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Request for Proposal No.: SOL-168-16-000001

Harnessing Bosnia and Herzegovina Diaspora for Economic Development

PART I—THE SCHEDULE

SECTION B—SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICES/COSTS

B.1 Purpose

The purpose of this contract will be to implement the Harnessing Bosnia and Herzegovina Diaspora for Economic Development Activity in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The overall goal of the activity is to create new job opportunities for the citizens of BiH through increased diaspora investment.

B.2 Contract Type

This is a Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee Completion Type Contract. For the consideration set forth in the contract, the contractor must provide the deliverables and results described in Section C and Section F (to be incorporated at contract award). The contractor must also comply with all other contract requirements.

B.3 Estimated Cost, Ceiling Price, Fixed Fee, and Obligated Amount

(a) The estimated cost for the performance of the work required hereunder, exclusive of fixed fee, if any, is TBD. The fixed fee, if any, is TBD. The estimated cost plus fixed fee, if any, is TBD.

(b) Within the estimated cost plus fixed fee (if any) specified in paragraph (a) above, the amount currently obligated and available for reimbursement of allowable costs incurred by the Contractor (and payment of fee, if any) for performance hereunder is TBD. The Contractor must not exceed the aforesaid obligated amount.

(c) Funds obligated hereunder are anticipated to be sufficient through TBD.

B.4 Price Schedule

(a) Cost Category Amount

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Small Grants Fund $2,000,000

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Total Estimated Cost Plus Fixed-Fee TBD

(b) The inclusion of any costs in the above cost categories does not obviate the requirement for prior approval by the Contracting Officer of cost items designated as requiring prior approval by any of the terms and conditions of this contract, including the applicable cost principles (see FAR §

52.216-07, “Allowable Cost and Payment”); nor does it constitute a determination of allowability by the Contracting Officer of any item of cost, unless specifically stated elsewhere in this contract. Also, these amounts may not be adjusted without a written modification signed by the contracting officer. The contractor will not bill any amounts against this contract in excess of the amounts specified for each line item.

(c) The contractor agrees to furnish data that the Contracting Officer may request on costs expended or accrued under this contract in support of the budget information provided herein.

B.5 Option to Extend Services

Pursuant to FAR 17.208(f) and to the FAR clause incorporated by full text in Section I entitled “52.217-8

OPTION TO EXTEND SERVICES (NOV 1999)”, the Contractor hereby grants to the U.S.

Government option to extend services under the contract for six additional one month periods. Such extension options are to be exercisable by issuance of a unilateral modification prior to the expiration of the contract. The six one-month extension options may be combined or exercised individually. Upon exercise of such options by the Government, the costs and fees evaluated at contract award will be increased by the amounts specified below for each option month to extend.

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(c) This understanding will not change any monetary ceiling, obligation, or specific cost allowance or disallowance. Any changes in classifying or allocating indirect costs require the prior written approval of the Contracting Officer.

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SECTION C—STATEMENT OF WORK

C.1 INTRODUCTION

Diaspora groups are potential powerful actors in international affairs and foreign assistance. Diaspora is defined as emigrants and their descendants who live outside the country of their birth or ancestry, either on a temporary or permanent basis, yet still maintain affective and material ties to the countries of origin.

The common thread among these recent arrivals and members of long-established communities is that they identify with the country of origin or ancestry and are willing to maintain ties to it. These ties are, potentially, beneficial to development- Developing a Road Map for Engaging Diasporas in Development, Migration Policy Institute (2010). Diaspora can contribute to their home countries by providing badly-needed investment, but also improving perception of the investment climate. Diaspora investors tend to be less averse to political risk and economic shocks than other investors, often feeling a sense of pride and duty to their homeland. Most importantly, unlike Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) where the majority of profits eventually flow out of the country, a large percentage of direct diaspora investment stays in the country of investment.

The goal of the USAID/BiH “Harnessing Bosnia and Herzegovina Diaspora for Economic Development” activity is to create new job opportunities for the citizens of BiH through increased diaspora investment.

This goal will be achieved by:

1) Leveraging diaspora input, into the development of an institutional policy framework for diaspora investment;

2) Expanding diaspora direct investment by providing technical assistance and grants to eligible, early-stage SMEs and start-ups. For the purposes of this activity early-stage SMEs are defined as companies that have been in business less than three years and have a product or service in testing or pilot production; and existing businesses that are family-owned and need modernization, access to finance, etc.

Start-ups are defined as companies that have been in business less than 6 months.; and,

3) Developing a sustainable, local platform to provide business services and facilitation to potential diaspora investors.

Please see Attachment J.1 for Background Information.

C.2 CONTRACT OBJECTIVES AND EXPECTED RESULTS

The following sections describe the objectives and results that the Contractor must accomplish under the contract.

The purpose of this activity is to increase diaspora direct investment. The purpose will be achieved by the following objectives:

Objectives: Life of Activity

Objective 1: Leveraging Diaspora input, into the development of an institutional policy framework for diaspora investment.

3 years

Objective 2: Expand diaspora direct investment by providing technical assistance and grants to eligible, early-stage SMEs and start-ups.

5 years

Objective 3: Develop a sustainable local platform to provide business services and facilitation to potential diaspora investors.

4 years

C.2.1 Leveraging diaspora input, into the development of an institutional policy framework for diaspora investment.

A. Please see C.2.1 Development Context in Attachment J.1 Background Information.

B. Contract Activities

The Contractor must perform the following services:

The Contractor shall conduct a diaspora investment assessment. The Assessment will determine what obstacles/barriers exist specifically for diaspora and must include an analysis of government institutions, regulations, policies, and laws that pertain to barriers of diaspora investments in BiH.

The assessment must identify the intersections between the needs of diaspora investors and policies that will create a stronger business enabling environment. The assessment will measure what diaspora perceive as barriers for their engagement (e.g. lack of information, financial products, business registration services, etc.).

Expected results

The assessment will provide recommendations for BiH’s diaspora investment policy framework.

The assessment will take into consideration other donors’ support in institutional policy framework for diaspora investment. The recommendations made will be subject to further

USAID consideration and approval of the next steps.

C.2.2. Expand diaspora direct investment by providing technical assistance and grants to eligible early-stage SMEs and start-ups.

A. Please see C.2.2 Development Context information in Attachment J.1, Background Information

The Contractor must perform the following services:

Establish small matching grant program for eligible, early-stage SMEs and start-ups

The Contractor will partner with a pre-identified commercial bank to establish and manage a grant program of $2 million ($1 million from USAID and $1 million from a local commercial bank). Each grant should be structured as a grant with conditional disbursement to milestones achieved. The grant program will be established with a portion of remittance fee revenue, USAID resources, and other financial support provided by the bank in the form of corporate social responsibility funds. Each grant shall be matched by equity capital of diaspora entrepreneurs.

In a later phase a Loan Portfolio Guarantee provided to the bank will facilitate debt lending to the qualifying startups and early stage SMEs. The

Contractor is also required to ensure clear, transparent eligibility criteria and competitive procedures for grants awarded from the grant fund with key considerations to include: diaspora status, expected results, market distortion, and the amount of leverage, with special consideration of female and youth economic empowerment. The Contractor will be responsible for administering and overseeing the Grant Program, where prior USAID and bank approval will be required for all grants.

In the spring of 2015 one BiH Bank accepted the USAID proposal for partnership and decided to allocate $1 Million from their earned fees

(including the fees from the remittances money transactions) and support the BiH Diaspora startups and related businesses. This money would be provided over the 5 year period in the form of as a parallel funding with USAID provided funds.

Organize a business plan competition to spur BiH/diaspora investment /BiH Diaspora

Marketplace (BDM)

The Contractor must conduct a public call for diaspora entrepreneurs to pitch their business plans, including but not limited to "road shows," outreach events, and via social media. Events can be organized jointly with the partner bank(s) to include business plan presentations, pitches, and simulations. Business proposals for small grants must demonstrate a well-structured idea and business model that have the potential to be profitable, sustainable and generate economic development in the following sectors:

agriculture, tourism, information and communication technology (ICT), metal industry, wood industry and energy sector. Proposals should demonstrate the ability to achieve tangible results in terms of business growth and economic development during the grant period and beyond. Information regarding existing operations in BiH, if any, should be provided. It should define relevant outcome indicators and targets such as production, sales, direct and indirect jobs created, increased wages, etc. Example in which

USAID is teaming up with diaspora communities to maximize their contributions to their home countries is through the African Diaspora Marketplace (ADM). Launched in 2009 by USAID and Western Union, ADM aims to encourage sustainable economic growth and employment by supporting African diaspora entrepreneurs.

Awarding of grants and provision of Business Advisory Services to BDM Grantees

Business plan competition winners may then access grants through the Grant Program. Grant beneficiaries will have to provide at least a one-to-one (1:1) match in the form of equity (cash or in-kind -

1:1 resource match (both cash at least 25% and the rest of 75% may be in-kind contribution). In-kind contribution may include “sweat equity” i.e. investment of time an entrepreneur or mentor (knowledge transfer) was making into the business and foregoing a salary or reduced salary) to their proposed business, which will be matched by the USAID/Bank-funded award.

The Contractor can partner with an existing business incubator to assist awardees in further developing business plans, conduct market analysis, and other technical support. Once they graduate the Contractor can link diaspora awardees to the bank that provides specific financial products for diaspora under the

DCA Activity.

The Contractor must closely coordinate these activities with USAID’s DCA Office in

Washington, DC, through the COR.

All grants must contribute directly and substantially to increasing diaspora investment and creating jobs in BiH, as distinguished from generating financial benefits that accrue solely or primarily for a single grant recipient. The Contractor must ensure that small grants do not distort the market or favor one producer, business group, or interest over another. In improving the competitiveness of a particular sector, sub-sector, or enterprise cluster, grants shall foster a level playing field for competing and complementary firms in the same value chain. All small grants, in particular those to for-profit firms, must include appropriate provisions to ensure that program income is used to advance activity objectives.

All assistance under the activity must conform to the requirements in ADS 219, e.g., programs being open to women, annual reporting requirements, and commitments to attain financial sustainability. The contractor must adhere to these requirements.

Expected results:

At least 70 diaspora eligible, early stage SMEs and startups graduate from the BDM by the end of

Year 5;

At least 250 new jobs of assisted enterprises;

Diaspora direct investment increased (Source of direct investment that may not have otherwise occurred) by at least $2 million as evidenced by the amount of equity contributed by diaspora entrepreneurs and other metrics established to capture qualitative impacts such as diaspora knowledge transfer, introduction of new technologies, etc.;

Remittances transfers linked toward enterprise investment and development.

C.2.3. Develop sustainable local platform to provide business services and facilitation to potential diaspora investors.

A. Please see C.2.3 Development Context in Attachment J.1 Background Information.

B. Contract Activities

The contractor must complete the following activities:

Establish a One-Stop Shop to provide information and services to diaspora investors to facilitate their investment in BiH. This includes experienced diaspora investors, later-stage (mature) companies, and diaspora-led multinationals, as a means to generate greater impact on investment volume and job creation. These services may include but are not limited to: assistance and advice on setting up a business including the business registration paperwork, advice on investment opportunities, legal and regulatory requirements, liaison with local institutions, lawyers, bankers and other professionals.

Establish a diaspora online business network - An online forum for diaspora can serve as a database for investment opportunities, networking events, investment conferences, and facilitate matchmaking between diaspora and local businesses. It will provide opportunities for virtual knowledge and technology transfer, mentoring, and volunteerism. A web-based portal will provide information and links to BiH diaspora associations worldwide, and links to the BiH

Foreign Investment Promotion Agency, Central Bank, and other relevant government institutions.

An online BiH Diaspora Map will be built into the web portal, which collects and visualizes BiH diaspora business organizations’ presence and influence.

Conduct outreach activities and organize Diaspora investment conferences and Business-to-

Business (B2B) events that will bring together Diaspora investors, local business communities, and government representatives. These venues will serve as a platform to promote investment opportunities directly to Diaspora investors and will include networking and showcase opportunities. The diaspora investment prospects will be promoted through public outreach campaigns by engaging local media and media established by diaspora associations for exchanges that highlight success stories from BiH and the region, and promote radio and television appearances to showcase diaspora investment successes;

Within the first quarter of the one-stop shop operation, develop a strong, detailed business plan, with high impact service provision as the fee-based core offering, in order to achieve sustainability.

Expected Results:

Increased BiH diaspora investment by $20 million evidenced by a comparative analysis of data on investment levels registered on an online catalogue of opportunities at different periods of performance on the web portal over the five-year period;

Cohesion among diaspora business networks improved through an online BiH Diaspora Map built into the web portal, which collects and visualizes BiH diaspora business organizations’ presence and influence. Map users will be able to view diaspora organizations by sector, countries of registration and other characteristics. The Map will register at least a100 BiH diaspora organizations worldwide by the end of year 2. For reference of diaspora map, see http://www.diasporaalliance.org/the-diaspora-map.

By the end of year 4 a fully self-sustaining one-stop center and web-portal providing fee-based services and information to BiH Diaspora Investors and associations.

C.3 CROSS-CUTTING PRINCIPLES

There are four key cross-cutting principles for this activity, each of equal priority. The Contractor must implement all activities in compliance with these key principles.

a) Gender Equality and Female Economic Empowerment

Consistent with the USAID ADS 205, in March 2011, USAID/BiH conducted a gender analysis in order to identify the current status of women in BiH society, as well as to document USAID/BiH’s successful efforts to address gender issues and consequently opportunities to strengthen those efforts. This analysis also provided recommendations aimed at enabling an equitable gender balance in our programming.

The activities under the Harnessing Bosnia and Herzegovina Diaspora for Economic Development will take into account the role of women and facilitate where possible their involvement and professional development. The Contractor will be required to ensure that the Activity is reducing the gaps between males and females that were identified in the gender analysis.

The Contractor must take into account the role of women and facilitate their involvement and professional development. In recognition of a possible imbalance in opportunity accessibility, the Contractor shall make special efforts to ensure that women diaspora, and women-owned SMEs are provided with equal opportunities to become beneficiaries of USG-funded assistance.

Consistent with USAID’s policy the Contractor must develop output and outcome indicators on gender equality and female empowerment for tracking progress toward implementing results and measuring gender impact. The following indicator must be included in the final M&E plan:

Proportion of female participants in USG-assisted programs designed to increase access to productive economic resources (assets, credit, income, or employment).

The Contractors Work Plan and Quarterly Reports shall describe all actions taken to ensure the participation of women, including required data with gender breakdowns of participants and beneficiaries.

To the extent relevant to the Activity, assistance under the Activity will promote and be in compliance with USAID’s Gender Equality and Female Empowerment Policy. The Contractor must consider how the different roles and status of women and men will affect the work, and how the anticipated results will affect women and men differently. The Activity’s interventions will take into account possible gender imbalance and will provide equal opportunities for women to participate in all activities and to benefit from USAID-funded assistance.

All contractor-submitted quarterly reports shall describe all actions taken to ensure the participation of women, including required data with gender breakdowns of participants and beneficiaries.

b) Ownership and Sustainability

All activities must be conducted in close cooperation and partnership with local counterparts to ensure their full ownership. Work such as that described in Section C.2.3 is illustrative of the work that could be performed by a local counterpart. The assistance must, whenever possible, be designed to favor long-term solutions which could be performed by existing BiH institutions and organizations. To ensure that sustainability is achieved and host country partners and beneficiaries are empowered to take ownership of development processes, including financing, and maintaining the results and impacts beyond the life of the activity, the Contractor must conduct a sustainability analysis and develop sustainability plan within the first quarter of operation to ensure that issues of sustainability are built in from the beginning of the activity. This sustainability plan must include details on how sustainability can be achieved through the life of activity and how the activity will build in tools and capacity to ensure that local institutions and partners will have the ability to maintain results and processes after USAID support has ended.

c) Environmental Best Practices and Climate Change

In order to identify any potential negative impacts and ensure compliance with USAID and USG environmental procedures, the Contractor will be required to develop procedures to assess the environmental impact of proposed assistance and develop mechanisms to address the relevant assessment requirements. The environmental compliance of the award will be guided by the approved Initial

Environmental Examination (IEE). The IEE is attached to the RFP and Offerors need to incorporate IEE requirements in their proposals. Moreover, BiH is vulnerable to climate change as a result of a legacy of weak environmental management. This increases the threat to the particular sectors in BiH from climate risks. The Contractor must integrate environmental sustainability and climate change adaptation into its activities.

C.4 MONITORING AND EVALUATION

USAID focuses relentlessly on measuring and delivering results, and providing accountability for every

US dollar invested by the American people. The Contractor shall provide an Activity Monitoring and

Evaluation (M&E) Plan (M&E Plan Template in Attachment J.2) that includes the activity-level logframe that clearly connects to Project 2.1. The process of activity log-frame development is described in detail in the M&E template. Project 2.1 logframe can also be found in the M&E template (Appendix 2, p. 17-

18).

The following section provides specific indicators that will be used to measure the success of the activity.

The resulting contract will include all below stated indicators with specific targets (annual and Life of

Project-LOP) and the Contractor’s performance will be measured against achieving stated targets. In order to track how effectively USAID assistance contributes to gender equality and female empowerment, the M&E plan must include gender-sensitive indicators and sex-disaggregated data.

Expected Results at the Purpose Level: (these results capture impact of assistance at the level of entire sub-sectors:

1. Increased private sector investment (domestic and foreign) resulting from USAID assistance/diaspora initiative;

2. Increased number of jobs resulting from USG assistance.

Indicators

1. Number of direct jobs resulting from USG assistance;

2. Number of changes made to business enabling environment (F indicator). This indicator will be included only if the assessment provides recommendations for USAID involvement over the three year period -subject to USAID considerations and approval;

3. Number of institutions/organizations mature viable in the competences areas strengthened as a result of USG assistance (F indicator);

4. Number of days of USG funded technical assistance in business enabling environment provided to counterparts or stakeholders (F indicator);

5. Value of direct investment (domestic and foreign) resulting from USAID assistance to localities and diaspora initiative;

6. Number of SMEs and startups receiving business development services from USG assisted sources;

7. Number of diaspora related business networks/links created.

The Contractor should keep the total number of indicators in the M&E plan to a minimum necessary to sufficiently measure progress toward achievements, and have not more than 1-3 indicators per each result statement from the activity log-frame (result statements are goal, purpose, sub-purpose). Limiting the indicators to no more than three per result helps ensure that the most important indicators are being tracked without overly complicating the performance monitoring process.

In order to track how effectively USAID assistance contributes to gender equality and female empowerment, the M&E plan must include gender-sensitive indicators and sex-disaggregated data.

Once approved by USAID, M&E plan does not have to be submitted annually unless there are substantive programmatic changes to the contract. All targets approved in the M&E Plan cannot be changed throughout the life of the contract without USAID’s approval.

The Contractor must report on results achieved and corresponding indicators using Activity Indicator

Performance Tracking Table (Appendix 5 in M&E Plan) in quarterly/annual reports.

The Contractor will develop an implementation database (in Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access or other cost-effective solution). The database must track the number and type of beneficiaries in a systematic way, and separately track beneficiaries based on the intervention type and intensity. The Contractor must verify financial data submitted by the beneficiaries with official administrative records in consultation with USAID.

C.5 COORDINATION WITH USAID AND OTHER DONOR ACTIVITIES

The Contractor must coordinate closely with current and future USAID activities and work to synergize diaspora initiatives with other international donors. Please find below a brief summary of activities in which this activity must coordinate closely with:

USAID/BiH Development Credit Authority (DCA) Program: USAID/BiH in conjunction with the Swedish Embassy developed a 50% Development Credit Authority loan portfolio guarantee with a private commercial bank to support diaspora entrepreneurship in Bosnia and Herzegovina

(BiH).

The proposed facility will align with USAID/BiH and Sida’s development objectives. The

Bank will provide funding and support of the Grant Program

(Bosnian Diaspora Marketplace) to provide financing to eligible, early stage SMEs who compete in a business plan competition and are awarded startups. The DCA program will help diaspora and private investors in BiH access financing in support of qualifying projects, which will result in investments in productive value chains that will sustain and create local jobs, and increase sales and exports for enterprises. It will also engage BiH diaspora to invest in the country. This mechanism will spur private lending from BiH commercial institutions by reducing their risk. This program supports USAID/BiH’s development goal and its Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS), by helping address the dearth of private sector investment and by reducing unemployment.

Fostering Agricultural Markets Activity II (FARMA II): FARMA II is a five year activity jointly funded by USAID and the Embassy of Sweden. The period of performance is from January 2016 through January 2021. The activity provides technical assistance and training to targeted subsectors through a demand-driven program aimed at improving the competitiveness of food and agricultural products by expanding environmentally sustainable production and processing, and enhancing the production of value-added food products. The activity will also facilitate sub-sector access to finance (including DCA loan portfolio guarantee facilities) and insurance schemes for agricultural producer organizations. Success in these areas will contribute greatly to the inclusive economic growth in the agricultural sector and reduce rural poverty.

Swiss Cooperation Programme: One of the strategic objectives of the Swiss Cooperation

Programme is to unlock the potential of migration in relevant fields of transition, mainly for socio-economic development. Conceptual Migration and Development (M&D) topics were explored by a specific pilot project, mandated to UNDP, which was in the position to establish close interaction with the Swiss supported Integrated Local Development Project (ILDP).

Measures for an effective integration of migrants’ contributions to the country’s development were introduced into ten local development strategies. The first pilot project on M&D was concluded in 2015. The second phase is expected to start in the second half of 2016 and will be implemented by UNDP and IOM. The Contractor shall coordinate closely with UNDP and its implementers to improve efficiency and to avoid duplication of efforts.

HUB387 will organize and host IT industry events such as educational seminars, workshops, working lunches, hackathons, etc. Through t these programs, HUB387 members will be able to enjoy educational benefits while connecting with other leaders and experts in IT industry and building their networks. HUB 387 will develop a web-portal to provide services to diaspora businesses in the IT sector.

Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs is preparing a contribution to a World Bank

Remittances and Payments Program 2014-2020. The initial focus will be on Albania, Serbia, and

Kosovo. Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia will come later in the program as Batch 2 of countries following initial results achieved in Batch 1 countries. Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan (option: Tunisia, Egypt) will come in Batch 3 of countries. The program’s overarching strategic goal is to improve the overall market for remittances and ultimately achieve further financial inclusion, broader usage of electronic payments and the reduction of the cost of remittances. This will allow the migrants and their families a net increase of the available resources for their daily needs, savings and investments.

Netherlands: The Dutch government works in many different ways with the private sector to achieve economic development. The Dutch Good Growth Fund supports SMEs in both the

Netherlands and BiH. The DGGF stimulates the provision of finance to companies including joint venture of Dutch and BiH companies - 90% has been initiated by BiH diaspora. The Dutch

Center for International Legal Cooperation is implementing the project focusing on strengthening the operational and institutional capacities of the migration authorities of BiH in order to bring the asylum and migration policy and practice of BiH further in line with the EU acquits.

C.6 KEY ASSESSMENTS, REPORTS, AND ANALYSIS

Developing a Road Map for Engaging Diaspora Development-IOM/Migration Policy Institute

Migration and Remittances Brief, WB (2015);

USAID Diaspora Direct Investment (DIRECT DIASPORA INVESTMENT ): The untapped resource for development; Balasubramanyam, V.N. and Y.Wei;

Maximizing the Development Impact of Migration-related Development Flows and Investment into Bosnia & Herzegovina, IOM Study, 2010;

IASCI/IOM, 2010;

Migration and Development: Mainstreaming the Concept on Migration and Development into

Relevant Policies, Plans and Actions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, UNDP, Ministry of Human

Rights and Refugees and Swiss Development Agency 2015;

Policies and Politics in Diaspora Contribution: Effects of Migrant Sending and Receiving

Government Policies on Diaspora Contribution to the Home Country - Including a Case Study on the Bosnian Diaspora in Germany”- Graflaand, Puck (2012)

To BiH or not to BiH?: “A report on the return of young Diaspora to the BiH labour market,”

MDG Achievement Fund, Youth Employability and Retention Programme-Oruc;

Foreign Investors Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina “White Book,” 2012 – 2013;

Opportunity Overview-Market Assessment and Recommendations for Bosnia and Herzegovina-

Steve Matzie and Romi Bhatia/ USAID/DCA;

Mobilizing Diaspora Entrepreneurship for Development, USAID and Kathleen Newland and

Hiroyuki Tanaka Migration Policy Institute;

The Scientific diaspora as the Brain Gain Option: Exploring the Case of Bosnia and Herzegovina:

Association Alumni of the Center for Interdisciplinary postgraduate Studies-Sara Nikolic, Borisa

Marovic and Emina Cosic;

Foreign Investors Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina “White Book,” 2012 - 2013.

END OF SECTION C

SECTION D—PACKAGING AND MARKING

D.1 Marking

AIDAR 752.7009, “Marking,” (JAN 1993) provides:

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

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

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

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

(c) Authority to waive marking requirements is vested with the Regional Assistant Administrators, and with Mission Directors.

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

D.2 Branding

The Offeror shall comply with the requirements of the USAID branding policies available at:

www.usaid.gov/branding and appropriately mark all deliverables and public communications with the

USAID brand.

USAID receives “exclusive branding and marking” for the work conducted under all acquisition awards.

This means that the foreign assistance delivered is clearly credited to the American people. It also means that competing logos or identities, such as the contractor’s, are excluded. News releases/media alerts must be coordinated with the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR). All media releases, press conferences and public events should incorporate the USAID identity. Approval by the USAID BiH DOC should be received before using any printed materials which incorporate the USAID identity.

Program Name: Harnessing BiH Diaspora for Economic Development

Branding: The branding shall incorporate the message that “This assistance is from the American

People” sponsored by USAID.

Positioning on materials and communications: USAID policy requires exclusive branding and marking in

USAID direct contracting. Contractor is required to use USAID identity on any program-related deliverables, commodities or communication to be produced and delivered under this contract.

Contractor and subcontractor’s corporate identities are prohibited on all program materials. Marking is not required on contractor vehicles, offices, and office supplies or other commodities used solely for administration of this contract.

Desired Level of Visibility: USAID identity must be prominently displayed on commodities or equipment; printed, audio, visual or electronic public communications; studies, reports, publications, web sites, and promotional and informational products; events and grants under contracts financed by USAID.

Visibility for the program is a very important segment of the project implementation and is essential for the success of the

Exceptions: Exceptions and waivers to USAID marking requirements may be granted in accordance with

ADS 320.3.2.5, Exceptions to Contract Marking Requirements and ADS 320.3.2.6 waivers to Contract

Marking Requirements.

Other organizations to be acknowledged: Where appropriate and applicable, the branding may acknowledge the cooperation and participation of other organizations deemed as partners of an event or deliverable.

All branding must comply with the standardized USAID regulations on branding. All branding for

USAID, its partners, and other Unites States Government (USG) and non-USG entities engaged in a specific activity implemented under this Contract, must have equal representation on all public or internal documentation, publications, advertising, presentations, brochures, etc.

The Marking Plan (MP) shall enumerate all of the public communications, commodities, program materials, events, deliverables, and other items that shall be marked with the USAID identity or brand.

The Contractor will adhere to all USAID policy directives and required procedures on branding and marking of USAID-funded programs, projects, activities, public communications, and commodities with the USAID “Standard Graphic Identity” (or “USAID Identity”) as specified in ADS 320 (effective

05/05/2009) and the Graphic Standards Manual (GSM).

(a) In accordance with ADS 320.3.2.1, the Branding Strategy (BS) is a part of the contract requirements. Offerors are instructed to prepare a Branding Implementation Plan (BIP) and Marking Plan

(MP) to implement the Branding Strategy for this program (Attachment J.3) unless otherwise instructed).

Offeror shall submit Branding Implementation Plan with proposal and will be incorporated into the contract in Section D. The standard forms for the BRANDING AND MARKING TEMPLATES are located at: http://www.usaid.gov/branding/.

(b) Contractors and subcontractors' corporate identities or logos must not be used on USAID-funded program materials. Marking is not permitted on any communications that are strictly administrative, rather than programmatic, in nature. USAID identity is also prohibited on Contractor and recipient communications related to award administration, such as hiring/firing of staff or renting office space and/or equipment.

(c) Each proposal under this RFP shall provide a program-specific BIP and MP. The contractor shall develop a detailed Branding Implementation Plan and Marking Plan. The Marking Plan may include requests for exceptions to marking requirements or programmatic reasons, to be approved by the

Contracting Officer. Waivers, as defined by ADS 320, may be necessary for compelling political, safety or security concerns or if the marking shall have an adverse effect in the host country. Marking and attribution for physical structures may need to be visible as soon as work commences. If grants are authorized in the Statement of Work, the Contractor shall clearly and conspicuously state in the small grants documentation and all delivered procurement that resources for the grant have been donated by

USAID and make clear that the Contractor is acting as USAID's agent.

The Contracting Officer will consider the Marking Plan's adequacy and reasonableness and will approve or disapprove any exemption requests. The Marking Plan will be reviewed to ensure the above information is adequately included and consistent with the stated objectives of the award, the offeror's cost data submissions, and the performance plan.

(d) If the Offeror receives an award, the Marking Plan, including any approved exemptions, will be included in and made part of the Contract, and will apply for the term of the award unless provided otherwise.

D.3 BRANDING AND MARKING POLICY

In accordance with provision D.2 above, and where applicable, the Contractor shall comply with the requirements of the policy directives and required procedures outlined in USAID Automated Directive

System (ADS) 320.3.2 “Branding and Marking in USAID Direct Contracting” (version from January 8, 2007) at http://www.usaid.gov/policy/ads/300/320.pdf; and USAID “Graphic Standards Manual” available at http://www.usaid.gov/branding/gsm , or any successor branding policy.

END OF SECTION D

SECTION E—INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

E.1 Notice Listing Contract Clauses Incorporated by Reference

The following contract clauses pertinent to this section are hereby incorporated by reference (by Citation

Number, Title, and Date) in accordance with FAR § 52.252-2, “Clauses Incorporated By Reference,” in

Section I of this contract.

NUMBER TITLE DATE

Federal Acquisition Regulation (48 CFR Chapter 1)

52.246-5 Inspection of Services—Cost Reimbursement (APR 1984)

E.2 Inspection and Acceptance

(a) USAID inspection and acceptance of services, reports, and other required deliverables or outputs will take place at the below location:

Economic Development Office

USAID/Bosnia and Herzegovina

Robert Frasure Street #1

71000 Sarajevo

Bosnia and Herzegovina

(b) USAID reserves the right to inspect and accept any services, reports, and other required deliverables or outputs where the services are performed and where reports and deliverables or outputs are produced or submitted. The contracting officer has delegated authority to inspect and accept all services, reports, and required deliverables or outputs to the Contracting Officer’s

Representative (COR) listed in Section G below.

END OF SECTION E

SECTION F—DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE

F.1 Notice Listing Contract Clauses Incorporated by Reference

The following contract clauses pertinent to this section are hereby incorporated by reference (by Citation

Number, Title, and Date) in accordance with FAR § 52.252-2, “Clauses Incorporated by Reference,” in

Section I of this contract.

Federal Acquisition Regulation (48 CFR Chapter 1)

52.242-15 STOP-WORK ORDER ALTERNATE I (APR 1984)

F.2 Period of Performance

The period of performance for this contract is five years from the effective date of the contracting officer’s signature on the cover page until [TBD].

F.3 Place of Performance

The place of performance under this contract is Bosnia and Herzegovina.

F.4 Performance Standards

USAID will evaluate the contractor’s performance in accordance with FAR § 42.15, corresponding USAID procedures, and the contractor’s adherence to the annual work plan, reporting against its Monitoring & Evaluation Plan (M&E), and quality of reports described in

Section F below. USAID will evaluate the contractor’s performance during the initial, intermediate, and final periods of the contract in accordance with the Contractor Performance

Assessment Reporting System (CPARS). The Contracting Officer and the COR will jointly conduct the evaluation of the contractor’s overall performance. This evaluation will form the basis of the contractor’s permanent performance record under this contract.

F.5 Key Personnel

(a) The key personnel who the contractor must furnish for the performance of this contract are as follows:

No. Key Personnel Position

TBD TBD

(b) The key personnel identified above are considered essential to the work being performed under this contract. The contractor must remain responsible for providing such key personnel for full-time performance for the term of this contract unless otherwise agreed to by the contracting officer.

(c) The failure to provide the key personnel designated above may be considered nonperformance unless such failure is beyond the control, and through no fault or negligence, of the contractor.

(d) The contractor must immediately notify the contracting officer and the COR of any key personnel’s departure and the reasons therefore.

(e) The contractor must take steps to immediately rectify this situation and will propose a substitute candidate for each vacated position along with a budget impact statement in sufficient detail to permit evaluation of the impact on the program.

(f) The contractor must not replace any of the key personnel without the written consent of the contracting officer whether provided in advance or by ratification.

F.6 Authorized Work Day/Week

(a) Overseas Employees - The work week for the Contractor's overseas employees must not be less than

40 hours and must be scheduled to coincide with the work week for those employees of the USAID

Mission and the Cooperating Country associated with the work of this contract.

(b) A six-day work week may be authorized for short term personnel while in Bosnia with no premium pay if approved by the COR.

F.7 Reports

In addition to providing the services described in Section C, and requirements as set forth in AIDAR

752.242-70, Periodic Progress Reports, the Contractor must submit the following reports to the COR specified in Section G.

All written documentation (correspondence, reports, information sheets, updates) submitted to

USAID must be written in professional-level English. Reports must be submitted electronically unless otherwise agreed or directed by USAID. In addition to the reports outlined below and elsewhere in this contract, the fluid nature of the planned activity may require the contractor to respond quickly to information requests, often with little preparation time.

Web-based Geographic Information System (GIS) – The Contractor must submit the M&E Plan and

Quarterly/Annual Reports with accompanying data on performance indicators to the COR through

USAID/BiH’s web‐based performance…