RFP_No._SOL-306-17-000044_-_Final.pdf

SOLICITATION, OFFER, AND AWARD 1. THIS CONTRACT IS A RATED ORDER

UNDER DPAS (15 CFR 350)

RATING

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2. CONTRACT NUMBER

TBD

3. SOLICITATION NUMBER

SOL-306-17-000044

4. TYPE OF SOLICITATION

SEALED BID (IFB)

NEGOTIATED (RFP)

5. DATE ISSUED

TBD

6. REQUISITION/PURCHASE NO.

REQ-306-17-000037/000001

7. ISSUED BY CODE 8. ADDRESS OFFER TO (If other than Item 7) Office of Acquisition & Assistance (OAA) USAID/Afghanistan, Kabul

(Same as Item 7)

NOTE: In sealed bid solicitations “offer” and “offeror” mean “bid” and “bidder”

SOLICITATION

9. Sealed offers in original and_______ copies for furnishing the supplies or services in the Schedule will be received at the place specified in item 8, or if hand carried, in the depository located in_______ until__05:00 PM local time 08/25/2017_____ CAUTION - LATE Submissions, Modifications, and Withdrawals: See Section L, Provision No.: 52.215-1. All offers are subject to all terms and conditions contained in this solicitation.

10. FOR A. NAME B. TELEPHONE (NO COLLECT CALLS) C. E-MAIL ADDRESS

INFORMATION CALL:

Hiwot Seyoum AREA CODE +93

NUMBER

70011 3479

EXT.

kblaidoaamailbox@usaid.gov

11. TABLE OF CONTENTS

(X) SEC. DESCRIPTION PAGE (X) SEC. DESCRIPTION PAGE(S)

PART I - THE SCHEDULE PART II - CONTRACT CLAUSES

X A SOLICITATION/CONTRACT FORM 3 X I CONTRACT CLAUSES 91

X B SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICE/COST 11 PART III - LIST OF DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS AND OTHER ATTACH.

X C DESCRIPTION/SPECS./WORK STATEMENT 15 X J LIST OF ATTACHMENTS 116

X D PACKAGING AND MARKING 30 PART IV - REPRESENTATIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS

X E INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE 32 X K REPRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS 118

X F DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE 33 AND OTHER STATEMENTS OF OFFERORS

X G CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA 49 X L INSTRS., CONDS., AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS 136

X H SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS 54 X M EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD 155

OFFER (Must be fully completed by offeror) NOTE: Item 12 does not apply if the solicitation includes the provisions at 52.214-16, Minimum Bid Acceptance Period.

12. In compliance with the above, the undersigned agrees, if this offer is accepted 240 calendar days (60 calendar days unless a different period is inserted by the offeror) from the date for receipt of offers specified above, to furnish any or all items upon which prices are offered at the price set opposite each item, delivered at the designated point(s), within the time specified in the schedule.

13. DISCOUNT FOR PROMPT PAYMENT

(See Section I, Clause No. 52.232-8)

10 CALENDAR DAYS (%) 20 CALENDAR DAYS (%) 30 CALENDAR DAYS (%) CALENDAR DAYS (%)

14. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF AMENDMENTS AMENDMENT NO. DATE AMENDMENT NO. DATE

(The offeror acknowledges receipt of

SOLICITATION for offerors and related documents numbered and dated):

15A. NAME AND CODE FACILITY 16. NAME AND TITLE OF PERSON AUTHORIZED TO SIGN

ADDRESS OF OFFEROR OFFER (Type or print)

15B. TELEPHONE NUMBER 15C. CHECK IF REMITTANCE 17. SIGNATURE 18. OFFER DATE

AREA

CODE

NUMBER

EXT.

ADDRESS IS DIFFERENT FROM ABOVE -

ENTER SUCH ADDRESS IN SCHEDULE.

AWARD (To be completed by Government)

19. ACCEPTED AS TO ITEMS NUMBERED

20. AMOUNT

21. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION

22. AUTHORITY FOR USING OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION:

10 U.S.C. 2304(c) (1) 41 U.S.C. 253(c)( )

23. SUBMIT INVOICES TO ADDRESS SHOWN IN

(Electronic copies)

ITEM

Clause G.6

24. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than Item 7) CODE 25. PAYMENT WILL BE MADE BY CODE

26. NAME OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print)

27. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

(Signature of Contracting Officer)

28. AWARD DATE

IMPORTANT -- Award will be made on this Form, or on Standard Form 26, or by other authorized official written notice. STANDARD FORM 33

Table of Contents

PART I – THE SCHEDULE

SECTION B: SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICE/COSTS _______________________ 11

B.1 PURPOSE

B.2 CONTRACT TYPE

B.3 ESTIMATED COST, FIXED FEE, AND OBLIGATED AMOUNT

B.4 CONTRACT BUDGET

B.5 INDIRECT COSTS

B.6 CEILING ON INDIRECT COSTS

B.7 COST REIMBURSABLE

B.8 PAYMENT OF FIXED FEE

SECTION C: DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/STATEMENT OF WORK __________ 15

C.1 PURPOSE

C.2 BACKGROUND

C.3 OBJECTIVES

C.4 SCOPE OF WORK

C.5 CONTRACTOR COORDINATION WITH THE COR

C.6 GENDER CONSIDERATIONS

C.7 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS

C.8 SUSTAINABILITY CONSIDERATIONS

C.9 OUTPUTS AND OUTCOMES: CONTRACT PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

AND TARGETS

SECTION D: PACKAGING AND MARKING ____________________________________ 30

D.1 BRANDING STRATEGY

D.2 AIDAR 752.7009 – MARKING (JAN 1993)

D.3 ANTICIPATED ELEMENTS OF MARKING PLAN

D.4 APPROVAL OF CONRACTOR BRANDING IMPLEMENTATION & MARKING

PLAN

SECTION E: INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE _________________________________ 32

E.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

E.2 INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

SECTION F: DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE _________________________________ 33

F.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

F.2 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

F.3 PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

F.4 PLANS AND REPORTS

F.5 DELIVERABLES

F.6 REPORTING FORMAT

F.7 LANGUAGE OF REPORTS AND OTHER OUTPUTS

F.8 KEY PERSONNEL

F.9 SHORT-TERM TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

F.10 AIDAR 752.7005 – SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE

DOCUMENTS (SEP 2013)

F.11 PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

SECTION G: CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA ____________________________ 49

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

G.2 CONTRACTING OFFICER’S AUTHORITY

G.3 CONTRACTING OFFICER’S REPRESENTATIVE (COR)

G.4 TECHNICAL DIRECTIONS/RELATIONSHIP WITH USAID

G.5 ACCEPTANCE AND APPROVAL

G.6 PAYING OFFICE AND SUBMISSION OF INVOICES

G.7 ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA

G.8 CONTRACTOR’S PRIMARY POINT OF CONTACT

G.9 CONTRACTOR’S PAYMENT ADDRESS

PART II – CLAUSES

SECTION H - SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS

H.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

H.2 AUTHORIZED GEOGRAPHIC CODE

H.3 CONSENT TO SUB-CONTRACT (DECEMBER 2016)

H.4 USAID/AFGHANISTAN RIGHT TO PROCURE FROM OTHER SOURCES

(AUGUST 2016)

H.5 USAID/AFGHANISTAN MAXIMIZING USE OF LOCAL ENTITIES (AUGUST

2016)

H.6 USAID/AFGHANISTAN SUB-AWARD REQUIREMENTS (APRIL 2016)

H.7 ADS 302.3.5.17 LIMITATION ON SUBCONTRACTING TO NON-LOCAL

ENTITIES (JULY 2014)

H.8 USAID/AFGHANISTAN PUBLIC POSTING (APRIL 2016)

H.9 USAID/AFGHANISTAN VETTING REQUIREMENT (APRIL 2016)

H.10 USAID/AFGHANISTAN USE OF SYNCHRONIZED PRE-DEPLOYMENT AND

OPERATIONAL TRACKER (SPOT) FOR CONTRACTORS SUPPORTING A DIPLOMATIC OR

CONSULAR MISSION OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES (SUPPLEMENT TO FAR 52.225-19)

(AUGUST 2016)

H.11 SERIOUS INCIDENT REPORTING (SIR) IN AFGHANISTAN (AUGUST 2016)

H.12 USAID/AFGHANISTAN SMART TRAVELER ENROLLMENT PROGRAM

(STEP) (JANUARY 2016)

H.13 USAID/AFGHANISTAN HOST COUNTRY TAXES AND DUTIES (NOVEMBER

2016)

H.14 AIDAR 752.229-71 REPORTING OF FOREIGN TAXES (JULY 2007)

H.15 ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS SYSTEM (JULY 2014)

H.16 COMPENSATION FOR COOPERATING COUNTRY NATIONALS (CCNs) IN

AFGHANISTAN – ACQUISITION (JULY 2016)

H.17 USAID/AFGHANISTAN ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR PERSONNEL

COMPENSATION (DECEMBER 2016)

H.18 ADS 302.3.5.8 INSURANCE AND SERVICES (JULY 2016)

H.19 USAID/AFGHANISTAN PRESS RELATIONS (JANUARY 2017)

H.20 USAID/AFGHANISTAN RESTRICTIONS ON CONTRACTORS EXECUTING

AGREEMENTS WITH GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL UNITY OF AFGHANISTAN (AUGUST

2016)

H.21 USAID/AFGHANISTAN LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS (AUGUST 2016)

H.22 ADS 302.3.5.21 SUBMISSION OF DATASETS TO THE DEVELOPMENT DATA

LIBRARY (DDL) (OCTOBER 2014)

H.23 USAID/AFGHANISTAN DATABASE and GIS/GPS REPORTING

REQUIREMENTS (MARCH 2017)

H.24 AIDAR 752.7036 USAID IMPLEMENTING PARTNER NOTICES (IPN) PORTAL

FOR ACQUISITION (JULY 2014)

H.25 RESERVED

H.26 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE

H.27 RESERVED

H.28 IMPLEMENTATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 13224 ON TERRORISM

FINANCING (AUGUST 2016)

H.29 COMPLIANCE WITH ADS 206 PROHIBITION OF ASSISTANCE TO DRUG

TRAFFICKERS (DECEMBER 2016)

H.30 NON-EXPENDABLE PROPERTY PURCHASES (APRIL 2017) (COMPLIANCE

WITH ADS 302.3.6.6)

H.31 ADS 302.3.5.13 ACCESS TO USAID FACILITIES AND USAID’S INFORMATION SYSTEMS

(AUGUST 2013)

H.32 ADS 302.3.5.19 USAID-FINANCED THIRD-PARTY WEB SITES (AUG 2013)

H.33 COMPLIANCE WITH EXECUTIVE ORDER 13559 FACILITIES USED FOR

RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES (FEBRUARY 2016)

H.34 COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 508 OF THE REHABILITATION ACT OF

1973, AS AMENDED (AUGUST 2016)

H.35 FOREIGN GOVERNMENT DELEGATIONS TO INTERNATIONAL

CONFERENCES (AUGUST 2016)

H.36 AIDAR 752.231-72 CONFERENCE PLANNING AND REQUIRED APPROVALS

(AUGUST 2013)

H.37 COMPLIANCE WITH ADS 252 & 253 - TRAINING AND RESULTS AND

INFORMATION NETWORK (TRAINET) (AUGUST 2016)

H.38 RESERVED

H.39 ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: PRECLUSION FROM

FURNISHING CERTAIN SERVICES AND RESTRICTION ON USE OF INFORMATION

(Evaluation Services) (AUGUST 2016)

H.40 RESERVED

H.41 RESERVED

H.42 AIDAR 752.222-70 USAID DISABILITY POLICY (DEC 2004)

H.43 AIDAR 752.228-3 WORKER’S COMPENSATION INSURANCE (DEC 1991)

H.44 AIDAR 752.228-70 MEDICAL EVACUATION (MEDEVAC) SERVICES (JUL

2007)

H.45 AIDAR 752.231-71 SALARY SUPPLEMENTS FOR HOST GOVERNMENT (HG)

EMPLOYEES (MAR 2015)

H.46 AIDAR 752.7004 EMERGENCY LOCATOR INFORMATION (JUL 1997)

H.47 AIDAR 752.7007 PERSONNEL COMPENSATION (JUL 2007)

H.48 AIDAR 752.7031 LEAVE AND HOLIDAYS (OCT 1989)

H.49 AIDAR 752.7032 INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL APPROVAL AND

NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS (APR 2014)

H.50 AIDAR 752.222-71 NONDISCRIMINATION (JUNE 2012)

H.51 INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL APPROVAL

H.52 LOGISTIC SUPPORT GOVERNMENT FURNISHED FACILITIES OR

PROPERTY

H.53 STANDARDS OF CONDUCT -- IMPROPER BUSINESS PRACTICES

H.54 DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION

H.55 USAID/AFGHANISTAN SMART TRAVELER ENROLLMENT PROGRAM (STEP)

(JANUARY 2016) ________________________________________________________________ 86

H.56 CLOUD COMPUTING (MAY 2016) ___________________________________________ 86

SECTION I: CONTRACT CLAUSES ____________________________________________ 91

I.1 52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998)

I.2 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

I.3 52.203-13 CONTRACTOR CODE OF BUSINESS ETHICS AND CONDUCT (OCT 2015)

I.4 52.215-19 NOTIFICATION OF OWNERSHIP CHANGES (OCT 1997)

I.5 52.216-8 FIXED FEE (JUN 2011)

I.6 52.217-2 CANCELLATION UNDER MULTI-YEAR CONTRACTS (OCT 1997)

I.7 52.217-8 OPTION TO EXTEND SERVICES (NOV 1999)

I.8 52.222-50 COMBATING TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (MAR 2015)

I.9 52.225-19 CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL IN A DESIGNATED OPERATIONAL AREA OR

SUPPORTING A DIPLOMATIC OR CONSULAR MISSION OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES

(MAR 2008)

I.10 AIDAR 752.209-71 ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST DISCOVERED AFTER

AWARD (JUN 1993)

I.11 AIDAR 752.242-70 PERIODIC PROGRESS REPORTS (OCT 2007)

I.12 AIDAR 752.7006 NOTICES (APR 1984)

I.13 AIDAR 752.7008 USE OF GOVERNMENT FACILITIES OR PERSONNEL (APR 1984)

I.14 AIDAR 752.7025 APPROVALS (APR 1984)

PART III- LIST OF DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS, & OTHER ATTACHMENTS

SECTION J: LIST OF ATTACHMENTS ________________________________________ 116

SECTION K: REPRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS AND OTHER STATEMENTS OF

OFFERORS _____________________________________________________________ 118

K.1. NOTICE LISTING SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

K.2. 52.203-11 CERTIFICATION AND DISCLOSURE REGARDING PAYMENTS TO INFLUENCE

CERTAIN FEDERAL TRANSACTIONS (SEP 2007)

K.3. 52.204-3 TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION (OCT 1998)

K.4. 52.204-5 WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS (OTHER THAN SMALL BUSINESS). (OCT 2014)

K.5. 52.204-8 ANNUAL REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS (JAN 2017)

K.6. 52.204-19 INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF REPRESENTATIONS AND

CERTIFICATIONS (DEC 2014)

K.7. 52.209-2 PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING WITH INVERTED DOMESTIC

CORPORATIONS-REPRESENTATION (NOV 2015)

K.8. 52.209-5 CERTIFICATION REGARDING RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS (OCT 2015)

K.9. 52.209-7 INFORMATION REGARDING RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS (JUL 2013)

K.10. 52.215-6 PLACE OF PERFORMANCE (OCT 1997)

K.11. 52.222-22 PREVIOUS CONTRACTS AND COMPLIANCE REPORTS (FEB 1999)

K.12. 52.222-25 AFFIRMATIVE ACTION COMPLIANCE (APR 1984)

K.13. 52.222-38 COMPLIANCE WITH VETERANS' EMPLOYMENT REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

(FEB 2016)

K.14. 52.222-56 CERTIFICATION REGARDING TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS COMPLIANCE PLAN

(MAR 2015)

K.15 FAR 52.225-20 – PROHIBITION ON CONDUCTING RESTRICTED BUSINESS OPERATIONS

IN SUDAN--CERTIFICATION (AUG 2009)

K.16 52.227-15 REPRESENTATION OF LIMITED RIGHTS DATA AND RESTRICTEDCOMPUTER

SOFTWARE (DEC 2007)

K.17 52.209-11 REPRESENTATION BY CORPORATION REGARDING A DELINQUENT TAX

LIABILITY OR A FELONY CRIMINAL CONVICTION UNDER ANY FEDERAL LAW (FEB

2016)

K.18 52.230-1 COST ACCOUNTING STANDARDS NOTICES AND CERTIFICATION (OCT 2015)

K.19. 52.230-7 PROPOSAL DISCLOSURE--COST ACCOUNTING PRACTICE CHANGES (APR 2005) 133

K.20. CONTRACTOR PURCHASING SYSTEM REVIEW

K.21. AGREEMENT ON OR EXCEPTIONS TO, TERMS AND CONDITIONS

K.22 SIGNATURE

SECTION L - INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS, AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS 136

L.1 FAR 52.252-1 SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998)

L.2 FAR 52.216-1 Type of Contract (APR 1984)

L.3 FAR 52.233-2 SERVICE OF PROTEST (SEP 2006)

L.4 GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

L.5 PROPOSAL PREPARATION AND DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS

L.6 INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE TECHNICAL PROPOSAL – VOLUME I

L.7 INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE COST PROPOSAL –

VOLUME II

L.8 INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PREPARATION OF BRANDING IMPLEMENTATION AND

MARKING PLANS

L.9 AIDAR 752.204-70 PARTNER VETTING PRE-AWARD REQUIREMENTS (FEB 2012)

L.10 POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

L.11 SUBCONTRACTING PLAN

L.12 INFORMATION TO SUPPORT CONSENT TO SUBCONTRACTORS

L.13 JOINT VENTURE INFORMATION

L.14 GOVERNMENT OBLIGATION

SECTION M: EVALUATION CRITERIA ________________________________________ 155

M.1 GENERAL INFORMATION

M.2 TECHNICAL EVALUATION FACTORS

M.3 EVALUATION OF COST

M.4 DETERMINATION OF COMPETITIVE RANGE

M.5 BEST VALUE

M.6 CONTRACTING WITH SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS

ACRONYMS

ADS Automated Directives System AIDAR USAID Acquisition Regulation AM Activity Manager AMELA Afghanistan Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Activity AMELP Activity Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Plan AOR Agreement Officer’s Representative AWP Annual Work Plan BIP Branding Implementation Plan CAS Cost Accounting Standards CCR Central Contractor Registration CDCS Country Development Cooperation Strategy CFR Code of Federal Regulations CLA Collaboration, Learning, and Adapting CLIN Contract Line Item Number CO Contracting Officer COP Chief of Party COR Contracting Officer’s Representative CPAR Contractor Performance Assessment Report CPARS Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System DEC Development Experience Clearinghouse DCOP Deputy Chief of Party DDL Development Data Library DQA Data Quality Assessment DUNS Data Universal Numbering System ESRI Environmental Systems Research Institute eSRS Electronic Subcontracting Reporting System FAPIIS Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System FAR Federal Acquisition Regulation FICA Federal Insurance Contributions Act G&A General and Administrative G2G Government-to-Government GIS Geographic Information System GPS Global Positioning System IPs Implementing Partners IT Information Technology LOE Level of Effort M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MP Marking Plan MTM Multi-Tiered Monitoring NCAGE NATO Commercial and Governmental Entity NICRA Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement

NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology OBM On-budget Monitor OFM Office of Financial Management OPPD Office of Program and Project Development ORCA Online Representation & Certifications Application PDF Portable Document Format PIRS Performance Indicator Reference Sheet PMP Performance Management Plan PPR Performance Plan and Report RFP Request for Proposals SMS Short Message Service SAM System for Award Management SB Small business SF Standard Form SOW Statement of Work TIFF Tagged Image File Format USAID United States Agency for International Development USG United States Government

PART I – THE SCHEDULE

SECTION B: SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICE/COSTS

B.1 PURPOSE

The purpose of this contract is to procure the service of a Contractor for the implementation of the Afghanistan Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Activity (AMELA).

B.2 CONTRACT TYPE

The U.S. Government contemplates awarding a Cost-Plus-Fixed -Fee (CPFF) completion type contract resulting from this solicitation. For the consideration set forth below, the Contractor must provide the deliverables or outputs described in Section C and comply with all contract requirements.

B.3 ESTIMATED COST, FIXED FEE, AND OBLIGATED AMOUNT

(a) The total 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 total estimated cost plus fixed fee, if any, is $TBD.

The estimated cost for the performance of the work required for the 2-year base period, exclusive of fixed fee, if any, is $TBD. The Fixed Fee, if any, is $TBD and the total estimated cost plus fixed fee, if any, is $TBD.

The total estimated cost for the performance of the work required for the three one year option period, exclusive of fixed fee, if any, is $TBD. The fixed fee, if any, is $TBD and the total estimated cost plus fixed fee, if any, is $TBD.

(b) Within the estimated cost plus all possible fee (if any) specified in paragraph (a) above, the amount currently obligated and available for reimbursement of allowable and allocable 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 unless authorized by the Contracting Officer pursuant to the clause of this contract entitled “Limitation of Funds” (FAR 52.232-22) as indicated in Section I of this contract.

(c) Funds obligated hereunder are anticipated to be sufficient through [date to be added upon award].

B.4 CONTRACT BUDGET

The total cost of the Contract is as follows:

Line Item Description Two Year

Base Period ($)

Option Year 1 ($)

Option Year 2 ($)

Option Year 3 ($)

Total Five Year ($)

Component 1 – Evaluation Technical Support Services Direct Costs Component 2- Monitoring Technical Support Services Direct Costs Component 3 – Learning and Adaptive Management Support Services Direct Costs Component 4 – Program Support Services Direct Costs

TOTAL

COMPONENT

DIRECT COSTS

Security Indirect Costs Fixed Fee

GRAND TOTAL

Note:

The inclusion of any costs in the above budget 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 clause of this contract entitled "Allowable Cost and Payment" (FAR 52.216-07), nor does it constitute a determination of allowability by the Contracting Officer of any item of cost, unless specifically stated elsewhere in this contract.

B.5 INDIRECT COSTS

For the Prime Contractor: Pending establishment of revised provisional or final indirect cost rates, allowable indirect costs will be reimbursed on the basis of the following negotiated provisional or predetermined rates and the appropriate bases:

Description Rate Base Type Period

TBD TBD 1/ 1/ 1/

1/Base of Application:

Type of Rate: Predetermined/Provisional Period:

For Major Subcontractor(s): Pending establishment of revised provisional or final indirect cost rates, allowable indirect costs will be reimbursed on the basis of the following negotiated provisional or predetermined rates and the appropriate bases:

Description Rate Base Type Period

TBD TBD 1/ 1/ 1/

1/Base of Application:

Type of Rate: Predetermined/Provisional Period:

“Major subcontractor(s)” are those subcontractors whose proposed costs exceed 20 percent of the contract value or who are otherwise defined by the prime to be essential to the successful activity implementation. All primes MUST identify “major subcontractors” in the cover letter of their proposals.

Note: The Contractor is allowed to recover applicable indirect costs (i.e., overhead, G&A, etc.) on other direct costs (ODCs), if it is part of the Contractor’s usual accounting procedures, consistent with FAR Part 31, and their Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement (NICRA).

B.6 CEILING ON INDIRECT COSTS

(a) Reimbursement for indirect costs will be at the lower of the negotiated final pre-determined rates or the following ceiling rates:

Description 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 [Rate 1 description to be inserted] __% ___% ___% ___% ___% [Rate 2 description to be inserted] __% ___% ___%___% ___% [Rate 3 description to be inserted] __% ___% ___% ___% ___%

(b) The Government will not be obligated to pay any additional amount must the final indirect cost rates exceed the negotiated ceiling rates. If the final indirect cost rates are less than the negotiated ceiling rates, the negotiated rates will be reduced to conform to the lower rates.

(c) This understanding shall 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.

B.7 COST REIMBURSABLE

Allowable costs will be limited to reasonable, allocable and necessary costs determined in accordance with FAR 52.216-7, Allowable Cost and Payment (June 2013), FAR 52.216-8, Fixed Fee (June 2011), if applicable, and AIDAR 752.7003, Documentation for Payment.

B.8 PAYMENT OF FIXED FEE

Pursuant to FAR 16.306 (d) “Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee Contracts”, payment of fixed fee will be based on acceptance of the deliverables described in Section C and F of this contract by the Contract Officer’s Representative (COR) per section E of this solicitation and must be in accordance with the approved fee schedule below.

Upon successful achievement of the deliverable, the Contractor must provide evidence of its achievement to the COR and the Contracting Officer. Upon acceptance by USAID, the Contractor must submit an invoice for the amount associated with the fee.

[END OF SECTION B]

Base year 1 Base year 2 Option Year 1

Option Year 2

Option Year 3

Component 1

Component 2

Component 3

Component 4

Due Date Deliverables % Per year Fee ($)

SECTION C: DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/STATEMENT OF WORK

Title of Activity: Afghanistan Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Activity (AMELA)

C.1 PURPOSE

AMELA will contribute to ensuring that USAID’s development programs in Afghanistan achieve their intended results through strong performance management service provision, in an efficient and cost-effective manner, with a focus on evaluation technical support services, monitoring technical support services, learning and adaptive management services, and program support services.

C.2 BACKGROUND

During the past decade, Afghanistan has made remarkable development gains thanks to the whole-of-government efforts of the United States, international partners, the Government of Afghanistan, and the Afghan people. With almost $17 billion spent on development programs in Afghanistan since 2002, USAID has been an instrumental player in the achievement of these gains, and provides the largest bilateral civilian assistance program to Afghanistan. USAID partners with the government and people of Afghanistan to ensure economic growth led by the country’s private sector, to establish a democratic and capable state governed by the rule of law, and to provide basic health and education services for all Afghans.

Yet, despite accomplishments realized through USAID interventions, significant challenges still remain. According to the World Bank, 39 percent of Afghans live in poverty and unemployment remains high. Roughly 55 percent of the population is under age 20 and an estimated 400,000 young Afghans enter the labor market each year. According to the United Nations World Food Program, nearly one-third of the population is food insecure and many still lack access to basic services. Thousands of children still lack access to education and suffer from chronic malnutrition.

In response to continued development challenges, and to promote long-term peace and stability in Afghanistan, USAID/Afghanistan implements the Plan for Transition Strategy 2015-2018, which outlines strategic objectives for U.S. development assistance in Afghanistan. Given that the strategy ends in 2018, the Mission is currently embarking on the development of a new strategic framework that will guide its development efforts for up to the next five years. Offerors must be prepared to operate within the Mission’s new strategic framework.

USAID/Afghanistan recognizes that high quality performance monitoring and evaluation (M&E), supported by strong and systematic learning processes, are important means to obtain meaningful information about the Mission’s activities and, in turn, improve program management and effectiveness.

The USAID Evaluation Policy (2011) (Attachment J.12), the recently passed Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016, as well as recent revisions made to the ADS 200 series demonstrate the Agency’s desire to establish strong M&E and learning systems to apply learning gained from evidence and analysis. In Afghanistan, USAID has implemented several initiatives for enhancing performance information to monitor whether implementation is on track with stated goals and objectives, and to determine whether implementing partners (IPs) are managing for results. One of those initiatives was the development of the Multi-Tiered Monitoring (MTM) approach, which requires high levels of information sharing and triangulation across monitoring actors and tools to ensure achievement of the USG’s development goals and proper management of taxpayer funds. Additional efforts to apply robust evaluation utilization, better analyze and visualize M&E data, and conduct evaluations and assessments using innovative approaches have also been implemented or are underway.

While the Mission is committed to implementing a robust M&E program, the drawdown of international forces, deteriorating security situation, and centralization of USG civilian staff in Kabul has limited USAID’s ability to directly monitor its activities, particularly outside of Kabul.

As such, USAID relies on the use of local third party monitors to visit activity sites and provide monitoring and verification reports as part of USAID’s MTM approach. In its evaluation and assessment work, USAID also relies on local experts and firms that are able to travel to areas that are generally off-limits for expatriate staff. Offerors must have the capability to successfully work in the fluid and dynamic Afghanistan operating context, including as it relates to M&E data collection and analysis.

In an increasingly difficult global economic environment, the drive for greater aid effectiveness has become a major concern for the international development community. Like many other development agencies, USAID/Afghanistan is under pressure to demonstrate a strong results orientation, and to report on the evidence that its interventions produce impact. The emphasis across the donor community on better monitoring and evaluation, as well as learning processes that ensure the effective utilization of M&E data, is reflective of this trend. M&E is a primary institutional channel for measuring and documenting that USAID activities produce sustainable results that benefit their target groups. M&E data support sound decision-making, accountability, learning, and capacity development, which in turn help to better achieve development results.

AMELA is a five-year contract, with a two-year base period and three one-year option periods.

AMELA is designed to capitalize on the experience derived from past projects (both USAID and non-USAID), programs, and policies in order to contribute to improvements in project or program performance and promote organizational learning. Based on significant stakeholder feedback, and a critical review of the Mission’s past and current M&E contracts, the key objective of AMELA is to provide high quality monitoring, evaluation, and learning support services to Mission customers and ensure the robust integration of M&E and learning across the Mission portfolio. This activity will support learning, adaptive management, and capacity building processes that will greatly benefit all Mission offices while emphasizing strong core monitoring and evaluation capabilities.

C.3 OBJECTIVES

The purpose of AMELA is to provide monitoring, evaluation, and learning support services/assistance to strengthen the implementation of USAID/Afghanistan’s development strategy, and to build the technical M&E knowledge and skills of USAID/Afghanistan Mission staff and stakeholders. The services provided under AMELA will contribute to supporting USAID/Afghanistan as an effective development organization with strong learning and adaptive management processes.

AMELA will serve as USAID/Afghanistan’s centralized performance management support mechanism. AMELA will contribute to the U.S. Government’s goal in Afghanistan of “building a safe and stable society that meets the needs of the Afghan people” by providing third party monitoring and oversight capability, external evaluation of project and activity performance, performance information that enables project managers to better adaptively manage to improve project results, and learning services to support the USAID/Afghanistan’s integration of evidence and best practices, enabling it to better target its programming and achieve its goals and objectives.

The Contractor must provide high-quality, objective, and reliable performance management support services that will allow the Mission to effectively collect performance and development-related data (particularly in environments that pose challenges to accessibility) to ensure the achievement of the Mission’s development objectives. The four key objectives of this contract are described below:

A. Evaluation Technical Support Services:

Provide the following analytical services: mid-term and final evaluations, performance and impact evaluations, geographic and sectoral assessments, activity-specific assessments and verifications, sectoral surveys, and baseline analyses.

B. Monitoring Technical Support Services:

Provide monitoring and verification technical support services that strengthen evidence-based decision-making for design and implementation of development programming. This is achieved through third-party monitoring (TPM), a component of the Mission’s Multi-Tiered Monitoring (MTM) approach, including, but not limited to, design and implementation of TPM tools and approaches, field-based data collection and verification, and data quality assessments (DQAs).

This will require travelling to USAID-funded project sites to meet with beneficiaries (including in hard-to-reach areas), conducting appropriate sampling based on the nature of activity and oversight needed, verifying project implementation and monitoring data, and developing useful reports for project managers.

C. Learning and Adaptive Management Support Services:

Support operationalization of collaboration, learning, adaptation (CLA) and knowledge management within USAID/Afghanistan throughout the Program Cycle. This component will additionally focus on capacity building activities that bolster USAID staff and stakeholders’ M&E, learning, and overall performance management capabilities and skills.

D. Program Support Services:

Provide USAID/Afghanistan with performance management-related, short-term advisory assistance to support Mission-wide strategic and performance planning, including analytical work to support mission Program Cycle processes, development and implementation of a mission-wide Performance Management Plan, and assistance with project- and activity-level M&E and learning-related tasks, such as DQAs, indicator development, and the organization of partner and stakeholder meetings to discuss progress and results.

C.4 SCOPE OF WORK

The following USAID/Afghanistan technical offices will utilize the AMELA mechanism: Health and Nutrition, Education, Gender, Infrastructure, Economic Growth, Agriculture, Democracy and Governance, and Program and Project Development. Across these offices and sectors, USAID/Afghanistan currently manages an active pipeline of $3.2 billion within a portfolio of approximately 115 active awards and with activity implementation taking place in all 34 provinces.

It is critical that the Contractor engages with all of USAID/Afghanistan’s technical and support offices, as well as with IPs and other stakeholders for the success of this contract. This engagement will provide an opportunity for the Contractor to develop a comprehensive understanding of challenges and opportunities in M&E and learning across the entire USAID/Afghanistan portfolio, and foster a more collaborative working relationship with both USAID and external partners.

The Contractor must abide by applicable USAID principles and requirements, including USAID’s Evaluation Policy; the ADS 200 series (found at https://www.usaid.gov/who-we-are/agency-policy/series-200) (Attachment J.12); and the Mission’s performance management policies, particularly its Mission Orders on Performance Monitoring and Evaluation. The Contractor must provide sector-specific expertise, and employ the most recent and innovative techniques and approaches in M&E and learning, while ensuring cost-effective provision of services.

The Contractor must provide direct services and operational support to fulfill all potential requirements for the four (4) components illustrated below.

The AMELA Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR), with the written approval of the Contracting Officer, will issue work orders that will require the Contractor to carry out specific tasks within the broad components outlined. The COR will send work orders via electronic mail to the Chief of Party and Deputy Chief of Party. The four components are detailed as such:

1) Component 1 - Evaluation Technical Support Services

a) The Contractor must carry out high-quality, timely, and useful evaluations and assessments of

USAID/Afghanistan’s development projects and activities. The results, findings, and recommendations from these evaluations will allow the Mission to actively manage these projects and activities – as well as plan future projects and activities – using evidence as a basis for decision-making. High-quality evaluations and assessments of USAID/Afghanistan projects and activities will contribute to the achievement of the results defined in the Mission’s development strategy. The Contractor must carry out a maximum of eight (8) activity-level performance evaluations per year for the next five years, which includes evaluations of one government-to-government (G2G) assistance award each year. G2G evaluations must support a close working partnership with government officials, and may require specialized approaches. In the case of G2G evaluations, the contractor, in collaboration with USAID/Afghanistan, must consider the use of host government systems for data collection, but remain prepared to supplement this data with additional data collected by the contractor. In addition, the Contractor must carry out one whole-of-project evaluation,0F

1 as well as one strategy evaluation over the life of contract. The Contractor will also be required to carry out a maximum of five (5) assessments, special studies, surveys or other analytical products per year for the next five years and a maximum of one (1) impact evaluation over the life of this contract. The number of evaluations/assessments may vary, depending on the needs of the Mission.

1 See USAID Learning Lab: https://usaidlearninglab.org/library/whole-project-evaluation-0 https://www.usaid.gov/who-we-are/agency-policy/series-200 https://www.usaid.gov/who-we-are/agency-policy/series-200 https://usaidlearninglab.org/library/whole-project-evaluation-0

b) The Contractor must recruit, as needed, the short-term technical staff needed to carry out evaluations and other analytical products; provide all logistical support for in-country teams carrying out analytical work; provide quality control for all deliverables; facilitate presentations to the Mission, and other donors and partners on the findings; and finalize evaluation/assessment reports in coordination with the Office of Program and Project Development (OPPD) and the appropriate Technical Offices. The Contractor must also develop dissemination materials, such as infographics of evaluation findings and short summary briefs that incorporate visuals, organize dissemination events, and propose dissemination approaches that encourage the utilization of evaluation findings. Upon final clearance of the evaluation report, the Contractor must submit the report to the Development Experience Clearinghouse (DEC) within 30 days.

c) Evaluations under this contract will inform specific management decisions at the Mission. As such, the contractor’s recommendations resulting from evaluation/assessment activities must be actionable. The Mission will internally track these recommendations, and document related decisions regarding their implementation, including timelines for action and resolution. The Contractor must provide clear and actionable recommendations to USAID as part of final evaluation or assessment reports.

The Contractor must provide support on the following different types of evaluation or assessment activities:

(i) Performance Evaluations

Per ADS Chapter 201, performance evaluations encompass a broad range of evaluation methods and often incorporate before-after comparisons, though they generally lack a rigorously defined counterfactual.

a) The Contractor must design and implement qualitative methods and mixed methods evaluations. Performance evaluations may address descriptive, normative, and/or cause-and-effect questions, such as what a particular project has achieved (either at an intermediate point in execution or at the conclusion of an implementation period); how it is being implemented;

how it is perceived and valued; whether expected results are being achieved; and other questions that are pertinent to program design, management and operational decision making.

Performance evaluations often draw upon mixed qualitative (e.g., key informant interviews, focus group discussions, group interviews, direct observation, etc.) and quantitative (e.g., surveys) methods.

b) In the case of mid-term performance evaluations, the Contractor must provide actionable short-term recommendations to inform decisions on the management and performance of on-going project/activity implementation and, as applicable, long-term recommendations that can help design similar projects or activities in the future. For final performance evaluations, recommendations will mainly focus on informing decisions such as designing a follow-on project/activity, new strategy, and/or making a strategic decision. The majority of evaluations to be conducted under the contract will be performance evaluations.

Performance evaluations can be planned throughout the strategy, project, or activity life cycle, though the Mission has most typically planned performance evaluations at the mid-way point or at the end of activities, to inform either the ongoing implementation of the activity or the design http://dec.usaid.gov/ of new projects/activities.

(ii) Impact evaluations

Impact evaluations measure the change in a development outcome attributable to a defined intervention and inputs; thus, impact evaluations are based on models of cause-and-effect and require a credible and rigorously defined counterfactual to control for factors other than the intervention that might account for the observed change.

The Contractor must design and implement impact evaluations using experimental or quasi-experimental designs. Using experimental designs, the Contractor must generate treatment and control groups by randomly allocating the intervention among eligible participants. Using quasi-experimental designs, the Contractor must generate treatment and comparison groups without using random assignment. Examples of expected quasi-experimental approaches include propensity score matching, difference-in-differences, and regression discontinuity. The Contractor must coordinate impact evaluation planning, design, and implementation with the IP(s) implementing the activity that will be evaluated. The Contractor must collect baseline data for the impact evaluation as early as possible in design and implementation of the activity being evaluated. The Contractor must be able to use innovative approaches to data collection due to the constraints of Afghanistan’s operating environment. Depending on operating environment considerations and the nature of the evaluation questions, a rigorous performance evaluation design that allows for before-after comparisons may be favored over an experimental or quasi-experimental design.

(iii)Assessments/Special Studies/Surveys

a) The Contractor must carry out up to five (5) assessments, special studies, surveys or other analytical products per year for the purpose of informing strategy/project/activity progress, understanding the contextual factors impacting programs implementation, and/or design or re-design efforts. Selected assessment themes may include, but are not limited to, gender analyses; sustainability analyses; cost-benefit analyses; political economy analyses; youth-and-women-engagement in Mission interventions; environmental analyses; climate risk screening; and/or sectoral or geographic assessments across USAID/Afghanistan’s portfolio.

Surveys may include baseline or beneficiary surveys.

b) The Contractor must provide logistical support and quality control; facilitate presentations to the Mission, Government of Afghanistan, and other donors and partners on the findings, and solicit feedback on recommendations; and finalize the final report in coordination with USAID/Afghanistan, through the COR. Upon final clearance of the report, the Contractor must submit the report to the Development Experience Clearinghouse (DEC) within 30 days.

2) Component 2 – Monitoring Technical Support Services

The drawdown of international military forces and centralization of USG civilian staff in Kabul has severely limited USAID’s ability to conduct in-person site visits to implementation areas. In response, USAID/Afghanistan developed a Multi-Tiered Monitoring (MTM) approach to collect and verify information and inform decision making. USAID’s MTM approach requires that monitoring information be triangulated across monitoring actors and sources of information to ensure achievement of the USG’s development goals and proper management of taxpayer funds.

The MTM approach requires CORs/AORs/Activity Managers to gather and analyze data from multiple sources, triangulate information to ensure confidence in the reporting, and use the results to make programmatic decisions. Tiers of the MTM approach include: direct observation and/or third party monitoring of USAID activities; review of implementing partner reporting; and corroboration of information with stakeholders and beneficiaries.

a) The Contractor must provide high-quality, timely, and useful third party monitoring and verification services for USAID activities in areas deemed non-permissible for USAID staff, including in high-threat and security restricted areas outside of Kabul. The Contractor must conduct third party monitoring and verification of a maximum of fifty (50) USAID/Afghanistan awards, which includes a maximum of five (5) active G2G awards, over the period of performance of this contract. The Contractor is responsible for all aspects of implementing a robust monitoring and verification approach including, but not limited to, recruiting, training, and deploying third party monitors; developing or adapting tools and approaches to collect, store, and analyze monitoring and verification data; analysis and synthesis of data for USAID program managers to inform corrective actions and decision-making; and implementing a strong data validation approach to ensure the quality and validity of the data being received from monitors. The objectives of the third-party monitoring and verification are two-fold: 1) provide information required for sound remote adaptive management at the activity level, and 2) verify partner reports on implementation. Monitoring and verification must be approached not only as a tool for accountability and reporting, but also for learning and performance improvement.

b) Monitoring support services for G2G agreements between USAID/Afghanistan and the

Government of Afghanistan must focus on strengthening and supporting the relationship between USAID and the Government of Afghanistan. This means that monitoring support services for G2G activities must include the appropriate Government of Afghanistan officials

– both at the national and provincial/local levels – contributing to building and strengthening these relationships. The Contractor must utilize alternative methods that mitigate the weaknesses within the Government of Afghanistan where capacity and/or systems are limited, and restricting the contractor’s ability to conduct monitoring support tasks. The Contractor must adapt and ensure its approaches and processes conform to the specifications within the varied host country agreements.

Specific monitoring technical support service tasks will include, but are not limited to:

(i) Third Party Monitoring Infrastructure (e.g., tools, approaches)

a) The Contractor must develop a comprehensive approach to conducting third party monitoring that will cover all USAID awards that USAID staff cannot directly observe and which are contractually eligible to receive this service (i.e. some award types, such as grants to Public International Organizations, may contractually rely on the M&E systems of the award recipient and therefore not receive additional direct monitoring by USAID). The contractor’s approach to third party monitoring must include, but is not limited to:

● Consultations with CORs/AORs/On Budget Monitors(OBMs)/Activity Managers to understand the monitoring and verification needs of the individual activities they manage;

● Development and revision of standardized monitoring and verification modules for the intervention types covered by USAID that include questionnaires, sampling frames, and analysis plans, which can be further tailored to the needs of individual activities;

● Utilization of mobile data collection tools (e.g., smartphones) and other technology applications to facilitate monitoring data collection, as appropriate;

● Recruiting and training local monitors in data collection tools and procedures, training protocols, guidelines, and other resources for the third party monitors employed by the contractor; and development or adoption of a secure, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)-compliant technology platform for collection and storage of third party monitoring data.

Note: Any datasets collected by the Contractor that meet the public disclosure requirements detailed in ADS 579 must be machine-readable and must meet the standards of the Development Data Library (DDL), USAID’s public repository of Agency-funded data.

b) The Contractor must utilize rigorous methods to analyze the quantitative and qualitative data obtained through monitoring activities. In addition, the Contractor is required to build a strong learning and utilization focus into its monitoring approach. At a minimum, this must include:

● A maximum of four (4) reviews with USAID staff, IPs, third party monitors, and other relevant stakeholders per activity year to review monitoring and verification findings and discuss opportunities to address monitoring and implementation challenges and to understand what is working and/or what is not working as it relates to third party monitoring tools and approaches; and

● Analysis of opportunities to increase efficiency and effectiveness of monitoring approaches.

It is expected that the third party monitoring approach implemented by the Contractor under this award must be adaptively managed in response to the changing operating environment and opportunities to continuously improve how USAID does monitoring and oversight in Afghanistan.

(ii) Site Visits and Activity Verification

a) The Contractor must identify creative, innovative approaches to providing monitoring and verification services for USAID/Afghanistan activities that are implemented in remote or difficult-to-reach areas. USAID activities generally have three types of outputs that require monitoring:

- Beneficiary-based outputs (e.g., people who have received training, recipients of technical assistance, people who have attended workshops, loan recipients, and beneficiaries of an agricultural extension project, among others).

- Tangible outputs (e.g., small-scale infrastructure, irrigation canals, schools, clinics, orchards or vineyards planted, etc.).

- Real-time events (e.g., training sessions, workshops, work with media, or other events reported by IPs).

Note: Monitoring methodologies could include the utilization of Global Positioning System (GPS) location-stamped photos; data from GPS tracking devices and/or remote sensing; surveys

(e.g., rapidly deployed crowdsourced/community mobilization or longer-term door-to-door household surveys); and remote data collection using mobile devices (e.g., SMS, text message, and Interactive Voice Response approaches).

b) The Contractor must build into its approach an internal verification process that includes continuous or periodic data quality assurance checks to ensure that the information it is receiving from third party monitors is accurate and valid. In addition, the Contractor must implement procedures that aim to ensure the safety of monitors and the safeguarding of monitoring data.

c) Based on the activity work plans for all activities that will receive third party monitoring in the subsequent month, the Contractor will develop a monthly site visit schedule. The site visit schedule will include monitoring and verification visits for a sample of activity interventions occurring that month. Site visit sampling does not need to be designed for statistical significance, but it must enable the AOR/COR/OBM/AM to make a reasonable case that the sites visited are representative of the sites they were unable to visit themselves.