exe (executable)

.docm (word with macros)

.xlsm (excel with macros)

.pptm (powerpoint with macros)

.app (executable)

.ani (animation files)

.ace (data compression archive file format used by WinAce)

.ico (image file format)

.js (java script)

.zip (compression file)

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52.242-70 MCC 52.242-70 CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT RATING SYSTEM

(CPARS) REGISTRATION (NOV 2019)

The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) utilizes the Contractor Performance Assessment Rating System (CPARS) to evaluate contractor performance (see FAR, Subparts 42.1502 and 42.1503). Contractors doing business with MCC are required to register in CPARS accessible via the Internet at: http://www.cpars.gov. An evaluation of contractor performance using the CPARS is mandatory for all contract actions exceeding the simplified threshold, but may be conducted for contract actions lower than that amount should significant events occur such as a contract termination or extraordinary contract performance by the contractor. Inquiries regarding the registration process should be addressed to the CPARS help desk.

The email address is WEBPTSMH@NAVY.MIL and the telephone number is (207) 438-1690. As part of this process, the contractor must determine who will serve as their CPARS "Contractor Representative" in the CPARS system. If, at any time, the contractor makes a determination that their CPARS Contractor Representative needs to change to a different individual, the contractor must contact MCC via email at the address CPARS@mcc.gov to notify MCC of the change so that appropriate action can be taken by MCC's CPARS Focal Points to ensure that the contractor receives timely notification of their evaluation. Failure to do so may result in the contractor not receiving their evaluation in a timely manner and may result in the contractor not receiving the opportunity to provide comments in response to MCC's evaluation. The email notification to CPARS@mcc.gov must contain the following information:

1. Name and email address of previous CPARS Contractor Representative

2. Name and email address of new CPARS Contractor Representative

3. Contract and order number (if applicable) of each affected contract that the contractor has with MCC.

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MCC 52.232-74 ODC REIMBURSEMENT (JAN 2007)

Other Direct Charges (ODCs) will be reimbursed for direct costs as provided in the contract and/or task order. To be reimbursed, invoices including ODCs, must provide a detailed breakdown of the actual expenditures invoiced. The contractor shall maintain the original or legible copy of receipts for all ODCs invoiced. MCC reserves the right to request evidence of any ODC reimbursed. To assure timely reimbursement of ODC's, the contractor is strongly encouraged to submit charges within 45 days of the expense.

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MCC 52.232-73 TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT (MAY 2017)

Policy. When authorized as part of the Scope of Work on this contract/order and within the contract/order ceiling and as approved by the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) and/or other MCC officials as described below, travel expenses incurred in performance of technical directives issued under this contractor/order may be reimbursed as allowed by the Federal Travel Regulations (FTR) in effect at the time of travel. MCC's supplemental policy interpretations are derived from the FTR and cannot grant additional benefits or adjust processes defined in the FTR. Supplemental policies of MCC set forth below:

a) Traveler Responsibilities. All contractor travelers must:

1) Exercise the same care in incurring expenses that a prudent person would exercise if traveling on personal business;

2) Travel in accordance with the FTR and the MCC policies included in this document; and

3) Pay any charges or fees associated with non-compliance of FTR or any MCC policies included in this document, and any expenses incurred for personal convenience. For example, the traveler may become personally responsible for travel costs associated with unauthorized use of other than coach class accommodations, failing to follow the Fly American Act requirements, exceeding per diem rates, changing departure or return flights, purchasing unapproved items, etc. regardless of the fact that travel arrangements may have been booked by others (e.g., Travel Agency).

b) Cabin Class Standards

1) The standard cabin class for contractor air-travel is coach class, regardless of destination or travel time.

2) Coach "premium" class may be authorized for destinations which have a travel time of more than 14 hours, consistent with the Federal Travel Regulations and the approval standards outlined in paragraph (f) of this document.

3) Business class travel accommodations will NOT be authorized except as determined through the approval process outlined in paragraph (f) of this document. This approval process is considered to be exceptional, to be part of a trip by trip analysis, and at the discretion of the government regardless of the destination or travel time.

c) Airlines and Flights. In accordance with the Fly America Act, contractors must use a U.S. flag air carrier service for all travel funded by the government beginning or ending in the U.S. unless a specific exemption to the "Fly America" rule applies. Flights on U.S. air carrier pairings with foreign carriers (i.e., code share flights) are regarded as meeting Fly America requirements if the ticket is issued on the American carrier and there is an American carrier flight number.

d) Limitations. Travel reimbursement, which is part of ODC, shall not exceed the authorized ODC amount on the contract. To be reimbursable, the travel expenses must be:

1) Allowable under the FTR and the provisions of this contract/order and associated technical directives;

2) Approved prior to travel expenditure by the COR; and

3) Allocable and necessary for performance of this contract/order and associated technical directives.

e) Reimbursement Requests. Travel reimbursement requests must be submitted in sufficient time for the COR to give prior approval, and must identify:

1) The name of the traveler.

2) Destination (s) including itinerary.

3) Purpose of the travel; and

4) Cost breakdown.

5) To be reimbursed, invoices including travel expenses must provide a detailed breakdown of the actual expenditures invoiced. Contractor shall maintain the original or legible copy of receipts for all travel expenses invoiced when the expenditure is $75.00 or more. MCC reserves the right to request evidence of any travel expense paid.

f) Approvals. All travel expenses, including rental cars, must be approved by the MCC COR in writing in advance of booking any travel and incurring travel expenses. The following expense types require additional MCC pre-approvals beyond that of the COR. These additional approvals and associated justifications will be documented in writing:

1) Business class - Business class travel is considered to be exceptional, to be determined as part of a trip by trip analysis, and at the discretion of the government regardless of the destination or travel time. To reflect the exceptional nature of this approval, the justification for use of business class must be prepared by the COR and approved in writing by the relevant Managing Director or Deputy Vice President of the organization requesting the contractor to travel. The single exception to requiring this justification and approval for every trip in question is when a State Department approved medical accommodation has been granted. In this case, the approval of the COR and the Contracting Officer only is required after verifying that the medical accommodation is effective for the trip in question and that sufficient funds are available. All justifications must verify that the contractor is required to report for duty the following day or sooner, that the travel time for the trip is at least 14 hours, and that a rest stop will not be taken en route. For audit purposes, all justifications and approvals to this effect must be retained by the COR and the contractor until contract closeout at which point all documentation must be provided to the Contracting Officer for incorporation in the contract file. Below are possible justifications supporting these exceptional requests:

A) Medical accommodation -

MCC has engaged the services of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), Federal Occupational Health Service (FOH), and Medical Employability Program (MEP) for medical accommodations due to disability adjudication.

Requests for, and HHS determinations on, medical accommodations for business class travel will be confidential, with only MCC's Travel Office receiving copies of the request and the MED/DP determination. Contractor travelers requesting medical accommodations based upon disability must complete the steps below. Forms are available from the MCC COR and/or PM.

1) Contractor traveler completes the Medical Employability Case Transmittal Form, A127523-S192701-W190333.

Form can be faxed to (301) 492-4783 or e-mailed to medical.employability@foh.hhs.gov with a copy to the MCC Travel Office at mccmedical@mcc.gov.

2) Contractor traveler forwards Physician a copy of the Medical Accommodation Physician's form, which the physician completes, dates, and signs. Once signed, the traveler OR their physician e-mails a scanned .pdf attachment to HHS at medical.employability@foh.hhs.gov. Alternatively, it can be faxed Attn: Medical Employability Program (301) 492-4783.

3) Once both forms have been completed and sent, HHS makes a medical determination based on the information provided by the traveler and the traveler's physician on the HHS/FOH/EMP forms. FOH will send a letter to the POC listed on the transmittal form with recommendations. MCC will not approve any business class accommodations beyond normal MCC guidelines unless the traveler has completed the medical accommodation paperwork and received a positive response from FOH/MEP.

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4) Contractor must note that the process can take several weeks and will depend on how quickly HHS/FOH/MED receives the information (including communication with treating physicians).

B) Sanitation/Health - Coach accommodations on an authorized/approved foreign air carrier do not provide adequate sanitation or health standards.

C) Savings - Flying in non-coach status would involve significant cost savings to MCC when compared to the lowest price non-refundable or restricted coach class fare.

D) Availability - No space is available in coach-class accommodations in time to accomplish the mission, which is urgent and cannot be postponed. (Note: this justification should not be used based on the lack of advanced planning by the contractor or the COR).

E) Security - Exceptional security circumstances require other than coach-class airline accommodations.

F) Mission critical agency requirement - circumstances in which a critical agency priority or project will incur delay or degradation without the intervention of a contractor and that intervention urgently requires other than coach class ticketing.

2) Coach "premium" class - coach "premium" class must be approved by the COR, subject to the availability of funds on the contract/order, and:

A) The origin and/or destination are OCONUS; and

B) The scheduled flight time including non-overnight stopovers and change of planes, is in excess of 14 hours. Scheduled flight time is the flight time between the originating departure point and the ultimate arrival point including scheduled non-overnight time spent at airports during plane changes. Scheduled non-overnight time does not include time spent at the originating or ultimate arrival airports. And;

C) The contractor is required to report to duty the following day or sooner; and

D) The contractor does not take a rest stop en route or a rest period upon arrival at the duty site.

3) Rest Stops - must be approved by the COR and cannot exceed 24 hours.

NOTE: Travelers may upgrade flight accommodations at their own expense or through the use of frequent flyer miles if the coach airfare is upgradeable at no extra cost to MCC.

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Section H - Special Contract Requirements

Clauses incorporated by reference

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Clauses incorporated by full text

Special Contract Requirements

H.1 KEY PERSONNEL

The Contractor shall provide resumes of Key Personnel. Personnel identified as Key Personnel are considered to be essential to the work being performed hereunder. Before changing an individual identified as Key, the Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer in no less than 15 business days and will submit written justification as to the reason for substitution.

Substitution within the first 90 days will only be considered for reasons of illness, death, or termination of employment. The Justification must include the name and qualifications of the proposed substitute(s). The proposed substitute(s) will possess qualifications equal to or superior to those of the Key person being replaced. The Contractor shall not substitute Key personnel without written consent from the Contracting Officer. No change in fixed unit prices may occur as a result of key personnel substitution. The key personnel may, with the consent of the contracting parties, be amended from time to time during the course of this contract to either add or delete personnel, as appropriate, provided that the contracting officer may ratify, in writing, such diversion and such ratification shall constitute the consent of the contracting officer. Substitutions of Key Personnel shall be equal to or have greater qualifications than the personnel being replaced.

Proposed Key Personnel shall meet the requirements stated below. If qualified, one individual can fulfill more than one Key Personnel position.

Position Qualifications

Infrastructure Project Manager/Energy Engineer (or Equivalent Title)

The Infrastructure Project Manager shall be an independent professional with strong organizational skills, preferably with a Bachelor's degree in engineering, with a Master's degree in engineering management, economics or other similar fields. He/she must have extensive knowledge of international best practices in power or gas system planning, economics, business models, institutional assessment, contract procedures and project follow-up. He/she shall also have a proven track record of successfully managing and coordinating as team leader a diverse group of professionals in accomplishing studies or projects of similar nature and complexity to this assignment. A minimum of 15 years of working experience in implementation of energy projects is desired.

Gas Pipeline Manager The Gas Pipeline Manager must have undergone education or training in relevant engineering fields, preferably at the Master's degree level, coupled with at least 15 years of relevant experience particularly in the natural gas pipeline sector. He/She must have specific experience of working on at least two projects of similar nature and complexity in the ENTSOG area, South or Southeast Europe or countries along the Trans Adriatic Pipeline or similar pipelines.

Extensive knowledge of international best practices in gas transmission and distribution project planning, investment, operations, and maintenance is critical.

Balancing Services Manager The Balancing Services Manager must have undergone education or training in electrical engineering or relevant fields, preferably at the Master's degree level, coupled with at least 15 years of relevant experience. Experience in planning, designing, and/or operating and managing systems that provide various balancing services to the power transmission operator is required. He/She must have specific experience of working on at least two projects of similar nature and complexity in the ENTSO-E area. Extensive knowledge of international best practices in power transmission systems operations, power markets, generation and energy storage facilities, regional and local electricity regulations for the network, and management of frequency imbalances is critical.

Electricity Distribution Network Manager

The Electricity Distribution Network Manager must have undergone education or training in electrical engineering or relevant fields, preferably at the Master's degree level, coupled with at least 15 years of relevant experience. Experience

Position Qualifications in distribution network design, construction, and operations is required. He/She must have specific experience of working on at least two projects of similar nature and complexity. Extensive knowledge of international best practices in electric distribution system planning, fault indication and restoration devices and equipment, remediation of outages and loss of load, cable replacement, system loss reduction techniques, maintenance, and power systems integration is critical.

Environmental & Social Performance Project Manager

The Environmental & Social Performance Project Manager/Team Leader will be the overall ESP Project Manager with relevant, recent (within the past 5 years) professional experience in low and lower middle income countries, and preferably in South East Europe, in large infrastructure projects. The Project Manager/Team Leader should be one of the Senior Specialists assigned to the Project Team and also have at least 3 years of experience managing a team of environmental, social, resettlement and GIS specialists on large infrastructure development projects, especially those financed by similar international donor agencies, using IFC Performance Standards (or the equivalent standards such as Equator Principles and/or World Bank Safeguard Policies).

H.2 NON-KEY PERSONNEL

Technical personnel required to include the following positions.

Non-Key Personnel shall meet the following specific requirements. If qualified, one individual can fulfill more than one position.

Position Qualifications

Gas Market Development Manager

The Gas Market Development Manager must have undergone education or training in relevant engineering fields, preferably at the Master's degree level, coupled with at least 10 years of relevant experience particularly in the natural gas sector. He/She must have specific experience of working on at least two projects of similar nature and complexity in the ENTSOG area, South or Southeast Europe or countries along the Trans Adriatic Pipeline or similar pipelines. Extensive knowledge of international best practices in gas market development and gas demand analysis.

Frequency Regulation Specialist

The Frequency Regulation Specialist must have undergone education or training in electrical engineering or relevant fields, preferably at the Master's degree level, coupled with at least 15 years of relevant experience. Experience in addressing frequency imbalance issues in the power sector, spanning from frequency restoration to imbalance netting as well as the pricing, procurement, and management of systems and processes that allow for frequency regulation is required. Broad knowledge of grid stability solutions, particularly those that support integration of renewables is a plus. He/She must have specific experience of working on at least two projects of similar nature and complexity in the ENTSO-E area.

Position Qualifications

Battery Energy Storage Systems Specialist

The Battery Energy Storage Systems Specialist must have undergone education or training in electrical engineering, chemical engineering, or relevant fields, preferably at the Master's degree level, coupled with at least 15 years of relevant experience. Experience in the planning, design, procurement, utilization, siting, interconnection, dispatch, and management of battery energy storage systems for the supply of electrical energy is required. Knowledge of multiple types of lithium-ion batteries and their characteristics is a also required. The use of batteries for grid stability and integration of renewables is highly desired. He/She must have specific experience of working on at least two projects of similar nature and complexity in the ENTSO-E area. Extensive knowledge of international best practices in power transmission systems operations, management of frequency imbalances, and related electricity regulations is critical.

Gas Power Generation Systems Specialist

The Gas Power Generation Systems Specialist must have undergone education or training in electrical engineering or relevant fields, preferably at the Master's degree level, coupled with at least 15 years of relevant experience (particularly in gas fired power generation systems).