Global_Linkages_Presentation.pdf

USAID/India

RMNCH+A GLOBAL LINKAGES PROGRAM

Our Work in India

Emphasis on:

- Strategic relationship

- USAID Forward

- Partnerships and Co-designs

- Innovations

- Global Solution

Country Development Cooperation Strategy

• Development Objective (DO) 1: Increase the capacity of India’s health systems to improve the health of vulnerable populations in India

• DO 2: Accelerate India’s transition to a low emission economy

• DO 3: Development innovations impact people’s lives at the base of the economic pyramid in a range of sectors in India

• DO 4: Innovations proven in India increasingly adopted in other countries

Programs focused on:

- Health

- Education

- Food Security

- Clean Energy

3 Ending Preventable Child and Maternal Deaths by 2035

Creating an AIDS-free Generation by 2030

Achieving a TB-free India by 2035

Ending Preventable Child and Maternal Deaths by 2035

Glaring Global RMNCH+A Statistics

Reproductive and Maternal Health

• 300,000 maternal death annually

• 44 million unattended births (without assistance of skilled health personnel)

• ~40% of women have no access to contraceptives

Neonatal, Child Health, and Nutrition

• 20 million babies are born with low birth weight

• 7 million children and infants die before the age of 5

• 165 million children chronically malnourished

Adolescent Health

• ~13 million teen age pregnancies

• Maternal causes rank number 2 among causes of mortality in 15–19 year old females globally

RMNCH+A Global Linkages

Goal: Accelerating Global Transfer of Proven, High-Impact Indian RMNCH+A Solutions and Innovations

Purpose: To transfer proven, high-impact Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal, Child, and Adolescent Health (RMNCH+A) interventions from India to priority countries and support their adoption

Duration: 4 years from date of award of contract

Estimated Cost: US$ 4,000,000 – 5,000,000

Geography: Minimum 4 low and middle income countries, of the 22 countries identified as USAID priority countries for RMNCH+A

Contract Type: Cost Reimbursable Completion Contract

RMNCH+A Global Linkages Program

Component 1:

Design RMNCH+A and related health systems global transfer program

Component 2:

Build and implement systems to identify and prepare proven, Indian RMNCH+A and related health systems solutions and innovations for global transfer by Indian public, private, and civil society organizations successfully implementing them in India

Component 3:

Facilitate the introduction and adoption of proven, high-impact RMNCH+A and related health systems solutions and innovations, by Indian public, private and civil society organizations, in at least four partnering countries

1.1) Landscape analysis of organizations and approaches involved in Global Transfer.

This includes an analysis of the strengths, weakness, and lesson to be drawn from their approaches. A written report will document the findings, conclusions and implications for the RMNCH+A Global Linkages program, and summarize those in a power point presentation or similar format that is agreed with USAID/India.

1.2) Written strategy detailing the proposed business approach and systems, to establish the global transfer platform as a sustainable venture. This should include:

- Plan to identify proven high-impact Indian RMNCH+A solutions and innovations

- Plan to identify and assess interest of Indian organizations implementing proven high-impact RMNCH+A solutions and innovations

- Approaches for identifying and prioritizing partnering countries

- Plan to assess and generate demand for Indian proven high-impact RMNCH+A solutions and innovations in partnering countries

- Monitoring, evaluation, and learning plan

1.3) Outline on how existing and upcoming information and communication technologies will be leveraged for greater impact and efficiencies for RMNCH+A Global Linkages program

1.4) 12-month detailed work plan to launch component 2 and 3 with clear targets, indicators and timelines (9 months from award of contract)

Component 1: Deliverables (4)

2.1) Criteria and methodologies established to select proven, high-impact RMNCH+A solutions and innovations, from India’s public, private, and civil society sectors, for inclusion in the RMNCH+A Global Linkages program, approved by USAID/India

2.2) At least 20 proven, high-impact RMNCH+A solutions and innovations form a menu of interventions for inclusion in the RMNCH+A Global Linkages program, approved by USAID/India

2.3) At least one Indian organization identified for each of the 20 proven, high-impact RMNCH+A solutions and innovations in deliverable 2.2, willing to participate in the transfer to and adoption by partnering countries

2.4) Due diligence policies formulated and agreed with USAID/India, and associated practices implemented for each of the selected Indian organizations in deliverable 3

2.5) Tools for demand assessment, feasibility, market shaping for each high-impact RMNCH+A innovation and solution, approved by USAID/India

Component 2: Deliverables (11)

2.6) Country reports on the outcomes, findings, and recommendations of applying the tools for demand assessment, feasibility, market shaping, approved by USAID/India

2.7) Rationale for shortlisting a minimum of four countries, based on demand assessment, feasibility, market shaping opportunities. It must include: financial and technical feasibility;

policy, budget, and infrastructural requirements; product/process/pricing modifications; and the natural owners and their preparedness for adoption, for each of the high impact RMNCH+A innovations and solutions.

2.8) Criteria and methodologies to identify potential organizations in partnering countries, to adopt proven Indian high-impact innovations, solutions, approved by USAID/India.

2.9) Processes to match Indian and partnering country organizations for the potential transfer of each of the 20 proven, high-impact RMNCH+A solutions or innovations in deliverable 2.2, approved by USAID/India and tested.

Component 2: Deliverables

2.10) Business plans formulated by participating Indian organizations per deliverable 2.3 for each proven, high-impact RMNCH+A solution or innovation included in the menu per deliverable 2.2. Business plans may be for testing solutions in partnering countries and/or accelerating introduction, and will include, but are not be limited to, cost and commercial feasibility analyses, marketing strategies, and management plans.

2.11) Twelve (12) month work plans for continued implementation of Components 2 and 3 will be submitted for up to two additional years as required. Work plans will be submitted two months prior to their initiation and approved by USAID/India prior to implementation

Component 2: Deliverables

3.1) Roadmap to monitor and bolster the capacity of Indian and partnering country organizations to introduce proven, high-impact RMNCH+A solutions and innovations established and implemented as evidenced by :

- Individual capacity building plans for each participating Indian and partner country organization to support the introduction, acceleration, and scale up of proven, high-impact RMNCH+A solutions and innovations.

- A clear plan detailing the systems and processes to facilitate real-time cross-learning, as appropriate, among participating Indian and partner country organizations.

3.2) Performance monitoring and evaluation plans and systems to track progress in the testing, introduction, acceleration, and/or scale up of India’s proven, high-impact RMNCH+A solutions and innovations introduced in partnering countries.

3.3) Performance monitoring and evaluation plans and systems to track health and systems, outputs and outcomes due to testing, introduction, acceleration, and/or scale up of India’s proven, high-impact RMNCH+A solutions and innovations introduced in partnering countries.

Component 3: Deliverables (5)

3.4) The resources required for global transfer of proven, high-impact RMNCH+A solutions and innovations are monitored and documented.

3.5) Recommendations for future global transfer initiatives by Indian organizations formulated in a written document and presented to participating organizations and interested stakeholders in a workshop setting prior to the completion of the program

3.6) Proven health solutions, best practices and innovations in RMNCH+A and related health systems for ending preventable maternal and child deaths adopted by at least four partnering countries.

Component 3: Deliverables

Acquisition Schedule

Action Date Request for Proposal Issue Date August 7, 2014 Last Day to RSVP to Pre-Proposal Conference August 17, 2014 Last day to submit Questions via email (additional questions may be asked at the pre-bid conference)

August 22, 2014 5:00P M Local New Delhi Time

USAID Answers to Questions Posted September 5, 2014 Technical and Cost Proposals Closing Date and Time (both electronic and hard copies)

October 10, 2014 5:00 PM Local New Delhi Time

Technical Evaluation of Proposal October 10, 2014 – Dec 31, 2014 Award of Contract Mid 2015

INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARING TECHNICAL PROPOSAL

• Must limit Technical Proposal to 30 pages, excluding the authorized annexes

• Must be written in English and typed on standard 8 1/2" x 11" (215.9 mm by 279.4 mm) paper size, single spaced, one inch margins, Times New Roman, 12 point font, with each page numbered consecutively.

• Must be organized in the following format

- Strategic approach, including plans to promote gender equality & women’s empowerment

- Management and Staffing Plan

- Organizational Capabilities

- Past Performance Information

The strategic approach section must detail the technical approach and activities offerors will undertake to achieve the program goal, three components, and associated deliverables. It will provide:

a) Broad strategies and plans for achieving each of the deliverables in all three components, justifying the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed strategies.

b) Key milestones that will be achieved during the first six months and thereon annually.

c) A description of how partnerships will be forged with local public and private sector organizations, and other key stakeholders, both in India and partnering countries, along with the rationale of the proposed approach.

d) Innovative approaches to identify, transfer, adopt, and scale-up, proven health solutions, services, and products in public and private sector settings.

e) A description on how the offeror plans to leverage resources in cash and kind, for this initiative from different sources, and a commitment on the minimum level of resources that would be leveraged by the offeror for this initiative.

f) A description of how the offeror intends to document and evaluate program activities, and incorporate “lessons learned” from the implementation of this and other similar programs.

g) A description of how the offeror intends to promote gender equality and womens’ empowerment in this program.

Strategic and Gender Sensitive Approaches

Management and Staffing

The management and staffing sections are required to include a management plan and staffing plan.

a) Management plan must detail how the offeror will manage the overall program: personnel, finance, technical oversight, partners, monitoring of progress toward achievement of objectives, among others.

Management aspects, including the management of sub-contracts, must also be covered in this section.

b) Offerors must describe the organizational and management structure they propose to achieve agreement objectives.

c) A description of how the offeror plans to execute work while maintaining good quality and ensuring timely implementation of program deliverables.

d) The staffing plan must detail the overall use of staff and the capabilities of key and other personnel.

The proposal must include specific position titles for all key personnel, their past work of facilitating transfer of innovations and proven health solutions within and between countries, market shaping and market priming experience in pharmaceutical, medical diagnostics and other health care products, as well as a brief profile including at least three references (phone number and email). For each of a minimum of five key personnel proposed, letters of commitment for atleast the first 18 months of program implementation must be included. Offerors must explain how the staffing plan, directly relates to the approaches, strategies, and interventions proposed for achieving the results. This section must explain the areas where short-term personnel or consultants will be engaged and the process of hiring these consultants.

In this section, the Offeror will demonstrate their organizational capability and experience to successfully execute the Contract. Specifically, the Offeror must include a specific discussion relating to its capabilities and experience will include, but not be limited to:

a) Demonstrated capacity of Offeror to manage technically, administratively and financially this SOW, and to deliver the required results and deliverables;

b) Demonstrated capacity to promote RMNCH+A programs in India and low & middle income countries;

c) Capacity to facilitate knowledge transfer, adoption, scale up of innovations and proven health solutions in low and middle income countries;

d) Experience of aggregating innovations and proven health solutions, and supporting the adoption and scale-up within India and/or globally;

e) Experience of resource mobilization for health programs;

f) Experience of developing business plans, strategies, policies, operational plans, and costing and market shaping tools.

g) Experience of priming the market for pharmaceutical, medical diagnostic, and/or health care industry;

h) Experience of partnering with local organizations including national and state Ministries of Health and Family Welfare, private sector organizations, including individual companies, chain of organizations, business networks and associations working in RMNCH+A programs, social entrepreneurs, and non-governmental organizations.

Organizational Capacities

The Offeror must provide past performance references and information in accordance with the following:

a) Most recent and relevant contracts for efforts similar to this requirement including contract title, contracting agency, value of contract, objectives/results of the contract, period, and location where the contract was implemented.

b) Offeror reference details for at least three recent and relevant contracts. This must include the name, designation, telephone number, and email address of the persons to be contacted for each contract. Wherever applicable the contact details of USAID’s Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative (COTR), who supervised past contracts, must be provided for any USAID-awarded contracts. It is the responsibility of the offeror to check and provide the current contact details of the referees. It is recommended that the offeror/subcontractor inform the contacts that their names have been submitted and that they are authorized to provide past performance information when requested.

c) If the offeror encountered problems on any of the referenced contracts, they must provide a short explanation and the corrective action taken. Offerors are required to provide specifics and not provide general information on their performance.

d) Quality awards or certifications that indicate exceptional capacity to provide the service or product described in the scope of work in Section C.

e) USAID will use past performance information obtained from other than the sources identified by the Offeror.

USAID will determine the relevance of similar past performance information. Past performance information will be used for both the responsibility determination and best value decision.

Past Performance

TECHNICAL PROPOSAL EVALUATION FACTORS

The evaluation factors will serve as the standard against which all offers will be evaluated. The technical proposals will be evaluated by a Technical Evaluation Committee using the following criteria.

Strategic and gender sensitive approaches : 40 points Management, staffing, and organization capabilities : 40 points Past Performance : 20 points Total points : 100 points

1. Understanding the RMNCH+A Context Clear articulation of the national and global RMNCH+A, priorities, progress, challenges, and opportunities.

5 points

2. Compelling strategy and innovative solutions to achieve deliverables

a) Define how proposed strategies are best suited and feasible to achieve intended results and deliverables for all three components.

b) Plan to achieve the milestones during the first six months and thereon annually.

c) Description of innovative approaches proposed to identify, transfer, adopt, and scale-up, of proven health solutions, services, and products, from public and private sector settings.

d) Description as to how the offeror will foster strategic partnerships with local public and private sector organizations and key stakeholders, both in India and partnering countries.

e) Plan to leverage resources, in cash and kind, from different sources and the quantum of resources to be leveraged from different sources for this initiative.

20 points

3. Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Detailed approaches for monitoring, evaluation, and learning activities.

10 points

4. Promote Gender Equality and Womens’ Empowerment Inclusion of plans and strategies to promote gender equality and womens’ empowerment.

5 points

Strategic and Gender Sensitive Approaches (40 points)

Management, Staffing, and Organizational Capabilities (40 points)

1. Management Plan

a) Management plan and structure for technical, programmatic, and financial oversight, and for coordination with USAID, private sector, government, sub-contracts, and other key stakeholders.

b) Description as to how the offeror will ensure quality of planned activities.

10 points

2. Staffing Plan

a) Demonstrated experience of key personnel, including but not limited to, their work on facilitating transfer of innovations and proven health solutions within and between countries, and their experience in market shaping and market priming experience in pharmaceutical, medical diagnostics and other health care products.

b) Letters of commitment for key staff for atleast the first 18 months of program implementation.

10 points

3. Organizational Capacities

a) Experience to manage technically, administratively, and financially manage this SOW and deliver required results and deliverables.

b) Experience of working on RMNCH+A health solutions and innovations in India and low and middle income economies.

c) Experience of facilitating global knowledge transfer, adoption, and scale up of innovations and proven health solutions in low and middle income countries.

d) Experience of aggregating innovations and proven health solutions, and supporting the adoption and scale-up within India and/or globally.

e) Experience of resource mobilization.

f) Experience of developing business plans, strategies, policies, operational plans, and costing and market shaping tools.

g) Experience of priming the market for pharmaceutical, medical diagnostic, and/or health care industry;

h) Experience of partnering with local organizations including national and state Ministries of Health and

Family Welfare, private sector organizations, including individual companies, chain of organizations, business networks and associations working in RMNCH+A programs, social entrepreneurs, and non-governmental organizations.

20 points

Past Performance (20 points)

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

a) Quality of product or service, including consistency in meeting goals and targets.

b) Cost control, including forecasting costs, accuracy in financial reporting, and ability to get contract deliverables and outputs within budget.

c) Timeliness of performance, including adherence to schedules and other time-sensitive program conditions to ensure efficient completion of tasks.

d) Business relations, addressing the history of professional behavior and overall business-like concern for the interests of the customer, including coordination with partners, cooperative attitude in remedying problems, and timely completion of all administrative requirements.

e) Customer satisfaction with overall performance, including end user or beneficiary wherever possible.

20. points

COST PROPOSAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARING COST PROPOSAL

a. The offeror must submit the cost proposal as a separate electronic file from the technical proposal.

b. The offeror must prepare the cost proposal in Microsoft Excel, compatible with a MS Windows XP operating environment. The offeror must make all calculations and formulas visible.

c. Proposed subcontracts must include the same cost breakdowns in their budgets and budget narratives as the prime contractor as applicable

d. The offeror may use the illustrative budget format contained in Attachment J.4 “Summary Budget”.

e. There is no uniform exchange rate for the preparation of cost proposals

Evaluation of cost proposals will consider but not be limited to the following:

• Cost realism and completeness of cost proposal and supporting documentation.

• Overall cost control evidenced by proposal (such as avoidance of excessive salaries, excessive home office staff visits, and other costs in excess of reasonable requirements).

• Total resource allocation for programmatic interventions.

• Amount of proposed fee, if any.

• Cost efficiency of proposed Other Direct Costs (ODCs).

• Subcontracting Plan, if any.

• Ceiling on indirect cost rates.

COST PROPOSAL EVALUATION FACTORS

Reasonableness

Allocability

Terms of Contract

Section H: Personnel Compensation; Host Government Employees; Employment costs of TCNs and CCNs

FAR 31.201 ALLOWABILITY OF COSTS

Cost Reimbursement contract

Completion Form

Cost-plus-fixed-fee contract

CONTRACT TYPE

Procurement of commodities

Geographic code 937

Ineligible goods and services

Restricted goods

SOURCE NATIONALITY

WHO IS ELIGIBLE?

Section 7077 of Public Law 112-74, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 (P.L. 112-74), as amended by Section 7028 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 (P.L. 113-76), is titled “Local Competition Authority” and states: for the purposes of this section, local entity means an individual, a corporation, a nonprofit organization, or another body of persons that--

(1) is legally organized under the laws of India;

(2) has as its principal place of business or operations in India;

(3) is majority owned by individuals who are citizens or lawful permanent residents of India; and

(4) managed by a governing body the majority of who are citizens or lawful permanent residents of India.

That being said, each proposal can have up to 50% of the total funds going to non-local entities.

Please note that offerors must be registered in SAM

In order to be registered in SAM, you MUST have a DUNS number

Please refer to Attachment J.7 “Quick Start Guide for New Foreign Registrations”

Be sure to mark that you are interested in contracts.

SAM REGISTRATION

It is USAID/India’s policy not to negotiate indirect cost rates with local firms.

Costs that are typically associated with an indirect rate (i.e. rent, utilities, IT services, etc.) should be directly charged to the project.

US subs who have NICRAs can use their indirect cost rate

INDIRECT COSTS

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