SOL-486-16-000007_-_USAID_Counter_Wildlife_Trafficking.pdf

Issuance Date: March 28, 2016

Questions Due Date: April 4, 2016

Questions Due Time: 9:00 a.m., Bangkok time

Closing Date: May 12, 2016

Closing Time: 4:00 p.m., Bangkok time

Subject: Request for Proposals (RFP) No. SOL-486-16-000007 USAID Counter Wildlife

Trafficking (CWT) Activity

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Regional Development

Mission for Asia (USAID/RDMA) is seeking proposals from U.S. or non-U.S., non-profit or for-profit organizations, in providing services in support of USAID/RDMA and USAID bilateral missions’ counter wildlife trafficking efforts in the Asia region as described in the attached

Request for Proposals (RFP). USAID anticipates awarding a single award Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity Contract (IDIQ).

USAID anticipates that the maximum aggregate ordering limitation for contracts resulting from this RFP will be $50 million over the period of performance. The maximum aggregate dollar value of task orders awarded to all contractors cannot exceed this Contract ceiling. There is no guarantee on the number of task orders that the successful contractors will receive or the amount of money beyond the minimum order guarantee set forth in the RFP. The North American

Industry classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541990.

This procurement will be conducted under full and open competition procedures, pursuant to Part

15 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) (48 CFR Chapter 1). Please refer to Section L for information regarding proposal requirements including as related to Task Order No. 1.

Offerors should take into account the expected delivery time required by the proposal transmission method they choose, and they are responsible for ensuring proposals are received at

USAID by the due date and time as specified on the cover page. Faxed proposals are not acceptable, nor will they be reviewed or evaluated.

Section L of the RFP sets forth all instructions for the preparation and submission of required proposal contents, including critical dates/times for the submission of questions, and the proposal submission closing date and time. Section M states the criteria by which proposals will be evaluated. Oral explanations or instructions given before award of the Contract will not be binding.

This RFP in no way obligates USAID to award a Contract or task order nor does it commit

USAID to pay any cost incurred in the preparation and submission of a proposal. Award of a

Contract under this RFP is subject to availability of funds and other internal USAID approvals.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I - THE SCHEDULE

SECTIONA – SOLICITATION/CONTRACT FORM

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION B - SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICE/COSTS

PURPOSE ........................................................................................................................ 9 B.1

CONTRACT TYPE AND SERVICES ............................................................................ 9 B.2

MINIMUM OBLIGATED AMOUNT ............................................................................ 9 B.3

MAXIMUM CONTRACT CEILING .............................................................................. 9 B.4

FIXED FEE CEILING (COST-PLUS- FIXED-FEE TASK ORDERS ONLY) ............ 9 B.5

CONTRACT LINE ITEMS (CLINS): ........................................................................... 10 B.6

LABOR .......................................................................................................................... 10 B.7

INDIRECT COSTS ........................................................................................................ 11 B.8

CEILING ON INDIRECT COST RATES ..................................................................... 12 B.9

SECTION C - DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/STATEMENT OF WORK

TITLE OF ACTIVITY ................................................................................................... 13 C.1

PURPOSE ...................................................................................................................... 13 C.2

BACKGROUND ............................................................................................................ 13 C.3

STATEMENT OF WORK ............................................................................................. 16 C.4

EXPECTED RESULTS ................................................................................................. 23 C.5

GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND POLICIES ................................................................... 24 C.6

SECTION D - PACKAGING AND MARKING

D.1 AIDAR 752.7009 MARKING (JANUARY 1993)

D.2 BRANDING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND MARKING PLAN

SECTION E - INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

E.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE . 28

E.2 INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE/RESPONSIBLE OFFICIAL

SECTION F - DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE

F.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE . 29

F.2 PERFORMANCE PERIOD

F.3 PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

F.4 PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

F.5 REPORTS AND DELIVERABLES OR OUTPUTS

F.6 ORDERING PROCEDURES

F.7 TASK ORDER ADMINISTRATION

F.8 KEY PERSONNEL AND IDIQ MANAGER

SECTION G - CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA

NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE . 36 G.1

CONTRACTING OFFICER .......................................................................................... 36 G.2

CONTRACTING OFFICER’S REPRESENTATIVE (COR) ....................................... 36 G.3

CONTRACTOR’S PRIMARY POINT OF CONTACT ............................................... 37 G.4

PAYING OFFICE .......................................................................................................... 37 G.5

ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA ....................................................... 37 G.6

TECHNICAL DIRECTION/RELATIONSHIP WITH USAID .................................... 37 G.7

SECTION H - SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS

H.1 REPORTING OF FOREIGN TAXES (JULY 2007)

H.2 NONDISCRIMINATION (JUNE 2012)

H.3 USAID DISABILITY POLICY - ACQUISITION (DECEMBER 2004)

H.4 USAID-FINANCED THIRD-PARTY WEB SITES (AUGUST 2013)

H.5 CONFERENCE PLANNING AND REQUIRED APPROVALS (AUGUST 2013)

H.6 USAID IMPLEMENTING PARTNER NOTICES (IPN) PORTAL FOR

ACQUISITION (JULY 2014)

H.7 SUBMISSION OF DATASETS TO THE DEVELOPMENT DATA LIBRARY (DDL)

(OCTOBER 2014)

H.8 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR PERSONNEL COMPENSATION

H.9 AUTHORIZED GEOGRAPHIC CODE

H.10 DEFENSE BASE ACT (DBA) INSURANCE

H.11 LOGISTIC SUPPORT

H.12 EXECUTIVE ORDER ON TERRORISM FINANCING (FEB 2002)

H.13 FOREIGN GOVERNMENT DELEGATIONS TO INTERNATIONAL

CONFERENCES (JAN 2002)

H.14 PROHIBITION OF ASSISTANCE TO DRUG TRAFFICKERS

H.15 NONEXPENDABLE PROPERTY PURCHASES AND INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES

H.16 TITLE TO AND CARE OF PROPERTY

H.17 MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES

H.18 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE

H.19 EXCHANGE VISITORS AND TRAINING

H.20 GOVERNMENT FURNISHED FACILITIES OR PROPERTY

H.21 COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 508 OF THE REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973,

AS AMENDED

H.22 ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS SYSTEM

H.23 (END OF PROVISION)USAID’S PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT

INFORMATION SYSTEM

H.24 CONFIDENTIALITY AND OWNERSHIP OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

H.25 HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AND SANCTIONS PROGRAM IN BURMA

(JUNE 2015)

H.26 INHERENTLY GOVERNMENTAL AND CLOSELY ASSOCIATED FUNCTIONS

H.27 SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO WORKING WITH NGOS IN CHINA 56

PART II - CONTRACT CLAUSES

SECTION I - CONTRACT CLAUSES

I.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE . 57

I.2 52.203-99 PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING WITH ENTITIES THAT REQUIRE

CERTAIN INTERNAL CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENTS (APR 2015)

I.3 52.204-1 APPROVAL OF CONTRACT (DEC 1989)

I.4 52.216-22 INDEFINITE QUANTITY (OCT 1995)

I.5 52.217-8 OPTION TO EXTEND SERVICES (NOV 1999)

I.6 52.227-23 RIGHTS TO PROPOSAL DATA (TECHNICAL) (JUN 1987)

I.7 52.229-8 TAXES - FOREIGN COST-REIMBURSEMENT CONTRACTS (MAR

1990)

I.8 52.247-67 SUBMISSION OF TRANSPORTATION DOCUMENTS FOR AUDIT

(FEB 2006)

I.9 52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998)

I.10 752.209-71 ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST DISCOVERED

AFTER AWARD (JUN 1993)

I.11 752.231-71 SALARY SUPPLEMENTS FOR HOST GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES

(MAR 2015)

I.12 752.7005 SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE

DOCUMENTS (SEP 2013)

I.13 752.7027 PERSONNEL (DEC 1990)

I.14 AIDAR 752.7032 INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL APPROVAL AND NOTIFICATION

REQUIREMENTS (APR 2014)

I.15 AIDAR 752.7034 ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND DISCLAIMER (DEC 1991)

I.16 752.7101 VOLUNTARY POPULATION PLANNING ACTIVITIES (JUNE 2008) .. 68

PART III – LIST OF DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS AND OTHER ATTACHMENTS

SECTION J – LIST OF ATTACHMENTS

PART IV – REPRESENTATIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS

SECTION K – REPRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS AND OTHER STATEMENTS

OF THE OFFEROR

K.1 NOTICE LISTING SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY

REFERENCE

K.2 52.203-98 PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING WITH ENTITIES THAT REQUIRE

CERTAIN INTERNAL CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENTS-REPRESENTATION

(APR 2015)

K.3 52.204-8 ANNUAL REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS (JAN 2016) .. 71

K.4 52.209-5 CERTIFICATION REGARDING RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS (OCT

2015)

K.5 52.209-7 INFORMATION REGARDING RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS (JUL 2013)

K.6 FAR 52.209-11REPRESENTATION BY CORPORATIONS REGARDING

DELINQUENT TAX LIABILITY OR A FELONY CONVICTION UNDER ANY

FEDERAL LAW (FEB 2016)

K.7 52.227-15 REPRESENTATION OF LIMITED RIGHTS DATA AND RESTRICTED

COMPUTER SOFTWARE. (DEC 2007)

K.8 52.230-1 COST ACCOUNTING STANDARDS NOTICES AND CERTIFICATION

(OCT 2015)

K.9 52.230-7 PROPOSAL DISCLOSURE--COST ACCOUNTING PRACTICE

CHANGES (APR 2005)

K.10 INSURANCE - IMMUNITY FROM TORT LIABILITY

K.11 AUTHORIZED NEGOTIATORS

K.12 SIGNATURE

SECTION L – INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS, AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS OR

RESPONDENTS

NOTICE LISTING SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY L.1

REFERENCE

52.216-1 TYPE OF CONTRACT (APR 1984) ............................................................. 85 L.2

52.233-2 SERVICE OF PROTEST (SEP 2006) ............................................................ 85 L.3

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS ....................................................................................... 86 L.4

DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS ...................................................................................... 87 L.5

INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE TECHNICAL PROPOSAL . 89 L.6

INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE COST/BUSINESS L.7

PROPOSAL

SECTION M - EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD

M.1 GENERAL INFORMATION

M.2 TECHNICAL EVALUATION CRITERIA

M.3 COST/PRICE EVALUATION

M.4 DETERMINATION OF COMPETITIVE RANGE

M.5 SOURCE SELECTION

M.6 CONTRACTING WITH SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS

ATTACHMENTS

TASK ORDER NO. 1, USAID WILDLIFE ASIA ............................ 106 ATTACHMENT 1:

SECTION B – SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICE/COSTS

B.1 PURPOSE

B.2 CONTRACT TYPE AND SERVICES

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

B.4 BUDGET SCHEDULE

SECTION C – DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/STATEMENT OF WORK

C.1 TITLE OF ACTIVITY

C.2 PURPOSE

C.3 BACKGROUND

C.4 STATEMENT OF WORK

SECTION D – PACKAGING AND MARKING

D.1 BRANDING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND MARKING PLAN

SECTION E - INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

E.1 INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

SECTION F – DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE

F.1 PERFORMANCE PERIOD

F.2 PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

F.3 KEY PERSONNEL

F.4 REPORTS AND DELIVERABLES

SECTION G – TASK ORDER ADMINISTRATION DATA

G.1 CONTRACTING OFFICER

G.2 CONTRACTING OFFICER’S REPRESENTATIVE (COR)

G.3 PAYING OFFICE

G.4 ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA

SECTION H – SPECIAL TASK ORDER REQUIREMENTS

H.1 USAID/RDMA COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH REQUIREMENTS

H.2 INFORMATION SYSTEM SECURITY

SECTION I – CONTRACT CLAUSES

TASK ORDER 1 ATTACHMENTS

TASK ORDER ATTACHMENT 1 - BRANDING STRATEGY

INITIAL ENVIRONMENTAL EXAMINATION INFORMATIONATTACHMENT 2:

CONTRACTOR PAST PERFORMANCE INFORMATION ........ 149 ATTACHMENT 3:

CERTIFICATION REGARDING TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ATTACHMENT 4:

COMPLIANCE PLAN

SF LLL - DISCLOSURE OF LOBBYING ACTIVITIES ............... 152 ATTACHMENT 5:

LIST OF ACRONYMS ....................................................................... 155 ATTACHMENT 6:

LOCAL COMPENSATION PLAN PAY RANGES ........................ 157 ATTACHMENT 7:

SECTION B - SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICE/COSTS

PURPOSE B.1

The purpose of this Contract is to provide services that fall within the Statement of Work (SOW) specified in Section C of the USAID Counter Wildlife Trafficking Activity IDIQ Contract.

USAID Task Order Contracting Officers (TOCOs) will order services through the issuance of task orders during the ordering period as specified in Section F of the contract.

CONTRACT TYPE AND SERVICES B.2

This is an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) type contract. The Government will issue task orders that are either Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) (term or completion) or Fixed-

Priced type. The Contractor will furnish the services set forth in task orders at terms consistent with the terms specified in this contract.

MINIMUM OBLIGATED AMOUNT B.3

The basic Contract includes an initial obligation of funds in the amount of $25,000 to cover the minimum order guarantee. USAID is required to order and the Contractor is required to furnish the minimum order amount of services.

Following this initial obligation, individual task orders will obligate funds to cover the work required under that task order.

MAXIMUM CONTRACT CEILING B.4

This is a single award Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract with an overall ceiling price of $50,000,000 for the USAID Counter Wildlife Trafficking Activity. The maximum aggregate dollar value of task orders must not exceed the Contract ceiling.

FIXED FEE CEILING (Cost-Plus- Fixed-Fee Task Orders Only) B.5

NOTE: The ceiling on fixed fee does not apply to Fixed-Priced Task Orders

(a) For each cost-reimbursement task order issued under this IDIQ, the Task Order Contracting

Officer and Contractor agree to negotiate a set dollar amount for fixed fee. In negotiating the appropriate fee, the TOCO must consider the policies and factors for establishing fee in FAR

15.404-4 as well as any applicable USAID policy on establishing a fixed fee amount. In no event, however, may the amount of fixed fee in any individual task order exceed [TBD] percent of the task order’s estimated cost, excluding fee.

This fee ceiling is not applicable to Grants under Contracts (GUCs), if any, or other costs that have a separate fee ceiling established in the contract. The fixed fee ceiling applies to the prime contract and all cost reimbursement subcontracts.

(b) The Total Estimated Cost -Plus- Fixed- Fee for each Task Order must be negotiated in accordance with the terms of this contract.

(c) Fixed Fee Payment. For any Task Order issued under this Contract, at the time of each payment of allowable costs to the contractor, the USAID paying office ordinarily pays the contractor a percentage of fixed fees that directly corresponds to the percentage of allowable costs being paid. The following exception to paying fixed fee in this manner applies:

(1) If the TOCO determines that this method results in paying a disproportionately higher ratio of fixed fee than the percentage of work that the contractor has completed, then the TOCO may suspend further payment of any fixed fee until the contractor has made sufficient progress to justify further payment, up to the agreed percentage.

(2) Because the clauses entitled “Allowable Cost and Payment” (FAR 52.216-7) and

“Fixed Fee” (FAR 52.216-8) are incorporated into this Contract, the terms and conditions of these clauses apply after total payments of fixed fee reach eighty-five percent (85%) of the total fixed fee.

CONTRACT LINE ITEMS (CLINs): B.6

0001 IDIQ Minimum Order Guarantee $25,000

LABOR B.7

(a) Central management costs will be handled through the following method:

The Contracting Officer has determined that a full-time key personnel position is not necessary or required to administer the IDIQ. Contractors will not be authorized to bill

USAID directly for IDIQ management costs under this IDIQ or under task orders.

Contractors must adopt a centralized management structure that allows for recovery of

IDIQ management costs as part of its indirect costs.

(b) The work day and work week policies and method of accounting for paid absences including holidays for the contractor and major subcontractors must be in accordance with the Contractor’s organizational policies and acceptable accounting procedures which should be compliant with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) cost principles and the terms of this contract.

(c) All locally hired national personnel and other non-U.S. expatriates must be paid in accordance with USAID Acquisition Regulation (AIDAR) 722.170. Salaries for individual locally-hired personnel and other non-U.S. expatriates under this Contract and any resulting subcontract must be in accordance with AIDAR 752.7007, Personnel

Compensation (July 2007), and should be based upon a combination of factors including the prevailing compensation paid to personnel performing comparable work in the cooperating country as determined by USAID and consideration of the individual’s education, work experience and recent relevant salary history.

Unless otherwise authorized by USAID, the compensation for Foreign Service National

(FSN)/Cooperating Country National (CCN) and Third Country National (TCN) labor must not exceed the prevailing compensation paid to personnel performing comparable work in the cooperating country as determined by USAID and must be paid in the currency of the cooperating country.

INDIRECT COSTS B.8

The Contract clause entitled “Allowable Cost and Payment (JUN 2013)”, FAR Subpart 52.216-7, specifies that the indirect cost rates must be established for each of the Contractor’s accounting periods which apply to this contract. 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/

[TBD] [TBD] 2/ 2/ 2/

[TBD] [TBD] 3/ 3/ 3/

1/ Base of Application:

Type of Rate:

Period:

2/ Base of Application:

Period:

3/ Base of Application:

Period:

NOTE: Contractors are allowed to recoup indirect costs (Overhead, G&A, etc.) as other direct costs if it is part of the contractor’s usual accounting procedures, consistent with FAR Part 31 and the contactor’s Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement (NICRA).

CEILING ON INDIRECT COST RATES B.9

(a) For each of the Contractor’s accounting periods during the term of this contract, the parties agree as follows:

(1) The distribution base for establishment of final overhead rates is __________________.

(2) The distribution base for establishment of final G&A rates is _____________________.

(b) The Contractor will make no change in its established method of classifying or allocating indirect costs without the prior written approval of the contracting officer.

(c) Reimbursement for indirect costs will be at final negotiated rates, but not in excess of the following ceiling rates for each fiscal year:

Indirect Cost Type FY 16 FY 17 FY 18 FY19 FY 20 FY 21 FY 22

(contractor’s FY)

1. [TBD]________ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____

2. [TBD]________ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____

3. [TBD]________ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____

(d) The government will not be obligated to pay any additional amount on account of indirect costs above the ceiling rates established in the contract. This advance understanding will not change any monetary ceiling, cost limitation, or obligation established in the contract.

NOTE: For Fixed-priced Task Orders, the overhead ceilings serve as a basis for negotiation only.

[END OF SECTION B]

SECTION C - DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/STATEMENT OF WORK

TITLE OF ACTIVITY C.1

USAID Counter Wildlife Trafficking Activity

PURPOSE C.2

The purpose of this Contract is to provide services that fall within the statement of work specified in Section C for the USAID Counter Wildlife Trafficking Activity. The Contractor will implement task orders contributing towards ending wildlife crime throughout Asia. USAID Task

Order Contracting Officers will request the work through the issuance of Task Orders during the ordering period as specified in Section F of the Contract.

BACKGROUND C.3

The Development Challenge

The Asia-Pacific Region is home to over half of the global population and is the fastest growing region in the world. Stretching from the Central Asian Republics through the population-dense countries of South Asia, across the dynamic countries of East Asia, to the expansive stretch of the Pacific Islands, the region has become a key driver of global politics and economies, and is closely tied to U.S. security and prosperity. While much of Asia has recently experienced robust economic growth, the region continues to grapple with large pockets of poverty, malnutrition, food insecurity, environmental degradation, and fragile governance institutions. Trans-border threats such as climate change and wildlife trafficking are increasingly affecting global security.

Wildlife trafficking—the poaching and illicit trade of marine and terrestrial animals—is one of

USAID’s highest priority biodiversity concerns. Poaching and illegal trade of wildlife and wildlife products have far-reaching economic, national security, and ecological consequences that are undermining decades of development gains. The loss of iconic wildlife and the presence of violent elements linked to trafficking affect the safety of rural communities and diminish their economic prospects, including nature-based tourism, an important source of revenue in many developing countries.

Many Asian countries have long been recognized by the Parties to the Convention on

International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) as global

“hotspots” for poaching, trafficking, and the consumption of illegal and protected wildlife and wildlife products. Greater disposable incomes in these hotspots have fueled the rising demand for illegal wildlife products in the region and sparked a crisis in illegal wildlife poaching. This crisis threatens a number of species with extinction and affects a huge range of species. For example, the illegal trade in ivory alone increased by nearly 300 percent between 1998 and 2011.

The level of global wildlife crime continues to rise - rhinos and elephants are under serious poaching pressure throughout Africa, with even previously safe populations collapsing. At current rates, experts predict that the world’s most iconic endangered species including tigers, African elephants, and rhinos, could be extinct in the wild within a few decades. On the marine front, the illegal harvest of endangered marine species (i.e., turtles, sharks, dolphins, etc.)

remains unabated as illicit trade increases in consumer countries both within and outside of Asia.

Voracious demand for wildlife products in Asia has led to skyrocketing prices for these goods.

For example, rhino horn is valued at an estimated $60,000 per kilogram on the black market -more valuable than gold. The ivory trade is estimated to be worth as much as a billion dollars annually and will likely increase as scarcity grows. However, elephant poaching for ivory is not only a biodiversity conservation issue; the sale of ivory also funds a wide range of destabilizing criminal activity across Africa and Asia, providing a great source of revenue for transnational organized crime and a funding source for violent groups, thereby having significant implications for human conflict and the security of nations.

A rapid response from the international community is required to reverse the trend of this growing global conservation crisis. The illegal wildlife trade is recognized throughout the international community as a priority for international cooperation. For example, the East Asia

Summit Declaration “recognizes that illicit trafficking and illegal trade in wildlife specimens are prejudicial to the planet’s natural heritage, and notes that it necessitates increased cooperation, coordination, investigative and enforcement measures amongst all agencies responsible for wildlife law enforcement, including wildlife, forestry, customs, police, judicial, and prosecutorial authorities.”

The U.S. Government Response

On July 1, 2013, President Obama signed Executive Order Number 13648 on Wildlife

Trafficking (https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/07/01/executive-order-combating-wildlife-trafficking), which created the U.S. Task Force and led to the U.S. National

Strategy to Combat Wildlife Trafficking

(https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/nationalstrategywildlifetrafficking.pdf), which was released on February 11, 2014. This Task Force identified three strategic priorities to respond to the global wildlife trafficking crisis and address related threats to U.S. national interests:

1. Strengthen enforcement;

2. Reduce demand for illegally traded wildlife; and

3. Build international cooperation, commitment, and public-private partnerships.

The U.S. Government (USG)’s planned response to the wildlife trafficking crisis is comprehensive and includes efforts that: increase capacity to carry out anti-poaching patrols;

increase the use of science and technology to stop wildlife crime; increase arrest and successful prosecution of poachers, shippers, and sellers; increase monitoring and capacity to detect movement of illegally harvested/collected wildlife species and products (customs, transport, lab analysis); and reduce demand for illegal wildlife and associated products. This Contract is designed to respond to the USG’s commitment to tackle the crisis of illegal wildlife trafficking efforts globally.

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USAID Response

USAID partners with governments, business sectors, civil society and non-profit organizations to tackle these challenges. Over the past decade, USAID has supported activities to combat wildlife trafficking that reduce demand, disrupt transit, and fight poaching in more than 25 countries.

USAID operates fourteen regional and bilateral missions in Asia: Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia, Central Asian Republics, Kyrgyzstan, India, Indonesia, Mongolia, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka & the Maldives, Timor Leste, Vietnam and the Regional Development Mission for

Asia (RDMA) based in Bangkok. USAID’s Pacific Islands satellite office, currently based in

Papua New Guinea, assists in supporting 12 Pacific island nations. RDMA implements regional programs across 24 countries in Asia that address critical and trans-boundary development challenges including counter wildlife trafficking (CWT).

USAID/RDMA has supported CWT interventions since 2005. USAID/RDMA’s CWT activities directly contribute to the U.S. National Strategy for Combating Wildlife Trafficking and respond to Congressional earmarks for Biodiversity Conservation, CWT and, more recently, for rhino conservation. USAID/RDMA has invested in: increasing regional cooperation, networking, and information sharing to combat wildlife trafficking in Southeast Asia; strengthening law enforcement capacity at the regional level; and reducing targeted demand and increasing commitment to address CWT within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). USAID/RDMA works closely with USAID bilateral missions in Asia and Africa, USG agency partners, and major donors to align assistance in order to ensure efficient and effective use of USG funds to combat wildlife trafficking.

USAID/RDMA’s CWT efforts have primarily been implemented through the following two major programs:

● ASEAN-Wildlife Enforcement Support Program: 2005-2010; and

● Asia’s Regional Response to Wildlife Trafficking (ARREST): 2011-2016.

Through the ASEAN-Wildlife Enforcement Support Program, USAID/RDMA and USG partners achieved the following notable results:

● facilitated the establishment of the ASEAN Wildlife Enforcement Network

(ASEAN-

WEN), a regional interagency and intergovernmental initiative to counter the illegal cross-border trade in endangered flora and fauna in the region;

● facilitated the establishment of the ASEAN-WEN secretariat program coordination unit

(PCU), and interagency national task forces in each ASEAN member state;

● enhanced the capacity of wildlife law enforcement officials and judiciaries in ASEAN member states; and

● increased commitment and public support for the ASEAN-WEN network at national and regional levels.

Expected to conclude in 2016, the ARREST program has so far achieved the following results:

RDMA supported the development of a Wildlife Enforcement toolkit through the U.S. Forest Service, which can guide countries to improve their National WENs, or start new WENs. The toolkit was based on the lessons learned from ASEAN-WEN and the IDIQ contractor will be able to use this toolkit in their CWT efforts.

● trained 8,500 officials in anti-poaching operations and wildlife crime investigations;

● contributed to a ten-fold increase the number of arrests and seizures of illegal wildlife since 2009;

● supported the ASEAN-WEN secretariat in Bangkok and national task forces to combat wildlife crime in almost every ASEAN country; and

● supported extensive media and advertising campaigns in China, Vietnam, and Thailand to help reduce the consumption of protected wildlife.

In addition, USAID/RDMA and its partners have also achieved the following results:

● the successful inclusion of Combating Wildlife Trafficking in the East Asia Leaders’

Summit Declaration;

● sustained commitment to include Wildlife Trafficking in the U.S.-China Strategic &

Economic Dialogue (S&ED); and

● the successful inclusion of wildlife and timber trafficking on the ASEAN Senior Officials

Meeting on Transnational Crime (SOMTC).

STATEMENT OF WORK C.4

This mechanism provides USAID Missions in the Asia region with an integrated set of technical assistance components to address complex CWT related development needs across multi-use landscapes. The ability to engage USAID Missions throughout Asia and other donors and stakeholders is critical for the success of this Contract. The Contractor must provide required services and operational support to fulfill all requirements of Task Orders (TOs) issued hereunder.

Interventions are required to be informed by robust research, support USG CWT country-level strategies, adhere to the statement of work, and build upon CWT efforts implemented by USAID bilateral and regional programs, as well as other interventions in order to magnify impact.

This IDIQ mechanism covers all CWT related interventions in Asia, including the following three objectives, critical in addressing wildlife crime:

1. Reduce consumer demand for wildlife and wildlife products in targeted areas;

2. Strengthen regional law enforcement capacity and coordination; and

3. Increase commitment to addressing CWT.

The tasks described below will contribute to the achievement of the three aforementioned objectives through the Contract. The approach(es) used and interventions implemented will be tailored based on each country’s needs, as described in TOs.

C.4.1 Overarching Themes

Given the varying needs of USAID Missions in Asia, TOs issued under this Contract will include a variety of approaches. Successful approaches target a number of sectors working holistically to achieve benefits for a range of stakeholders.

The tasks/services under the IDIQ Contract include the following three objectives: 1) Reduce consumer demand for wildlife and wildlife products in target areas; 2) Strengthen regional law enforcement capacity and coordination; and 3) Increase cooperation and commitment to addressing CWT.

1. Reduce consumer demand for wildlife and wildlife products in target areas (Objective 1)

Consumer demand in Asia and the lucrative prices of wildlife products are the main causes of the drastic decline in the numbers of iconic species such as elephants, rhinos, and tigers. Reducing consumer demand is an important component in addressing the international crisis in wildlife crime. This objective will therefore focus on changing behaviors among select targeted audiences through proven social marketing and Social and Behavior Change Communication

(SBCC) methodologies.

The mid-term evaluation of ARREST concluded that USAID should focus on improving the quality of its social marketing efforts and focus on truly changing behavior to reduce consumer demand. Many seemingly attractive and flashy media campaigns can appeal as one-off media hits but may not necessarily contribute to reducing demand. The wildlife sector also recognizes the pressing need to use SBCC technical expertise in demand reduction campaigns to better understand consumer desires, improve strategy and message quality, and build efficiency in demand reduction costs. SBCC is considered a best practice in the health sector and, when utilized as part of a comprehensive approach, has been shown to be effective in CWT.

SBCC is a process that strategically uses communication to promote and sustain changes in the behavior of individuals, communities, and/or societies through participatory processes.

Figure 1 (Above): Illustrative Sample of Application of a Social and Behavior Change

Communication Framework to Illegal Wildlife Trade Project

For the targeted groups to change their behaviors, they need to understand the issue, develop favorable attitudes towards positive behaviors and master skills for changing behaviors. Based upon the illustrative SBCC Framework in Figure 1, key steps for making a SBCC intervention a successful one is the integration of gender and a culturally-sensitive approach that: 1) understands the targeted groups and the environment/circumstance around the issues; 2) develops an evidence-based intervention and tools/materials; 3) implements and manages the intervention; and 4) monitors and evaluates the intervention for adaptive management.

Under this objective, this Contract will seek to offer USAID missions in the Asia region a suite of technical expertise that will reduce consumer demand for wildlife products through activities that include but are not limited to:

1) Providing technical assistance to infuse SBCC best practice methodologies into existing demand reduction campaigns;

2) Supporting the design, implementation, and funding of new demand reduction campaigns using SBCC methodologies;

3) Strengthening networks of NGOs that are already working to reduce the demand for target wildlife products;

Strategies to reduce consumer demand for wildlife products will present a comprehensive strategy that includes community engagement, mobilization, and advocacy with identified and understood target audiences. Special attention must also be paid to power and influence pathways as well as the role of Asia’s youth (university-level) and community leaders and traditional healer communities. Interventions under this objective will accelerate changes in behavior regarding wildlife consumption, which should be reflected in a reduction of the number of target wildlife products purchased. Local organizations must be engaged in the Contract.

As relevant, work may be coordinated with partners in Africa and other donors who can inform the network and contribute to synergies across programs. Historical engagement with local organizations has yielded positive results. Partnerships must be formed with international, local, and indigenous organizations already working in this area and may include, but are not limited to, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), Freeland, Love Wildlife Foundation, Humane Society International, Wildlife Conservation Society, TRAFFIC, WildAid, Fauna &

Flora International, African Wildlife Foundation (working with partners in Asia), Chinese

NGOs, and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practitioners.

2. Strengthen regional law enforcement capacity and coordination (Objective 2)

Reducing the demand for illegal wildlife products through behavior change is necessary to the long-term success of any CWT activity. Strengthening the ability of law enforcement officers and institutions to effectively locate, apprehend, and prosecute illegal wildlife traffickers is also an essential component of a comprehensive CWT effort. Thus, under this objective, the Contract must provide comprehensive technical services to partner with relevant institutions to: 1) institutionalize capacity building programs within law enforcement agencies; 2) strengthen the legislative, policy, and regulatory environment for CWT; and 3) strengthen the cooperation and coordination among law enforcement in the region. Individual TOs may address capacity and coordination activities singularly or in any combination. The specific results required under this mechanism will be determined by individual TOs and are likely to be extremely diverse.

Specific TOs under this mechanism are expected to address targeted interventions as well as integrated approaches to regional law enforcement with institutions engaging in CWT activities across a variety of geographic and engagement scales from the community to transnational levels. This section provides a brief overview of these three goals.

2.1) Institutionalize capacity building efforts for effective enforcement agencies by supporting training efforts and following-up trainings which can be conducted by the respective agencies themselves. The Contractor is required to monitor and evaluate the degree of institutionalization. These will primarily include but will not be limited to the following:

a) Reviewing training materials and curricula;

b) Hosting targeted training sessions of police and/or other law enforcement bodies;

c) Convening experts from non-governmental organizations (NGOs), academia, private industry, or governments to share best practice and lessons learned;

d) Incorporating wildlife trade issues into the curricula of law enforcement training academies;

e) translating capacity building materials into relevant languages to facilitate adoption by agencies; and

f) Developing a strong cadre of trainers and securing sustained human and financial resources for enforcement capacity throughout the region.

2.2) Strengthen the legislative, policy, and regulatory environment for combating wildlife crime by promoting national and regional level legal, policy, and regulatory reforms to improve combating wildlife crime efforts. As requested, the Contractor must work closely with the appropriate governments and/or legislative bodies to strengthen CWT legislation and policies. Illustrative activities may include:

a) Working with the aforementioned partners, as appropriate and requested, and with others to assess and harmonize regional laws and penalties for wildlife crime;

b) Working with legislators and adjudicators in the regional context to strengthen laws in their respective countries; and

c) Within the relevant legal contexts, support judges and lawyers in bringing CWT cases to court.

2.3) Strengthen regional, national, and inter-institutional law enforcement cooperation and coordination by focusing on three levels of actors, including the regional-level task force, national-level task forces, and international donors and organizations in supporting data sharing, trust building, coordination, and cooperation for improved law enforcement. Illustrative activities may include:

b) Providing targeted technical support as requested by law enforcement agencies at all levels. This may include assessing and utilizing tools for cooperation and communication; trainings and exchange to enhance cooperation & coordination; law enforcement coordination and cooperation at certain wildlife chokepoints to determine whether different agencies, e.g. police, CITES officials, quarantine officials, and environment officers are working together as efficiently as possible.

These types of assessments will inform future needs and programming; and

c) Supporting general institutional strengthening for wildlife including assessment, support and secondment, including to national and regional WENs.

3. Increase commitment to addressing CWT (Objective 3)

Building international cooperation, commitment, and public-private partnerships is one of three priorities of the U.S. National Strategy for CWT. Specific TOs under this Contract anticipate inclusion of interventions that will seek to build cooperation and commitment through increased

CWT coordination as well as improved information on species and threats. Below are examples of possible required services.

3.1) Increase commitment of host country actors to combat wildlife crime by enhancing the efforts and initiatives of governments and other actors in the region to take the actions necessary to combat wildlife crime as requested and appropriate. This includes recognizing that infrastructure development can have severe consequences for wildlife and taking the necessary and appropriate measures. Interventions will primarily include, but will not be limited, to the following:

a) Providing technical assistance to support government leadership in addressing CWT;

b) As requested and appropriate, supporting meetings and conferences to keep the profile of CWT high and to push the advocacy agenda;

c) Conducting targeted assessments (e.g., the relationship between infrastructure development and wildlife trafficking) and engaging key stakeholders on CWT;

d) Partnering with banks and the private sector to ensure that safeguard measures are in place for their infrastructure projects;

e) Supporting government efforts to strengthen WENs, including tracking and reporting on the degree to which countries are supporting their WENs (national and regional

WENs including ASEAN-WEN and South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network).

3.2) Improve monitoring and response to status and trends of wildlife crime to inform the international CWT community on trends and status of key species and related trade in the region to inform and adapt actions taken through other strategic approaches. Illustrative activities may include:

a) Monitoring and assessing the status of wildlife (threats to wildlife, population, etc.) in certain areas depending on priorities; and

b) Relaying this information to the relevant agencies that request the information to inform conservation action.

3.3) Facilitate regional coordination of CWT stakeholders to effectively manage the investments on CWT in the region by providing administrative, logistical, and technical support to facilitate in-country and regional coordination between and among the regional platforms; development partners from non-governmental, multilateral and bilateral organizations; and USG agencies in Asia.

C.4.2 Implementation and Management Approach

A proactive and forward-thinking regional approach is essential to successfully implement the task orders under this Contract due to the transboundary nature of the drivers of wildlife trafficking (including market source and demand dynamics, international trafficking networks, etc.) and the regional impacts of wildlife crime on development prospects. The implementation approach must consider, respect, and leverage the governance structures in place for regional cooperation.

The implementation of this Contract requires a combination of technology, innovation, and creativity into an approach that is grounded in theory and evidence. Fundamental to the approach is an understanding that behaviors and norms are based on a complex socio-ecological context— i.e., behavior does not occur in a vacuum–and that successful programs require communication interventions at multiple levels; taking into account gender equality, socio-economic status, and culture.

As specified in task orders, the contractor will help to improve understanding of why and how people behave as they do, and the associated approach must examine the structural, social, supply, and demand-side drivers to the consumption of illegally traded wildlife products. In line with this, the interventions must propose a comprehensive approach that is gender relevant and utilizes communication to change behaviors and norms at the political and social levels. This approach must take advantage of existing local and regional mass media programming and community-level efforts to prompt conversations.

Management and implementation approaches must consider the root causes behind barriers to the institutionalization of actions to combat wildlife crime at the regional level, and ensure that activities under the Contract prioritize long-term sustainability rather than one-off events.

Other USAID activities and USG agencies present potential opportunities for synergy. The

Contractor must ensure complementarity with relevant USG and non-USG activities, including the following:

USAID’s Regional Development Mission for Asia (RDMA): Located in Bangkok, USAID/RDMA is home to a number of regional activities to combat wildlife trafficking, including an Interagency Agreement with the Department of Interior.

USAID’s Bilateral Missions in Asia: Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia, Central Asian Republics, Kyrgyzstan, India, Indonesia, Mongolia, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka & the Maldives, Timor

Leste, and Vietnam. USAID’s Pacific islands office supports 12 Pacific island countries. In East

Asia and the Pacific, Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam receive CWT funds.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS): A USFWS special agent is based in Bangkok to help strengthen and coordinate wildlife law enforcement activities.

U.S. Department of Justice (USDOJ): USDOJ has been working across Southeast Asia to strengthen the investigation and prosecution of environmental crimes, including those related to wildlife trafficking. Its Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training

(OPDAT) and International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) are both active in the region.

U.S. Department of State (DOS): The Office of Environment,…