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NEGOTIATED (RFP)

7. ISSUED BY CODE 8. ADDRESS OFFER TO (If other than Item 7)

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CAUTION - LATE Submissions, Modifications, and Withdrawals: See Section L, Provision No. 52.214-7 or 52.215-1. All Offers are subject to all terms and conditions contained in this solicitation.

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PART I - THE SCHEDULE PART II - CONTRACT CLAUSES

A SOLICITATION/CONTRACT FORM I CONTRACT CLAUSES

B SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICES/COSTS PART III - LIST OF DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS AND OTHER ATTACH.

C DESCRIPTION/SPECS./WORK STATEMENT J LIST OF ATTACHMENTS

D PACKAGING AND MARKING PART IV - REPRESENTATIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS

E INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

F DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE

G CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA L INSTR., CONDS., AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS

H SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS M EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD

K

REPRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS AND OTHER

STATEMENTS OF OFFERORS

NOTE: Item 12 does not apply if the solicitation includes the provisions at 52.214-16, Minimum Bid Acceptance Period.

12. In compliance with the above, the undersigned agrees, if this offer is accepted within _180_ calendar days (60 calendar days unless a different period is inserted by the offeror) from the date for receipt of offers specified above, to furnish any or all items upon which prices are offered at the price set opposite each item, delivered at the designated point(s), within the time specified in the schedule.

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SECTION A - SOLICITATION/CONTRACT FORM

SF 33 SOLICITATION, OFFER AND AWARD

PART I - THE SCHEDULE

SECTION B - SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICE/COSTS

B.1 PURPOSE

B.2 CONTRACT TYPE

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

B.4 PRICE SCHEDULE

B.5 INDIRECT COSTS (DEC 1997)

B.6 COST REIMBURSABLE

B.7 CANCELATION CEILING

SECTION C - DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT

SECTION D - PACKAGING AND MARKING

D.1 AIDAR 752.7009 MARKING (JAN 1993)

D.2 BRANDING POLICY

SECTION E - INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

E.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

E.2 INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

E.3 MONITORING AND EVALUATION PLAN/PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

SECTION F - DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE

F.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

F.2 WORKPLAN AND IMPLEMENTATION

F.3 PERFORMANCE MONITORING PLAN (PMP)

F.4 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

F.5 REPORTS

F.6 PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

F.7 KEY PERSONNEL

SECTION G - CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA

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

G.2 ADMINISTRATIVE CONTRACTING OFFICE

G.3 CONTRACTING OFFICER TECHNICAL REPRESENTATIVE (COTR)

G.4 TECHNICAL DIRECTIONS/RELATIONSHIP WITH USAID

G.5 PAYING OFFICE

G.6 ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA

SECTION H - SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS

H.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

H.2 AIDAR 752.225-70 SOURCE, ORIGIN AND NATIONALITY

REQUIREMENTS (FEB 1997)

H.3 AIDAR 752.228-70 MEDICAL EVACUATION (MEDEVAC) SERVICES (JULY 2007)

H.4 AIDAR 752.7004 EMERGENCY LOCATOR INFORMATION (JUL 1997)

H.5 AIDAR 752.7005 SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE

DOCUMENTS (JAN 2004)

H.6 AIDAR 752.7007 PERSONNEL COMPENSATION (JUL 2007

H.7 PERSONNEL COMPENSATION COSTS, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

H.8 LOGISTIC SUPPORT

H.9 LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS

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

H.11 REPORTING OF FOREIGN TAXES (JULY 2007)

H.12 USAID DISABILITY POLICY - ACQUISITION (DECEMBER 2004)

H.13 AIDAR 752.7032 INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL APPROVAL AND NOTIFICATION

REQUIREMENTS (JAN 1990)

H.14 ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION OF DOCUMENTS

H.15 SECURITY CONDITIONS

H.16 SECURITY PROTOCOL

H.17 SECURITY REPORTING

H.18 LIFE SUPPORT AND SECURITY SERVICES

H.19 OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT

H.20 PROHIBITION OF ASSISTANCE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT FORCES IN COLOMBIA

H.21 SUBCONTRACTING PLAN AND THE SF 294 – SUBCONTRACTING REPORT

FOR INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTS AND SF 295 – SUMMARY CONTRACTING

REPORT

H.22 PUBLICATIONS AND MEDIA RELEASES (JAN 2004)

H.23 PROHIBITION OF ASSISTANCE TO DRUG TRAFFICKERS

H.24 GRANTS UNDER CONTRACTS (GUCs)

H.25 PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS TO PROMOTE, SUPPORT, OR

ADVOCATE THE LEGALIZATION OR PRACTICE OF PROSTITUTION – TIP

ACQUISITION (MAY 2007)

H.26 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE

H.27 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS

H.28 GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY

H.29 FOREIGN GOVERNMENT DELEGATIONS TO INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

(JANUARY 2002)

H.30 AIDAR 752.228-3 WORKER‘S COMPENSATION INSURANCE (DEFENSE BASE ACT)

H.31 STANDARDS FOR ACCESSIBILITY FOR THE DISABLED IN USAID CONSTRUCTION

CONTRACTS (JULY 2007)

H.32 SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES

PART II - CONTRACT CLAUSES

SECTION I - CONTRACT CLAUSES

I.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

I.2 52.204-1 APPROVAL OF CONTRACT (DEC 1989)

I.3 52.209-9 UPDATES OF PUBLICLY AVAILABLE AVAILABLE INFORMATION REGARDING

RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS (JAN 2011)

I.4 52.217-2 CANCELLATION UNDER MULTI-YEAR CONTRACTS (OCT 1997)

I.5 52.227-23 RIGHTS TO PROPOSAL DATA (TECHNICAL) (JUN 1987)

I.6 52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998)

PART III - LIST OF DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS AND OTHER ATTACHMENTS

SECTION J - LIST OF EXHIBITS/ATTACHMENTS

PART IV - REPRESENTATIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS

SECTION K - REPRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS AND OTHER STATEMENTS OF

OFFERORS

K.1 NOTICE LISTING SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED

BY REFERENCE

K.2 52.204-8 ANNUAL REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS (JAN 2011)

K.3 52.209-5 CERTIFICATION REGARDING RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS

(APR 2010)

K.4 SIGNATURE

K.5 INFORMATION REGARDING RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS (APR 2010)

SECTION L - INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS, AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS

L.1 NOTICE LISTING SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED

BY REFERENCE

L.2 REQUIREMENTS FOR COST OR PRICING DATA OR INFORMATION OTHER THAN COST

OR PRICING DATA - ALTERNATE IV (OCT 1997)

L.3 52.216-1 TYPE OF CONTRACT (APR 1984)

L.4 52.222-46 EVALUATION OF COMPENSATION FOR PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES

(FEB 1993)

L.5 52.233-2 SERVICE OF PROTEST (SEPT 2006)

L.6 52.252-1 SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

(FEB 1998)

L.7 EXPLANATION TO PROSPECTIVE OFFERORS

L.8 GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS

L.9 PROPOSAL FORMAT AND CONTENT

L.10 INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE TECHNICAL PROPOSAL

L.11 INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE COST/BUSINESS PROPOSAL

L.12 BRANDING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND MARKING PLAN

L.13 APPROACH TO ACHIEVING ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND

MANAGEMENT

SECTION M - EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD

M.1 NOTICE LISTING SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED

BY REFERENCE

M.2 METHOD OF EVALUATION

M.3 EVALUATION FACTORS

M.4 RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF FACTORS AND TECHNICAL SUBFACTORS

EXHIBITS/ATTACHMENTS

EXHIBIT 1

IDENTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL GEOGRAPHIC CODE NUMBERS

EXHIBIT 2

USAID FORM 1420-17 - CONTRACTOR BIOGRAPHICAL DATA SHEET

EXHIBIT 3

SMALL BUSINESS SUBCONTRACTING PLAN

EXHIBIT 4

BRANDING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND MARKING PLAN

ATTACHMENT 1

SF LLL - DISCLOSURE OF LOBBYING ACTIVITIES

ATTACHMENT 2

BRANDING STRATEGY FOR THE USAID/COLOMBIA CELI-NORTHERN & SOUTHERN

REGIONS PROGRAM

ATTACHMENT 3

SUMMARY COST WORKSHEETS

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ATTACHMENT 4

U.S. MISSION COLOMBIA LOCAL COMPENSATION PLAN

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ATTACHMENT 5

PCIM LESSONS LEARNED

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ATTACHMENT 6

PROGRESO LESSONS LEARNED

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ATTACHMENT 7

USAID COLOMBIA LECCIONES APRENDIDAS FORMALIZACION DE TIERRAS

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BAJO CAUCA- PLAN DE ACCION Y PERFILES DE PROYECTOS V2

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ATTACHMENT 9

PRESENTACION RCCs BAJO CAUCA Y SUR CORDOBA Electronic version is uploaded as a separate Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) file in http://www.fedbizopps.gov/

ATTACHMENT 10

CIRCULAR 233 DEL 2-09-09 CENTRO FUSION BAJO CAUCA

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ORO EN ANTIOQUIA

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ATTACHMENT 12

ESQUEMA PNC FASE I II III

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RESUMEN EJECUTIVO PCIM

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STOPLIGHT SECURITY CLASSIFICATIONS

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NARIÑO DIAGNOSTICO

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SOL-514-11-000001 SECTION B

PART I - THE SCHEDULE

SECTION B - SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICE/COSTS

B.1 PURPOSE

The purpose of this Consolidation and Enhanced Livelihood Initiative (CELI) Northern & Southern Regions contract is to advance U.S. Government (USG) and Government of Colombia (GOC) goals and results related to the implementation of the Colombia Strategic Development Initiative (CSDI) and GOC‘s National Consolidation Plan (PNC).

B.2 CONTRACT TYPE

This is a Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) completion contract. For the consideration set forth below, the Contractor shall provide the deliverables or outputs described in Sections C and F in accordance with the performance standards specified in Sections C and F.

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

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

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

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

B.4 PRICE SCHEDULE

B.5 INDIRECT COSTS (DEC 1997)

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

Description Rate Base Type Period 1/ 1/ 1/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 1/Base of Application:

Type of Rate: Predetermined Period:

2/Base of Application:

Type of Rate: Predetermined Period:

3/Base of Application:

Type of Rate: Predetermined Period:

SOL-514-11-000001 SECTION B

B.6 COST REIMBURSABLE

The U.S. dollar costs allowable shall be limited to reasonable, allocable and necessary costs determined in accordance with FAR 52.216-7, Allowable Cost and Payment, FAR 52.216-8, Fixed Fee, if applicable, and AIDAR 752.7003, Documentation for Payment.

B.7 CANCELLATION CEILING

In the event that the Government cancels requirements for services in subsequent program years under this contract, the following conditions will apply.

(a) If cancellation under the clause at 52.217-2, ―Cancellation Under Multi-year Contracts‖ occurs, the Contractor will be paid a cancellation charge not over the cancellation ceiling defined as follows:

The cancelation ceiling shall be the amount allotted to this contract under the Limitation of Funds clause (FAR 52.232-22) at the time the cancellation notice is issued by the Contracting Officer.

(b) In accordance with the Cancellation Under Multi-year Contracts clause, the cancellation charge will cover only:

(1) Costs-

(i) Incurred by the Contractor and/or subcontractor;

(ii) Reasonably necessary for performance of the contract; and

(iii) That would have been equitably amortized over the entire multi-year contract period but, because of the cancellation, are not so amortized; and

(2) A reasonable profit or fee on the costs.

[END OF SECTION B]

SOL-514-11-000001 SECTION C

SECTION C - DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT

CONSOLIDATION AND ENHANCED LIVELIHOOD INITIATIVE –

NORTHERN & SOUTHERN REGIONS (CELI – NORTHERN & SOUTHERN)

C.1 BACKGROUND

Since the initiation of Plan Colombia a decade ago, USAID Colombia has focused significant resources to support USG efforts to combat narcotics trafficking focusing on four strategic areas: (1) alternative development, (2) support for internally displaced and other vulnerable populations, (3) democracy and human rights, and (4) demobilization and reintegration. Despite advances made, significant challenges to counternarcotics (CN) and other types of programming in Colombia remain. In 2008, the Embassy underwent a comprehensive Government Accountability Office (GAO) assessment and conducted a series of independent CN assessments. In addition, other assessments related to internally displaced persons (IDPs) and other vulnerable populations, democracy and governance, and lessons learned from the Plan de Consolidación Integral de la Macarena (PCIM) resulted in the following recommendations:

Minimum conditions of security for citizens and their human rights are prerequisites for sustainable socio-economic and democratic development.

Strengthening state presence is crucial for CN, IDP returns, and other program success.

More integrated and locally-targeted programs in areas undergoing transition from conflict to state control would yield greater and sustained eradication and stabilization results.

Many involved in the coca economy want to leave coca-related activities even if faced with less income, but they need food security and short-/medium-term assistance during the post-eradication transition period.

Long term, sustainable economic opportunities are crucial for irreversible consolidation

US Embassy Colombia Strategic Development Initiative and the Government of Colombia (GOC) National Consolidation Plan (PNC)

The US Embassy‘s Colombia Strategic Development Initiative (CSDI) incorporates the above findings and defines an integrated and geographically-targeted approach as the most effective way to sustain peace, security, and development gains, reduce illicit crop cultivation and the efficacy of illegally-armed groups, and ensure the delivery of basic state services in strategically targeted conflict regions throughout the country. It prioritizes four geographic zones of the country where significant challenges to peace and security, coca eradication, rule of law, poverty alleviation, displacement prevention/return, and economic development remain. The CSDI corridors are: 1) Montes de Maria; 2) Nariño/Putumayo (Southern Band); 3) a Central Band from La Macarena in Meta west through southern Tolima and Valle del Cauca to Buenaventura); and 4) a corridor from Southern Cordoba/Bajo Cauca Antioqueno to Catatumbo, Norte de Santander (Northern Band). Of the CSDI corridors, the first three mentioned are the US Embassy‘s priority for initial implementation. These CSDI zones overlap with and will support the GOC‘s National Consolidation Plan (PNC).

The PNC combines progress in achieving peace and security with the establishment of a consolidated, civilian-led state presence in strategically-important, conflict territories. It is supported by Presidential Directive No. 001 that creates a ―whole of government‖ response, involving multiple ministries and local and departmental governments in the development and implementation of regional consolidation plans for these zones. The Plan includes the provision of security and justice, social and economic development, governance, territorial and environmental management and property rights. The goal of consolidation is to reach a ―tipping point‖ where state presence and positive perception of the government is sufficiently well-established so that communities decide to align with their government rather than illegal armed groups and the illicit economy.

Consolidation1 of strategic conflict zones requires the initial establishment of basic territorial security. Military and police action to secure territory, pursue illegal armed groups and, in the absence of a strong civilian government presence, protect civilians and provide sufficient means to guarantee their survival is a critical first step. Once minimum security is established, the presence of a broad array of civilian state institutions providing permanent security (i.e., police) and social and economic services (i.e., public services and entities with a role in economic development), as well as the eradication of illicit crops, is crucial for consolidation of state presence.

Key to this consolidation approach is the close coordination and sequencing of the military, the police, and civilian government activities which occurs under civilian leadership through GOC Regional Coordination Centers. The ideal end state of consolidation is that security is permanent, the illicit economy has been replaced by the legal economy, the private sector is vibrant, and civilian state entities are providing the services expected of any legitimate and democratically-elected government.

USAID‘s Role in the CSDI

Within the overall continuum of development programming, support to consolidation efforts will be focused on timely short, medium, and long term activities to reinforce state presence, meet social and economic needs and help build a vibrant civil society and private sector—setting in motion the long-term development of the consolidation zones. USAID‘s role is to support the consolidation of state presence and to facilitate the arrival of civilian entities – not to supplant the state.

USAID‘s CSDI programs will include activities under the Mission‘s traditional alternative development, democracy and human rights, IDP and other vulnerable populations, and demobilization and reintegration portfolios, but with a significant change - under this new effort, activities will be fully integrated, coordinated and synchronized, as opposed to separate or stove-piped, and will have a regional focus rather than sectoral foci.

These initiatives will require full engagement and coordination with civil society and the private sector.

Colombian organizations will be in front of each effort to build local capacity and strengthen citizen confidence in local institutions. Programs will support not lead, GOC efforts and be implemented in the name of the GOC (local, departmental and/or national institutions).

As part of the CSDI‘s whole of government approach, USAID is coordinating closely with other Embassy sections, including the Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS), the U.S. MilGroup, the Department of Justice, and the Political and Economic sections of the State Department to develop an integrated USG approach for the prioritized CSDI consolidation zones. Programs will include peace and security, illicit crop eradication, access to justice, promotion of human rights, and humanitarian and development interventions targeted at a wide range of conflict-affected populations (including IDPs, demobilized, victims, child soldiers, Afro-Colombians, indigenous, persons with disabilities and women head of households). USAID‘s role in these regional efforts

– implemented mainly, though not exclusively, through the CSDI programs - will be to tactically support those interventions through conflict mitigation and management, humanitarian assistance, economic and social development, and improved governance.

USAID will continue substantial national programs for Human Rights, Rule of Law, agricultural sectorial support, Victims, Demobilization and Reintegration (DR) and Internally Displaced and Other Vulnerable Populations (OVP) programs, which will complement and coordinate with regional CSDI programs. USAID will have a national program focused on Afro-Colombian and indigenous issues at the national level, but the CSDI programs will be expected to include programming related to many of these issues. In particular, USAID regional programs in CSDI zones will take a lead in implementing programs with Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities within these areas and ensure that those communities are integrated into overall

1 Consolidation: is defined as the recovery of GOC institutional and territorial control, creating the conditions for a thriving civil society and a vibrant private sector. The goal of consolidation is to incorporate previously disenfranchised communities as citizens of Colombia with all the implicit rights and responsibilities included in that status. Creating an alliance between communities and the Colombian State is the way forward consolidation efforts.

C.2 SCOPE

The purpose of this Consolidation and Enhanced Livelihood Initiative (CELI) Northern & Southern Regions contract is to advance USG and GOC goals and results related to implementation of the CSDI and the PNC.

The basic premise of the CELI-Northern & Southern contract is that armed conflict, illegality and the illicit economy are inextricably linked to weak state presence. Therefore, contract activities will seek to strengthen state presence as the GOC recovers territory and creates a minimum level of permanent territorial security. In areas where the state has only recently re-established security, the contract will emphasize immediate, short-term interventions to meet urgent economic and social needs in order to demonstrate GOC presence and to help the target areas recover more quickly from the effects of conflict and eradication. Project activities will help to build confidence in the GOC, provide the opportunity to build relations between communities and local government, and respond to local dynamics. As regions become more consolidated and the GOC re-establishes an initial presence, the CELI-Northern & Southern activities will transition to support longer term interventions such as sustainable livelihoods, the stabilization and reintegration/return of conflict-affected populations, improved governance, and increased access to justice. In these more consolidated areas, interventions shall continue to facilitate the provision of basic services, increase licit livelihoods and strengthen local institutions, with a particular emphasis on accompaniment and the provision of technical assistance. In areas where permanent security is already present, long-term, sustainable livelihoods and governance activities will begin in those areas as early as possible.

Activities shall also include the development of contingency plans, in coordination with appropriate local, national and international entities, to prevent human rights violations, including displacement and recruitment of children by illegal armed groups and to mitigate risk to communities due to legitimate state action to maintain public order and/or violent acts by illegal armed groups and criminal bands. Activities shall be well-coordinated with national USAID and GOC human rights, justice, demobilization and reintegration (DR) and Office of Vulnerable Populations (OVP) programs. Similarly, the contract will foster local level initiatives aimed at responding to community needs, developing citizen oversight initiatives, promoting peace and citizen security, and controlling corruption.

Contractor Relationship with USAID and the GOC

Without prejudice to the Contractor‘s responsibilities, USAID/Colombia and the Contractor will function as an integrated, operational team with shared program vision for achieving program success. The Contractor shall be responsible for implementation of the program strategy that is set and adjusted through an iterative, coordinated process between the Contractor, USAID, and the GOC to achieve the goal of strengthening the consolidation of state presence in critical conflict zones within the Northern & Southern Regions. A Management Team consisting of the civilian coordinator of the Regional Coordination Center (RCC)2, USAID, and the Contractor will work together to ensure that USAID activities synchronize with and complement GOC activities and focus on key opportunities to advance consolidation.

The Contractor will also be responsible for building capacity in departmental, local, and national governments, to design, evaluate, fund, implement and monitor livelihood interventions. This is a programmatic component explicitly designed to enable multiple GOC actors, primarily under departmental leadership, to eventually undertake USAID and its Contractor‘s roles—ostensibly helping them establish the systems and personnel needed to work with the private sector in undertaking local development interventions. This will be coordinated

2 At the regional level, the PNC is to be implemented through Regional Coordination Centers (RCCs) which are strategically located in the targeted regions and bring together an inter-agency GOC team to plan and promote key security and development advances. RCCs are tasked with coordinating the sequenced response of the GOC with social services and support to communities as territorial security is recovered from illegal armed groups.

and complementary to the RCC structure. As capacity building is a long-term process, Contractor‘s activities will be reflected in agreements, such as Memorandum of Understanding (MOUs), between USAID and departmental and local governments to establish a shared vision as well as guarantee local ownership, buy-in and cost sharing. Capacity building will help departmental and municipal governments to: effectively improve their developmental plans to ensure that USAID resources in the area leverage enough political and economic interest in the region; support capacity building of departmental and municipal governments in order to provide for basic social services such as health, education, citizen security as well as design and implement best practices to increase transparency and citizen participation; and promote small scale infrastructure development to illustrate local government rapid response to communities‘ prioritized needs.

In addition to coordination with USAID, the Contractor shall work closely with civil society, the private sector, and local community-based organizations to ensure that activities under the CELI-Northern & Southern contract complement and encourage local efforts taking place in the region. The Contractor‘s leadership and implementation efforts shall be based in the consolidation zones, not in Bogotá, to ensure activities are coordinated with local communities, the RCC, and local and departmental governments. As part of USAID and the USG‘s goal to ―Colombianize‖ activities, Colombians and Colombian organizations shall have a leadership role in the project and be the face of contract activities. All activities under the CELI-Northern & Southern contract will be carried out in the name of the GOC (local, departmental, or national institutions) since USAID‘s goal is to strengthen state presence in these recently recovered territories and build confidence in the GOC. The Contractor shall implement activities under the CELI-Northern & Southern Regions while coordinating with national-level policy makers and policy development efforts. The Contractor‘s efforts will follow GOC leadership, meaning that the level of effort, resources, coordination, and technical direction from USAID will be directly proportional to the level of GOC ―whole-of-government‖ commitment made to a particular region.

The following CELI Evolution Model (see next page) provides further information regarding the conceptual framework for working with the GOC and USAID to advance consolidation and livelihood efforts through short, medium, and long-term activities and highlights the development planning process for working under the CELI-Northern & Southern contract. Specifically, the chart illustrates the possible evolution of the contract‘s interventions within communities undergoing consolidation of state presence and illustrates the transition between rapid response and institutional support activities to long term livelihoods and institutional capacity activities as well as the transition to new veredas or municipalities. The model relies on the premise of minimum territorial security and assumes that new veredas within target municipalities are categorized as yellow (transition) in the terms of security profile. The model also illustrates the need for the Contractor to potentially support some existing long term activities and to implement national policy frameworks, particularly pilot programs in target municipalities. In summary, the model illustrates that consolidation will result from a multi-step coordinated, synchronized process that is the result of a GOC-led (through the RCC), USAID-supported effort.

Illustrative CELI-Band Evolution Model

Nudo de Paramillo and Catatumbo Region Map

Geographical Focus

The geographical focus for this contract (see Nudo de Paramillo and Catatumbo Region Map) is the Northern Region of Colombia that includes the departments of Antioquia, Cordoba, Santander, Norte de Santander, Bolivar and Cesar and the southern region of Colombia that includes the departments of Narino and Putumayo.

Throughout the life of the CELI-Northern & Southern contract, the Contracting Officer may direct the Contractor to work within any of the departments defined within the Northern and Southern Regions that support the U.S. Embassy‘s Colombia Strategic Development Initiative (CSDI) based on priority municipalities established under CSDI. Within the Northern Region, the Contractor shall expect to focus the majority of its efforts and contract resources on two priority CSDI Zones—Nudo de Paramillo (Bajo Cauca Antiqueno and Southern Cordoba) and Catatumbo (northern Norte de Santander). Within the Southern Region, the Contractor shall expect to focus the majority of its efforts and contract resources in three priority regions within the two departments. Unless otherwise specifically directed by the Contracting Officer, the Contractor will not undertake activities outside these CSDI priority areas.

The CELI-Northern & Southern contract will support the GOC‘s PNC activities for the CSDI Northern and Southern Regions.

Northern Region

The Northern Region is vital to U.S. interests both because of its significant role in the production and trafficking of drugs and the presence of illegal armed actors including the FARC, ELN and emerging criminal bands. Starting less than one hundred kilometers north of Medellin, the region remains an intransigent pocket in the middle of the country with little governance, extremely difficult topography and minimal tertiary infrastructure. The northern region accounts for approximately 20% of Colombia‘s coca, has a 40% replanting rate and is a key trafficking corridor from Venezuela to Panama. Due to these challenges, the Nudo de Paramillo is one of two regions the GOC is targeting for zero coca. The Contractor will focus initial efforts in the Nudo de Paramillo—a region that straddles southern Cordoba and Northern Anitoquia (also known as Bajo Cauca Antiqueno). Both of these coordination centers have defined a strategy based on the following lines of work: 1) security and justice, 2) social development 3) economic growth 4) institutional development 5) access to property and 6) communications. The following 14 municipalities in Nudo de Paramillo will be the initial focus for the CELI-Northern & Southern contract: Antioquia/Bajo Cauca includes Anori, Briceño, Caceres, Caucasia, El Bagre, Ituango, Nechi, Taraza, Valdivia, and Zaragoza; Cordoba includes Montelibano, Puerto Libertador, Tierra Alta, and Valencia.

The other principal region is Catatumbo (northern Norte de Santander). However, this region still does not have a definitive prioritization from the U.S. MilGroup or the Narcotics Affairs Section, and the CELI- Northern & Southern Contractor will not begin working in this zone until the second year of programming. The 10 municipalities in Catatumbo that will follow in year 2 are Abrego, Convencion, El Carmen, El Tarra, Hacari, La Playa, Ocaña, San Calixto, Teorama, Tibu.

The 14 municipalities of the Nudo de Paramillo region cover approximately 23,000 square kilometers.

Approximately 575,000 people live in mostly rural areas, with the exception of a few notable peri-urban centers3. The Nudo de Paramillo region is comprised of two RCCs in Caucasia (Bajo Cauca) and Monteria (southern Cordoba), which will operate separately, but coordinate and share a regional vision. Both RCCs are active including: security mapping and coordination with military and police counterparts; the coordination with USAID (existing USAID activities under the ADAM4, MIDAS5, Cimientos and IOM6 programs) and department-led productive projects; and prioritization of 2010 GOC eradication efforts. However, both RCCs

3 DANE 2009 Population projections: http://www.dane.gov.co/daneweb_V09/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=75&Itemid=72 4 ADAM: Alternative Development at the Municipal Level 5 MIDAS: More Investment for Alternative Development 6 OIM: International Organization for Migration http://www.dane.gov.co/daneweb_V09/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=75&Itemid=72 are in the nascent stages of planning and coordinating a robust consolidation plan. Some USAID interventions are being implemented explicitly as ‗bridging‘ activities until the award of this contract and will need to be taken into account, as appropriate, under the new contract. Both departments, though particularly the Department of Antioquia, are taking active roles in RCC leadership and planning including the designation of staff and resources. USAID does not plan to have the Contractor directly support the salaries or infrastructure of the RCCs, though this does remain an option.

The region is faced with what is often called a ‗curse of resources‘: the suboptimal combination of resources (i.e., gold mining, exceptionally productive agricultural soils, illegal forestation, cattle and coca) fueling the illicit economy and inequitable economic growth in the absence of effective and transparent governance in the management and execution of these resources. In particular, the Contractor will need to focus on the interconnection of extremely lucrative illegal mining, coca cultivation, and trafficking. Beyond its role in the illicit economy of the region, illegal gold mining is also a serious environmental issue in the region. Citizen confidence in the GOC is extremely low—including confidence in the police, and there is an extremely weak respect for social norms in the zone. In addition, the region suffers from a massive IDP problem and continuing difficulties in the demobilization process—including the recruitment of child soldiers. Violence continues to represent a serious issue, with parts of Bajo Cauca experiencing some of the highest per capita homicide rates in the world. The region has weak education and health services with some areas having nearly 50% illiteracy rates. The region is also marked by extremely poor access to credit and land titling, both in terms of formalization of titles and IDP restitution. The Contractor shall work in partnership with the new USAID policy instrument to undertake and implement land titling pilots and programs. There is also a significant indigenous presence in southern Cordoba that will require a differentiated approach within the overall consolidation effort. Unsurprisingly, the combination of problems has stifled the development of a viable civil society.

The largely unmonitored Paramillo National Park includes 460,000 hectares and is located between the departments of Antioquia and Cordoba and faces extreme pressure from illicit crops. The fauna of the park is as diverse as its landscapes that range from the largest tropical rainforest of the northern part of the country to a well preserved paramo. Most of the area is comprised of steep mountains. The park overlaps the Yaberaradó Indigneous Reservation (approximately 5,000 hectares of overlap), the Alto Sinú (an overlap of 103,510 hectares), and Quebrada Cañaveral (approximately 700 hectares of overlap). This means approximately 24% of the total area of the park is indigenous lands. The nearly 440 Indian families, the Embera-Katío, who live in the overlapping reservations in the park base their economy primarily on agriculture and practice, to a lesser degree, hunting, fishing, and gathering. Another group within the protected area is represented by settlements of farmers, some 1,672 families, spread along the river basins. They have an impact upon the park‘s resources and environmental goods and services.

USAID investment since 2001 totals more than $18 million in alternative development, governance, justice, human rights, IDP and demobilization projects that include this region. There are other actors in the region such as United Nations Office of Drugs Control (UNODC), Organization of American States (OEA-MAP) project and several other local NGOs (e.g., Fundacion Codesarrollo, Fundación San Isidro, and Fundación Oleoductos amongst others.

Catatumbo (Norte de Santander: Abrego, Convención, Hacari, Ocaña, Teorama, Tibu, El Carmen, San Calixto, La Playa and El Tarra)

The Catatumbo region comprises 10 municipalities covering approximately 10,000 square kilometers.

Approximately 206,000 people live in mostly rural areas, with the exception of a few notable peri-urban centers7.

Its largely porous border with Venezuela is 250 kilometers (105 miles) long. Catatumbo can be described as containing two distinct regions: eastern Catatumbo contains the eastern plains, principally Tibú municipality, 7 DANE 2009 Population projections: http://www.dane.gov.co/daneweb_V09/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=75&Itemid=72 http://www.dane.gov.co/daneweb_V09/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=75&Itemid=72 whose social and economic market center is the departmental capital of Cúcuta; and Western Catatumbo, often called Alto (Upper) Catatumbo, comprises the western hills, part of the historic ―Provincia de Ocaña.‖ Western Catatumbo includes La Playa, El Carmen, Convención, Teorama, San Calixto, Hacarí, and most of El Tarra municipalities. Ocaña town is its social and market center.

The Catatumbo region is a secondary consolidation zone in which the GOC has not fully invested yet. A Regional Coordination Center (RCC) does not yet exist in the region, but a civilian coordinator has been assigned. Consolidation is progressing slowly, with rural electrification the flagship project. The selected Contractor shall support and coordinate significantly with the RCC once it is established. The Contractor would not be expected to initially begin program implementation in this region. This decision shall be made in coordination with USAID.

Although this region has seen increased army brigades and police presence, security and public order remains a primary concern with the lingering presence of FARC, ex-AUC and illegal armed groups which continue to engage in violence and narco-trafficking. The Catatumbo region is of political and strategic importance to these groups as a coca-growing region and due to its strategic location: a border with Venezuela, strategic corridors that connect the eastern part of the country with the northern part of the country, and the proximity of Serrania del Perija that connect it to the Departments of La Guajira, Bolivar and Cesar.

Despite the availability of natural resource royalties due to the Caño Limon-Coveñas oil pipeline and the existence of carbon, gold, marble and limestone mines, there has been inadequate private investment in this region. Although coca cultivation has decreased over the last decade due in part to aerial spray campaigns, this continues to be a problem. Like most of Colombia, urban areas in the Catatumbo receive the most financial and political attention while more rural areas remain neglected in terms of infrastructure and social service delivery. Limited access to credit and weak infrastructure impede licit crop cultivation. Thus, reinforcing local governance and providing alternative income opportunities in the agricultural sector (i.e.

cacao, pineapple) are key strategies towards developing the Catatumbo region.

Other actors in the region include the European Union financed Peace Laboratories and ongoing USAID projects of Cimientos- Regional Governance Consolidation Program, MIDAS alternative development projects, and IOM projects with Internally Displaced People.

The Catatumbo-Bari Natural National Park includes 158,125 hectares and is located in the municipalities of Convención, El Carmen, El Tarra, Tibú and Teorama, in the North of Santander department, on the Eastern Cordillera of the Andean Region of Colombia. The Park includes tropical forest, jungle and cloud forest ecosystems. It is connected with the Venezuelan natural Park Sierra de Perijá. The Park is bathed by the Catatumbo, El Indio, Loro, Korro Moky, Suroeste-Ikubok, Río de Oro and Brandy river basins. Currently the indigenous groups are distributed in two reservations or Resguardos, Motilón Barí (108,900 hectares) and Catalaura-La Gabarra (13,300 hectares) distributed in 23 population centers, of which Irocobingcaira, Ishtoda and Beboquira are located outside the Resguardos. There is an estimated 3,129 Bari indigenous community members who inhabit the Resguardo area, distributed in 417 families8. Other population groups located within the protected area are the settlers of the Culebritas sector (municipality of El Carmen, adjacent to the Korroncaira indigenous community). The greatest settler pressure on the park is on the southern border. The park also faces pressure from illicit crops.

Southern Region

The Southern Region is vital to U.S. interests both because of its significant role in the production and trafficking of drugs and the presence of illegal armed actors including the FARC, ELN and emerging criminal

8[1] and [10] Galindo, Robinson; Parque Naturales Nacionales de Colombia - ―Resumen Ejecutivo Plan de Manejo PNN Catatumbo Bari‖; Tibú (Norte de Santander); 2006; Página 5.

bands. From Colombia‘s south-west Pacific coastline to the Amazon jungle, the region forms Colombia‘s entire border with Ecuador and much of that with Peru. The region remains an intransigent pocket, remote and isolated with little governance, extremely difficult topography and minimal tertiary infrastructure. In 2009, the departments of Nariño and Putumayo account for approximately 30% of Colombia‘s coca. Nariño alone possesses four of the top 10 coca producing municipalities in all of Colombia. The region is a key trafficking corridor with the Amazon and Caqueta Departments to the Pacific and Ecuador. Due to these challenges, western Nariño and Putumayo have historically received the attention of aerial spray and manual eradication programs. The Contractor will focus initial efforts in Western Nariño; a region accessible only by one main road comprised of a mix of Afro-Colombian consejos and Indigenous reservations with significant security considerations.

The other principal regions within the band are the Nariño Cordillera and the Putumayo Border Region. Narino Cordillera is comprised of four municipalities in northern Nariño, two of which have recently benefited from a local alternative development initiative named Si se Puede, piloted by the Governor. The Contractor will work to collaborate with this and other local government initiatives where they exist within the region. The Putumayo Border Region still does not have a definitive prioritization from the U.S. MilGroup or the Narcotics Affairs Section. Further, the current Governor is under arrest. The lack of a strong local counterpart has resulted in Putumayo lagging behind in PNC planning and coordination.

The Colombian-Ecuadorian border region is important for Colombia for its dynamic economy and permanent cross-border flow of population. In spite of its geographic, economic and strategic value, historically is has not received adequate attention from the central government. Only since the 80s has Colombia recognized the need to actively integrate border areas into the rest of the country. Nevertheless, most border areas continue to be isolated, underserved, under developed and with weak state presence. The Colombian-Ecuadorian border is 586 km, an extension of more than 56,000 Km2 (5% of total area of the country), and encompasses three different regions: the Pacific plains, the Andean Subregion and Putumayo. It possesses valuable resources including minerals (gold), oil, and hydroelectric resources. The main economic centers are Ipiales in Colombia, and Tulcán in Ecuador. Traditionally, there has been strong economic, social and political cooperation between both countries including efforts for implementing integrated border development activities, but this scenario dramatically changed during the 90‘s associated with the increase in illicit crops cultivation, narco-trafficking, and the presence of illegal armed groups. The development and integration of this border region is key for the GOC not only because of presence of valuable natural resources, the dynamic flow of people and goods, the presence of bi-national indigenous groups, the interest of USAID/Ecuador in prioritizing the development of this region, also because of the last eight years of Plan Colombia efforts to combat narco-trafficking, illegally armed groups, sustain peace and security, reduce illicit crop cultivation and promote a culture of legality.

Additionally, the presence of numerous indigenous groups dramatically affects not only by the precarious socio-economic conditions in the region, but the conflict which has put some of them at risk of extinction, displacement, confinement within their territories, conflict over the traditional collective lands, conflict with local governments and authorities and presence of macro-projects.

A current list of priorities includes 15 municipalities within the two departments of Narino and Putumayo, from which the phased selection of CELI-Southern municipalities will be undertaken initially based on PNC and RCC readiness, as well as the security climate.

NARINO PNC MUNICIPATLITIES

Region 1 - Western Narino (TUMACO, BARBACOAS, SAMANIEGO, RICAURTE, OLAYA HERRERA) Region 2 - Narino Cordillera (LEIVA, EL ROSARIO, CUMBITARA, POLICARPA)

Nariño Map

PUTUMAYO PNC MUNICIPATLITIES

Region 3 - Putumayo Border Region: VALLE DEL GUAMUEZ, SAN MIGUEL, PUERTO ASIS, PUERTO

LEGUIZAMO, ORITO, PUERGTO GUZMAN)

Putumayo Map

Democracy and Human Rights

Although the human rights situation has improved, demonstrated by the drop in homicides, kidnappings, and massacres, the conflict continues to be the cause of significant human rights violations in the region. Afro- Colombian and indigenous communities continue to be disproportionately affected by the conflict. Impunity is a paramount concern with many human rights violations going unresolved.