SOL-486-17-000001_USAID_Resilient_Cities_Asia.pdf

Issuance Date: January 11, 2017

Questions Due Date and Time: January 17, 2017, 9:00 a.m., Bangkok time

Closing Date and Time: February 14, 2017, 9:00 a.m., Bangkok time

Subject: Request for Proposals (RFP) No. SOL-486-17-000001 USAID Resilient Cities Asia

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’ climate resilient financing 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 the IDIQ contract resulting from this RFP will be $70 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. The authorized geographic code is 937.

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. 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 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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EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD

INSTRS., CONDS., AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS

REPRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS AND

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Solicitation No: SOL-486-17-000001

USAID Resilient Cities Asia

USAID/RDMA

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I - THE SCHEDULE

SECTION A – SOLICITATION/CONTRACT FORM

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION B - SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICE/COSTS

PURPOSE .............................................................................................................................. 8 B.1

CONTRACT TYPE AND SERVICES .................................................................................. 8 B.2

MINIMUM OBLIGATED AMOUNT .................................................................................. 8 B.3

MAXIMUM CONTRACT CEILING .................................................................................... 8 B.4

FIXED FEE CEILING ........................................................................................................... 8 B.5

CONTRACT LINE ITEMS (CLINS): ................................................................................... 9 B.6

LABOR .................................................................................................................................. 9 B.7

LABOR (UNBURDENED CDR) RATE CHANGES......................................................... 13 B.8

INDIRECT COSTS .............................................................................................................. 14 B.9

CEILING ON INDIRECT COST RATES ........................................................................... 14 B.10

SECTION C - DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/STATEMENT OF WORK

TITLE OF ACTIVITY ......................................................................................................... 16 C.1

PURPOSE ............................................................................................................................ 16 C.2

BACKGROUND .................................................................................................................. 16 C.3

STATEMENT OF WORK ................................................................................................... 22 C.4

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

E.2 INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE/RESPONSIBLE OFFICIAL

SECTION F - DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE

F.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

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 ....... 44 G.1

CONTRACTING OFFICER ................................................................................................ 44 G.2

CONTRACTING OFFICER’S REPRESENTATIVE (COR) ............................................. 44 G.3

CONTRACTOR’S PRIMARY POINT OF CONTACT ..................................................... 45 G.4

PAYING OFFICE ................................................................................................................ 45 G.5

USAID/RDMA

ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA ............................................................. 45 G.6

TECHNICAL DIRECTION/RELATIONSHIP WITH USAID .......................................... 45 G.7

SECTION H - SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS

H.1 USAID DISABILITY POLICY - ACQUISITION (DECEMBER 2004)

H.2 USAID-FINANCED THIRD-PARTY WEB SITES (AUGUST 2013)

H.3 CONFERENCE PLANNING AND REQUIRED APPROVALS (AUGUST 2013)

H.4 USAID IMPLEMENTING PARTNER NOTICES (IPN) PORTAL FOR ACQUISITION

(JULY 2014)

H.5 SUBMISSION OF DATASETS TO THE DEVELOPMENT DATA LIBRARY (DDL)

(OCTOBER 2014)

H.6 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR PERSONNEL COMPENSATION

H.7 AUTHORIZED GEOGRAPHIC CODE

H.8 DEFENSE BASE ACT (DBA) INSURANCE

H.9 LOGISTIC SUPPORT

H.10 EXECUTIVE ORDER ON TERRORISM FINANCING (FEB 2002)

H.11 FOREIGN GOVERNMENT DELEGATIONS TO INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

(JAN 2002)

H.12 PROHIBITION OF ASSISTANCE TO DRUG TRAFFICKERS

H.13 NONEXPENDABLE PROPERTY PURCHASES AND INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES

H.14 TITLE TO AND CARE OF PROPERTY

H.15 MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES

H.16 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE

H.17 EXCHANGE VISITORS AND TRAINING

H.18 GOVERNMENT FURNISHED FACILITIES OR PROPERTY

H.19 COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 508 OF THE REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973, AS

AMENDED

H.20 ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS SYSTEM

H.21 USAID’S PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM

H.22 SECURITY CLEARANCE

H.23 INFORMATION SYSTEM SECURITY

H.24 INHERENTLY GOVERNMENTAL AND CLOSELY ASSOCIATED FUNCTIONS

H.25 SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO WORKING WITH NGOS IN CHINA

H.26 NONDISCRIMINATION (JUNE 2012)

H.27 HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AND SANCTIONS PROGRAM IN BURMA (JUNE

2015)

H.28 LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS

PART II - CONTRACT CLAUSES

SECTION I - CONTRACT CLAUSES

I.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

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 52.216-19 ORDER LIMITATIONS (OCT 1995)

I.5 52.216-22 INDEFINITE QUANTITY (OCT 1995)

USAID/RDMA

I.6 52.217-8 OPTION TO EXTEND SERVICES (NOV 1999)

I.7 52.227-23 RIGHTS TO PROPOSAL DATA (TECHNICAL) (JUN 1987)

I.8 52.229-8 TAXES - FOREIGN COST-REIMBURSEMENT CONTRACTS (MAR 1990) 72

I.9 52.247-67 SUBMISSION OF TRANSPORTATION DOCUMENTS FOR AUDIT (FEB

2006)

I.10 52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998)

I.11 752.209-71 ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST DISCOVERED AFTER

AWARD (JUN 1993)

I.12 752.231-71 SALARY SUPPLEMENTS FOR HOST GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES

(MAR 2015)

I.13 752.7005 SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE

DOCUMENTS (SEP 2013)

I.14 752.7027 PERSONNEL (DEC 1990)

I.15 AIDAR 752.7032 INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL APPROVAL AND NOTIFICATION

REQUIREMENTS (APR 2014)

I.16 AIDAR 752.7034 ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND DISCLAIMER (DEC 1991)

I.17 752.7101 VOLUNTARY POPULATION PLANNING ACTIVITIES (JUNE 2008)

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 52.204-3 TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION (OCT 1998)

K.4 52.204-8 ANNUAL REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS (APR 2016)

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

K.6 52.209-7 INFORMATION REGARDING RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS (JUL 2013) .. 89

K.7 52.209-11REPRESENTATION BY CORPORATIONS REGARDING DELINQUENT

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

2016)

K.8 52.209-12 CERTIFICATION REGARDING TAX MATTERS (FEB 2016)

K.9 52.227-15 REPRESENTATION OF LIMITED RIGHTS DATA AND RESTRICTED

COMPUTER SOFTWARE. (DEC 2007)

K.10 52.230-1 COST ACCOUNTING STANDARDS NOTICES AND CERTIFICATION

(OCT 2015)

K.11 52.230-7 PROPOSAL DISCLOSURE--COST ACCOUNTING PRACTICE CHANGES

(APR 2005)

K.12 INSURANCE - IMMUNITY FROM TORT LIABILITY

K.13 AUTHORIZED NEGOTIATORS

USAID/RDMA

K.14 SIGNATURE

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

RESPONDENTS

NOTICE LISTING SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCEL.1

52.216-1 TYPE OF CONTRACT (APR 1984) ................................................................... 97 L.2

52.233-2 SERVICE OF PROTEST (SEP 2006) .................................................................. 97 L.3

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS ............................................................................................. 98 L.4

DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS ............................................................................................ 99 L.5

INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE TECHNICAL PROPOSAL ..... 101 L.6

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

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

M.7 CONTRACTING WITH U.S. SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS IN THE MENTOR-

PROTÉGÉ PROGRAM

ATTACHMENTS

COST/PRICE EVALUATION MATRIX ............................................... 115 ATTACHMENT 1:

INITIAL ENVIRONMENTAL EXAMINATION INFORMATION ... 120 ATTACHMENT 2:

CONTRACTOR PAST PERFORMANCE INFORMATION .............. 127 ATTACHMENT 3:

CERTIFICATION REGARDING TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ATTACHMENT 4:

COMPLIANCE PLAN

SF LLL - DISCLOSURE OF LOBBYING ACTIVITIES ..................... 130 ATTACHMENT 5:

LIST OF ACRONYMS ............................................................................. 131 ATTACHMENT 6:

LOCAL COMPENSATION PLAN PAY RANGES .............................. 133 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 Resilient Cities Asia 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), Cost-Plus-Award-Fee

(CPAF), Cost-Plus-Incentive-Fee (CPIF) or any 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 IDIQ Contract with an overall ceiling price of $70,000,000 for USAID

Resilient Cities Asia. The maximum aggregate dollar value of task orders must not exceed the

Contract ceiling.

FIXED FEE CEILING B.5

(a) For each CPFF and Fixed-Price task order issued under this IDIQ, the TOCO and Contractor agree to negotiate a set dollar amount for fixed fee. In no event may the amount of fixed fee in any individual task order exceed [TBD] percent of the task order’s estimated cost, excluding fee.

Fee for CPIF or CPAF task order types will be negotiated by the TOCO at the time of task order award and are not subject to the fee limitation.

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

USAID/RDMA

(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 fee that directly corresponds to the percentage of allowable costs being paid.

Two exceptions to paying fixed fee in this manner apply:

(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.

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 Contractor will not be authorized to bill USAID for IDIQ management costs as a direct cost under this IDIQ or under task orders.

(b) The work day and work week policies and method of accounting for paid absences including holidays for the contractor 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.

B.7 (a) Unburdened Ceiling Daily Rates (CDR)

(1) The task order rates must not exceed the ceiling daily rates set forth in the table below.

Each CDR for personnel listed below is “unburdened” and must only include salary costs or consulting rates of the individual providing the services.

The CDR for employees must not include the following:

Payroll costs (fringe benefits, Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA), allowances, differentials, etc.);

Indirect Costs applicable to labor; and

Profit or fee, if any.

The CDRs set forth below are fixed for Year 1 of the contract period and is for a productive eight (8) hour day, and apply to all subcontractors. The escalation factor is fixed for the entire Contract period. If a new subcontractor is proposed for a specific task order on other than a fixed-price basis, the CDRs set forth below will apply, and the subcontract is subject to consent by the TOCO in accordance with FAR Part 44.

Actual salaries for all personnel will be negotiated under task orders based on salary history, labor market rate and AIDAR 752.7007 Personnel Compensation. In no event will the contractor be reimbursed above the CDR rates indicated below or the CST, whichever is less. The ceiling rates presented below do not constitute approval of salary rates above the Contractor Salary Threshold

(CST) (see Automated Directives System (ADS) 302).

(2) The single unburdened ceiling daily rate for each labor category/group below represents the mid-level and senior level rate in each category/grouping. If junior-level personnel are required under

TOs, their rates must be below the unburdened Mid-Level CDR and supported by the salary history as reflected on the biographical data form.

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Labor Category Groupings (Technical)

Maximum

Daily Rate

(Senior-level)

Maximum

Daily Rate

(Mid-level)

1 Urban Climate Resilience Specialist

2 Climate Finance and Project Preparation Specialist

3 Environment and Natural Resources Specialist

4 Financial Analyst

5 Training Specialist/Capacity Building Specialist

Gender Equality and Female Empowerment

Specialist (Gender Specialist)

7 Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Specialist

8 Media & Communications Specialist

9 Subject Matter Expert

The escalation factor ceiling to be applied to each rate for each subsequent year of the IDIQ after the first year is [TBD]. The formula for applying the rate in Year 2 and subsequent years is:

Previous Year Rate x Escalation Factor = Current Rate

Note 1: The Unburdened Ceiling Daily Rates apply to all task order(s) that are awarded under this contract.

Note 2: The Unburdened Ceiling Daily Rates apply to all labor (the prime contractor, Third Country

Nationals (TCNs), Cooperating Country Nationals (CCNs), and consultant salaries). CCN and TCN labor are also governed by the local compensation plan limitations as further provided in note 3 below.

Note 3: Locally Hired National Personnel or Other Non-U.S. Expatriate Rates

All locally hired national personnel and other non-U.S. expatriates must be paid in accordance with

AIDAR 722.170.

Salaries for individual locally-hired personnel and other non-U.S. expatriates under this contract 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 CCN and 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.

However, TCNs and CCNs who are working in and/or are legal residents of the U.S. at the time they are hired under this Contract must be extended benefits, and be subjected to restrictions on the same basis as U.S. citizens who work in the U.S.

Note 4: If the required expertise is not captured within the below labor categories, no CDR will apply.

(3) Definition of labor categories:

1. Urban Climate Resilience Specialist

The Urban Climate Resilience Specialist will advise host governments at national and sub-national levels and oversee policy dialogue for integrated climate adaptation and resilience in strategies, sectoral policies and plans as needed. S/he will work closely with the Climate Finance and Project

Preparation Specialist and Training Specialist to provide support in development of concepts and approaches relevant to urban climate resilience and adaptation; climate risk assessment, vulnerability assessment, risk avoidance/reduction strategies; country’s response to climate and disaster risk;

contingency planning to mitigate for potential drastic impacts caused severe weather (e.g., flooding, storms); and implementing projects as well as building local capacities of government officials, communities, and businesses to be resilient to the impacts of climate variability and change.

2. Climate Finance and Project Preparation Specialist The Climate Finance and Project Preparation Specialist will provide the expertise necessary to address specific technical focus on climate financing and project preparation. S/he will provide strategic advice, technical guidance and expertise to program and project staff; provide detailed analysis, evaluation and recommendations for improvements, optimization development, and/or maintenance efforts for client-specific or mission critical challenges/issues; consult with client to define need or problem; supervise studies and lead surveys to collect and analyze data to provide advice and recommend solutions.

4. Environment and Natural Resources Specialist The Environment and Natural Resources Specialist will be responsible for providing technical support and assistance to program implementation in one or more of the following technical areas:

Regulation 216 compliance; environmental policy and standard, environmental mitigation, environmental engineering, ecosystem and biological assessments, natural resources management, and environmental impact assessment.

5. Financial Analyst The Financial Analyst will support host country governments, at the national and sub-national levels, in assessing their financial situation; improve their creditworthiness in order to access finance for their resilience interventions; provide expert advice on access to various financial instruments/arrangements for infrastructure projects; provide technical assistance in financial information management systems, performance-based budgeting, executing the budget cycle, and auditing; and s/he will advise sub-national governments on the feasibility, design and issuance of municipal bonds, among others.

6. Training Specialist/Capacity Building Specialist The Training Specialist/Capacity Building Specialist will provide analysis, advice and or implementation assistance on training strategies, developing training materials, designing course sessions and full programmes, delivery and facilitation of training, organizational training capacity, and management of training activities. S/he will also advise on evaluation of training.

7. Gender Equality and Female Empowerment Specialist (Gender Specialist)

The Gender Specialist will develop and deliver training programs or project preparation to; a) design strategies, projects and activities that address gender equality gaps and improve development outcomes, and b) incorporate appropriate gender-sensitive indicators to monitor and/or evaluate the effect of development assistance. S/he will also provide customized (sector and/or country specific) training and/or to provide technical assistance on gender analyses.

8. Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Specialist

The M&E Specialist must have appropriate expertise on M&E related to the use of performance indicators and various research/evaluation methodologies to determine outcomes and impacts throughout the project/program cycle. S/he should be familiar with global and regional development indicators/indexes. S/he helps support programs to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of program goals. S/he will provide relevant data to help inform decision making, and provides technical assistance and training in the development and implementation of systems and programs.

9. Media & Communications Specialist The Communication Specialist will have expertise on USAID’s Branding and Marking

Policies. Depending on TO requirements, s/he may be asked to provide writing and editorial expertise to design and develop publications, briefings, and presentations. S/he may also be asked to provide expertise in both content development and in applying the principles of visual design to effectively display electronic information online. In addition, s/he may be asked to serve as an information architect for the creation or redesign of online communication tools and toolkits, utilizing software tools for the creation of high quality and easy to use online communications.

10. Subject Matter Expert

Depending on TO requirements, the Subject Matter Expert will provide expertise as necessary to address specified technical focus of urban climate change resilience areas as identified. Subject

Matter Experts may include, but are not limited to, experts in administration and procurement management (operational policies, procedures and systems), program design & management, strategic planning, and institutional development, organizational communication, leadership training, technical communication, human capital and talent management, business planning, community outreach, finance, accounting, information technology, and law. The Subject Matter Expert provides strategic advice, technical guidance and expertise to program and project staff; provides detailed analysis, evaluation and recommendations for improvements, optimization development, and/or maintenance efforts for client-specific or mission critical challenges/issues; consults with client to define need or problem supervises studies and leads surveys to collect and analyze data to provide advice and recommend solutions.

B.7 (b) Minimum Qualifications

In order to perform the statement of work set forth in Section C, the Contractor must provide personnel that meet the minimum education and experience requirements set forth in Table 1:

Minimum Qualifications. These minimum qualifications for mid-level and senior personnel correspond to the Unburdened Ceiling Daily Rates above.

Table 1: Minimum Qualifications

Language proficiency, relevant regional/national experience, and international development experience requirements will be specified in individual TOs.

LABOR (UNBURDENED CDR) RATE CHANGES B.8

The labor rates are fixed for all contract years; however, the Contractor may submit a proposal reducing the labor rates and/or indirect rates at any time during the life of this contract. The

Level

Education Requirement (highest degree obtained should relate to the service area provided)

Direct Relevant Experience

Requirement (experience should relate to the service area provided)

Mid-Level

Ph.D. 3 years

JD/All But Dissertation (ABD) 4 years

MS/MA/MB 5 years

BS/BA 7 years

Less than BS/BA 9 years

Senior-

Level

Ph.D. 6 years

JD/ABD 7 years

MS/MA/MB 8 years

BS/BA 10 years

Less than BS/BA 12 years

Government will review these proposals and determine if the revised rates are realistic and in the best interests of the Government. If the rates are accepted, the Government will modify the contract by incorporating the new rates into the contract.

INDIRECT COSTS B.9

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.10

Ceilings are not applicable to Small Business Offerors.

(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 17 FY 18 FY 19 FY20 FY 21 FY 22 FY 23

(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.

[END OF SECTION B]

SECTION C - DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/STATEMENT OF WORK

TITLE OF ACTIVITY C.1

USAID Resilient Cities Asia

PURPOSE C.2

The purpose of this Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract is to support secondary cities in Asia to become more resilient to wide range climatic impacts by increasing their access to financing, with special emphasis on leveraging private sector investment. This IDIQ establishes a mechanism for USAID Operating Units (e.g., bureaus, and regional and bilateral missions) to increase urban resilience in Asia through the provision of technical assistance and capacity development services. Through this mechanism, USAID will support cities in the development of better resilience projects, and link those project ideas to financial resources outside the U.S.

Government, thereby increasing urban resilience to climate-related shocks and stressors in Asia.

Assistance and services provided under the IDIQ will increase the capacity of secondary cities in the region to mitigate, adapt to, and recover from shocks and stresses caused by climate-induced events and stresses, and to transform themselves in the face of anticipated risks. The services and assistance provided by this IDIQ will complement existing and planned efforts by USAID bilateral missions and other partners in Asia that help Asian secondary cities to become more resilient to the effects of natural disasters.

BACKGROUND C.3

C.3.1 Trends in Urbanization

The urban population of Asia is growing faster than ever before. By 2030, there will be over 1.1 billion more Asian urban residents , and by 2050, most of the urban population in the world (52%) will be concentrated in Asia . Consistent with these trends is the number of secondary cities in Asia which is increasing dramatically —from 462 in 2010 cities to 729 cities by 2025, and even more thereafter.

The percentage of Asia’s population living in secondary cities will also increase from

29.4% in 2010 to 35.3% by 2025.

ADB. 2008. Managing Asian Cities

ADB. 2011. Competitive Cities in the 21st Century Cluster-Based Local Economic Development

A secondary city is a sub-national second-tier level of government, with the population typically ranges between 10-50

% of a country’s largest city (100,000-3 million inhabitants, with the exception of cities in China and India).

www.citiesalliance.org

USAID/RDMA

C.3.2 Challenges Faced by Cities in Asia

Asia’s cities may not be fully equipped to finance and manage the rapid urban growth occurring throughout the region. On the one hand, such growth brings major new challenges for city authorities who may be mandated to expand and provide effective urban services (e.g. water, sanitation, energy, transport), maintain infrastructure investments, and tackle mounting environmental pollution caused by urbanization and industrial development.

Two-thirds of cities of 5 million or more inhabitants are located in low-lying coastal areas, which mean they are exposed to hydro-meteorological shocks and stresses, such as rising sea levels, powerful storms, and tidal surges, which can cause catastrophic physical and economic impacts. For example, extreme rainfall could increase sewage overflows by 40% and long-term variations in temperatures would lead to a significant increase in associated health problems.

The lower socio-economic strata of cities are particularly vulnerable. Almost 1 billion people live in informal settlements, and this number is expected to grow by nearly 500 million between 2013 and

2020.

These dwellers live on limited basic services, have few livelihood opportunities, often lack access to water, sanitation, electricity, and solid waste management services, and many or most of them lack basic land tenure.

On the other hand, rapid growth can present great opportunities. Well-designed and well-managed urban development can result in more reliable service delivery, healthier people, fewer economic losses, secure livelihoods, and a more sustainable environment. Cities also offer opportunities for integrated solutions that yield mitigation and adaptation benefits as well as cost savings, for example, energy and water efficient buildings and environmentally sound infrastructure.

C.3.3 Urban Climate Resilience

USAID defines resilience to recurring crises as “the ability of people, households, communities, countries, and systems to mitigate, adapt to, and recover from shocks and stresses in a manner that reduces chronic vulnerability and facilitates inclusive growth.”

The concept of urban climate resilience focuses more specifically on the impacts of climate and weather-related shocks and stressors. The concept, therefore, covers adaptation measures, mitigation actions, and disaster risk reduction, while recognizing the complexity of rapidly growing urban areas and the uncertainty associated with climate variability. The concept places greater emphasis on considering cities as dynamic systems capable of evolving and adapting to survive, and even thrive, in the face of volatile shocks or stresses.

Urban climate resilience can be described on three levels: (1) the systems of the city can survive shocks and stresses; (2) the people and organizations in the city are able to accommodate these

ICLEI. 2014. Climate Change: Implications for Cities. New Delhi: ICLEI.

World Bank and International Monetary Fund. 2013. Global Monitoring Report 2013. Rural–Urban Dynamics and the

Millennium Development Goals. Washington, DC: World Bank.

ADB. 2014. Urban Climate Change Resilience - A Synopsis.

stresses into their day-to-day decision-making; and (3) the city’s institutional structures continue to support the capacity of people and organizations to fulfill their aims.

The above-mentioned conditions and factors have given rise to a growing interest in resilience in recent years. Over the last decade, a number of initiatives related to urban resilience have been launched by many donors.

More interestingly, however, resources in the private sectors particularly in the field of urban resilience have come to outweigh financial resources made available in the public sector.

Therefore, in order to achieve the greatest success in supporting urban climate resilience, leveraging private sector resources is key.

C.3.4 Risk

While climate-induced shocks and stresses may affect a large segment of the city, the greatest consequences typically fall on poorer segments of the population--people who live in informal settlements that are located in areas prone to climate hazards, and who have limited access to basic services and infrastructure. These people are often marginalized members of society, receive little attention from their government, and are constrained by their socioeconomic status and limited resources, often trapping them in an unending cycle of poverty. Even households that manage to successfully extricate themselves from poverty often slide back when they are hit by catastrophic shocks, such as record floods, storms, or heat waves.

The impacts of climate –related shocks and stressors also affect women and men differently, due largely to differing social status, gender, poverty, as well as access to and control over resources.

Women in this region tend to be more disadvantaged, alongside the very poor, persons with disabilities, and other marginalized groups, as they are over-represented in the informal economy.

More than 8 out of 10 working women are in vulnerable employment compared with more than 7 out of 10 men. Many are left without access to social and economic protection or other resources to cope with the aftermaths of weather-related crises.

Migrant women, women from ethnic minorities, refugee and stateless women, female-headed households, and older women often face particular vulnerabilities that are largely ignored by social protection programs and policies.

C.3.5 Secondary Cities

There are two complementary reasons for placing increased emphasis on secondary cities. First, a large share of the resources that are being marshalled internationally for urban resilience are typically concentrated in primary cities. These resources come from national and city budgets, national development banks, and international financial and development institutions. Accordingly, primary cities benefit from greater financial and human resources because of their size. Secondary cities, especially those in Asia, have fewer budgetary resources and human capital to begin with--compared to primary cities--and therefore are in greater need of technical and financial assistance in the area of planning for, and investing in, resilience initiatives.

ibid http://climatepolicyinitiative.org/publication/global-landscape-of-climate-finance-2015/

UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UNWOMEN), Resilience for All? Towards

Gender-Responsive Social Protection in South-East Asia, 2013, ISBN No: 978-974-680-356-4, available at:

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Many secondary cities in Asia are simultaneously managing a host of challenging problems: rapid urbanization; ineffective (or in some cases a total lack of) city and land use planning; poor infrastructure; lack of budget and human resources to provide effective urban services; and an increased devolution of responsibilities from the central government without accompanying resources. City staff often face significant technical constraints that impact their ability to assess their city’s risks, exposure, and sensitivity to climate variability; understand their coping capability;

devise effective plans; and issue relevant rules, regulations, and bylaws. In addition, Asia’s secondary cities often lack the human and financial resources, as well as the institutional capacity, to make strategic, climate-resilient investments, despite their urgent need to plan and source funds for a wide range of adaptation interventions. Meanwhile, it is in these cities that new industrial development and related investment often emerge. It is, therefore, critical for officials and residents in secondary cities to be able to manage the challenges of current development, while taking into consideration future risks.

C.3.6 Cost of Adapting to Climate Variability

According to ADB, over 520 million vulnerable urban slum dwellers in Asia are vulnerable to climate-related hazards, and the overall cost of climate-related disasters (sea-level rise, powerful storms, flooding) is likely to surpass $50 billion annually (including damage to infrastructure, buildings, disruptions to public service provision and business operations).

According to the ADB, the costs associated with investing in climate adaptation projects throughout the region are estimated at $40 billion per year through 2050. The estimates are much larger at the global level--ranging from $70 to $100 billion a year for the period from 2010 to 2050

Given the size of the problem, it is important for these relatively smaller regional cities to obtain technical assistance and funding and/or financing to make resilience investments. This will help them not only to become more resilient in the short term, but also, in the longer term, to set the stage for smarter, more resilient, and more sustainable long-term growth and development.

C.3.7 Financing City-Level Climate Resilient Initiatives

To support their adaptation and mitigation goals and initiatives, developing countries currently rely on a host of international financing instruments, such as grants from multi-donor trust funds, private foundations and international climate funds, concessional loans from multilateral development banks, and traditional assistance from bilateral donors.

While donor funding for climate related efforts is increasing, this funding accounts for a small fraction of the total cost that cities will need to make them less vulnerable and more resilient. The amount of public funding (e.g., from national budgets and national development banks) and private investment flowing into cities is much larger than the amount of available donor funding, and thus needs to be tapped to address this problem. In 2015, total public climate investment was $148 billion while total private climate investment was $243 billion.

Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change Report, World Bank, 2011.

http://climatepolicyinitiative.org/publication/global-landscape-of-climate-finance-2015/

The ability of secondary cities to access funding for climate resilience (both domestic and international sources) is challenging for a variety of reasons:

- city managers may have limited access to and ability to analyze climate data, making it challenging for them to understand current and future risks and accurately substantiate budget requests to national governments for resilience investments;

- city managers may also have little awareness of how to evaluate options as well as access and receive international climate funding;

- city managers may also have limited capacity to maintain budgeting systems and may lack the capacity and experience to attract and scale untapped financial resources such as from local capital markets and intergovernmental transfers.

In addition, many subnational entities have a low revenue base, are unable to issue their own debt instruments, and have insufficient or constantly changing political leadership that is needed to influence the transfer of funds from central or primary city budgets. Furthermore, there is a persistent imbalance between mitigation and adaptation funding globally--with an approximately 14-fold greater investment in the former.

It is expected that this activity will primarily address infrastructure financing, but will also support “softer” approaches such as policies, plans, standards and guidelines, such as building codes, planning processes, and operations and maintenance procedures that enable urban resilience.

An increase in diverse, accessible, well-managed, and sustainable sources of financing for climate resilience in rapidly urbanizing secondary cities has the potential to impact many people quickly and positively influence future development trends, thereby avoiding many of the adverse impacts that have resulted from the unsustainable path dependencies associated with many of Asia’s primary cities.

C.3.8 Urban Climate Resilience Programs in Asia

Over the past decade, many development partners and organizations have shifted investment toward helping cities to become more resilient to climate impacts. Such organizations include the

Rockefeller Foundation, the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DfID), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Local Government for Sustainability (ICLEI), the World

Bank, the International Finance Corporation, the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, 100

Resilient Cities, and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), United Nations Human Settlement

Programme (UN-Habitat), among others. Much of this work has focused on Asia. For example, in

2013, DFID committed $140 million to the Urban Climate Change Resilience Trust Fund

(UCCRTF), a multi-donor trust fund managed by the ADB, and has made the urban thematic area as one of four pillars for the Climate and Development Knowledge Network, a research advisory and

These refer to elected officials and city staff with responsibilities for urban planning, economic development, environmental management, finance, etc.

Global Landscape of Climate Finance 2015, Climate Policy Initiative. November 2015.

knowledge management platform in support of climate compatible development.

Similarly, the

Global Environment Facility-6 (GEF-6) has committed approximately $55 million for the

Sustainable Cities Integrated Approach pilot program for its 2014-2018 grant funding period. The

Rockefeller Foundation invested more than $100 million from 2007 to 2014 in the Asian Cities

Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN) and other related efforts in the United States and internationally.

More recently, key actors have also initiated major new programs and initiatives such as the

Rockefeller Foundation’s 100 Resilient Cities program, the Local Government for Sustainability

(ICLEI)’s Resilient Cities - Asia Pacific Program, and the World Bank’s Resilient Cities Program, to name a few. These initiatives all share the same primary goal of helping cities to become more resilient to the impacts of climate change.

C.3.9 USAID’s Strategic Niche in Urban Resilience in the Asia Region

Globally, USAID has been supporting cities under various policies. These include:

● Climate Risk Management, which is covered by the White House’s Executive Order on

Climate Resilient International Development

● USAID Sustainable Urban Services Policy (2013), which covers assistance to governments in building safer and more sustainable cities for the nearly 1.5 billion additional people who will live in cities by 2030.

● USAID Climate Change and Development Strategy (2012-2016), which aims to enable countries to accelerate their transition to climate resilient, low emission, sustainable economic development.

USAID/RDMA has been active in adaptation and resilience in Asia since 2011 with a series of programs including Mekong Adaptation and Resilience to Climate Change, Adapt Asia-Pacific, Mekong Building Climate Resilient Asian Cities, and support for ADB’s UCCRTF. This IDIQ will build on these efforts and will focus on financing resilience in Asia’s secondary cities.

In recent years, many donors working on urban…