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SOL-514-13-000001

Evaluation and Analysis for Learning (EVAL) Project

Date Issued: November 23, 2012 Questions Due date and time: December 7, 2012, 3:00 P.M. (Local Colombian Time) Closing Date and time: January 9, 2012 3:00 P.M. (Local Colombian Time)

Subject: SOL-514-13-000001 - Evaluation and Analysis for Learning

(EVAL) Project

To All Prospective Offerors:

The United States Government, represented by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is seeking to obtain technical and advisory services in performing evaluations of its development activities in Colombia.

USAID/Colombia anticipates awarding a cost reimbursement completion-type contract as a result of this solicitation, covering an estimated period of five (5) years, subject to availability of funds and satisfactory performance. The estimated cost range for this procurement is $9 million to $13 million. Offerors must propose costs that they believe are realistic and reasonable for the work described herein

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). All types of organizations are eligible to compete. If your organization decides to submit a proposal in response to this solicitation, it must be submitted in accordance with Section L of this RFP.

Offerors must also carefully review Section M - Evaluation Factors for Award. Sections B through I of the solicitation will become a substantive part of the anticipated contract with blanks to be completed by the Contracting Officer upon award. Section K - Representations, Certifications and Acknowledgements must be filled out in full. It is the responsibility of the recipient of this solicitation to ensure that the solicitation has been received from the FBO page in its entirety. USAID bears no responsibility for data errors resulting from download or conversion processes.

Under this solicitation, USAID encourages the participation to the maximum extent possible of small business concerns, veteran owned small businesses, service-disabled veteran small businesses, HUBZone small businesses, small disadvantaged businesses, and women-owned small businesses in this activity as the prime Contractor or as subcontractors. Additionally, in keeping with one of the Agency’s key focus areas of Implementation and Procurement reform, USAID highly encourages the participation of Colombian or regional organizations or consortia.

Exclusivity agreements with local organizations and individuals are strongly discouraged by

USAID.

An Interested Vendor List is not included in this solicitation. Offerors can register and use the Interested Vendor List (IVL) on the FBO page for consideration of teaming arrangements and/or small business subcontracting opportunities in response to this solicitation.

Proposals must be signed by an official who is authorized to bind the offeror’s organization.

Proposals must be submitted by the designated date and time indicated in Block 9 of the RFP cover page (Standard Form 33). Proposals received after the closing date and time will be

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

(Signature of Contracting Officer)

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11. TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Office of Acquisition and Assistance (OAA) USAID/Colombia Unit 3030 Box 5101

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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 CONTRACT BUDGET

B.5 FEE SCHEDULE

B.6 INDIRECT COST RATE ON OTHER DIRECT COSTS (ODC’S)

B.7 COST REIMBURSABLE

SECTION C - DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT

C.1 PURPOSE

C.2 BACKGROUND

C.3 TECHNICAL SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED

C.4 EXPECTED EVALUATIONS AND ASSESSMENTS

C.5 STAFFING

C.6 SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS

C.7 ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION

C.8 GEOGRAPHIC FOCUS

SECTION D - PACKAGING AND MARKING

D.1 AIDAR 752.7009 MARKING (JAN 1993)

D.2 BRANDING POLICY

D.3 BRANDING STRATEGY

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 REPORTS AND DELIVERABLES OR OUTPUTS

F.4 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

F.5 PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

F.6 KEY PERSONNEL

F.7 TECHNICAL DIRECTION AND DESIGNATION OF RESPONSIBLE USAID

OFFICIALS

F.8 AUTHORIZED WORK DAY / WEEK

F.9 752.242-70 PERIODIC PROGRESS REPORTS (OCT 2007)

SECTION G - CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA

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

G.2 ADMINISTRATIVE CONTRACTING OFFICE

G.3 CONTRACTING OFFICER’S REPRESENTATIVE (COR)

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 AND NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS (FEB 2012)

(CLASS DEVIATION NO. OAA-DEV-12-01C)

H.3 AIDAR 752.228-70 MEDICAL EVACUATION (MEDEVAC) SERVICES (JULY 2007) ... 41

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 (JULY 2007)

H.7 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR PERSONNEL COMPENSATION

H.8 AUTHORIZED GEOGRAPHIC CODE

H.9 LOGISTIC SUPPORT

H.10 LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS AND REPORTING

H.11 EXECUTIVE ORDER ON TERRORISM FINANCING (FEB 2002)

H.12 REPORTING OF FOREIGN TAXES (JULY 2007)

H.13 USAID DISABILITY POLICY - ACQUISITION (DECEMBER 2004)

H.14 AIDAR 752.7032 INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL APPROVAL AND NOTIFICATION

REQUIREMENTS (JAN 1990)

H.15 ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION OF DOCUMENTS

H.16 SECURITY CONDITIONS

H.17 SECURITY PROTOCOL

H.18 SECURITY REPORTING

H.19 LIFE SUPPORT AND SECURITY SERVICES

H.20 OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT

H.21 PROHIBITION OF ASSISTANCE TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT FORCES IN

COLOMBIA

H.22 SUBCONTRACTING PLAN AND THE SF 294 – SUBCONTRACTING REPORT

FOR INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTS AND SF 295 – SUMMARY CONTRACTING

REPORT

H.23 PUBLICATIONS AND MEDIA RELEASES (JAN 2004)

H.24 PROHIBITION OF ASSISTANCE TO DRUG TRAFFICKERS

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 AIDAR 752.228-3 WORKER’S COMPENSATION INSURANCE (DEFENSE BASE

ACT)

H.28 INSURANCE AND SERVICES

H.29 AIDAR 722.170 EMPLOYMENT OF THIRD COUNTRY NATIONALS (TCN’S) AND

COOPERATING COUNTRY NATIONALS (CCN’S)

H.30 NONEXPENDABLE PROPERTY PURCHASES AND INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES

H.31 GOVERNMENT FURNISHED FACILITIES OR PROPERTY

H.32 USAID IMPLEMENTATION OF SECTION 508 OF THE REHABILITATION ACT OF

1973 AND FEDERAL ACQUISITION CIRCULAR (FAC) 97-27 "ELECTRONIC AND

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACCESSIBILITY

H.33 CONSENT TO SUBCONTRACT

H.34 CONFLICT OF INTEREST

H.35 GENDER CONSIDERATION

H.36 TRANSITION OF KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

H.37 AIDAR 752.7032 INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL APPROVAL AND NOTIFICATION

REQUIREMENTS AND AIDAR 752.7027 PERSONNEL

H.38 PERSONAL IDENTITY VERIFICATION OF CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL

(JULY 2007)

H.39 HOMELAND SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVE-12 (HSPD-12)

(SEPTEMBER 2006)

H.40 STANDARDS OF CONDUCT -- IMPROPER BUSINESS PRACTICES

H.41 FOREIGN GOVERNMENT DELEGATIONS TO INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES .. 62

H.42 NONDISCRIMINATION (JUNE 2012)

PART II - CONTRACT CLAUSES

SECTION I - CONTRACT CLAUSES

I.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

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

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

I.3 FAR 52.209–9 UPDATES OF PUBLICLY AVAILABLE INFORMATION REGARDING

RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS. (JAN 2011)

I.4 AIDAR 752.4101 VOLUNTARY POPULATION PLANNING ACTIVITIES (JUN 2008) ... 67

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

I.6 FAR 52.232-99 PROVIDING ACCELARATED PAYMENT TO SMALL BUSINESS

SUBCONTRACTORS (DEVIATION) (AUG 2012)

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 FAR 52.204-8 ANNUAL REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS (MAY 2012) . 70

K.3 FAR 52.209-5 CERTIFICATION REGARDING RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS

(APR 2010)

K.4 FAR 52.209-7 INFORMATION REGARDING RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS

(FEB 2012)

K.5 FAR 52.230-1 COST ACCOUNTING STANDARDS NOTICES AND CERTIFICATION

(OCTOBER 2008)

K.6 FAR 52.230-7 PROPOSAL DISCLOSURE--COST ACCOUNTING PRACTICE

CHANGES (APR 2005)

K.7 FAR 52.222-21 PROHIBITION OF SEGREGATED FACILITIES (FEB 1999)

K.8 INSURANCE - IMMUNITY FROM TORT LIABILITY

K.9 SIGNATURE

SECTION L - INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS, AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS

L.1 NOTICE LISTING SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY

REFERENCE

L.2 FAR 52.252-1 SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

(FEB 1998)

L.3 FAR 52.215-20 REQUIREMENTS FOR COST OR PRICING DATA OR

INFORMATION OTHER THAN COST OR PRICING DATA - ALTERNATE IV

(OCT 2010)

L.4 FAR 52.216-1 TYPE OF CONTRACT (APR 1984)

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

L.6 EXPLANATION TO PROSPECTIVE OFFERORS

L.7 GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS

L.8 PROPOSAL FORMAT AND CONTENT

L.9 INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE TECHNICAL PROPOSAL

L.10 INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE COST/BUSINESS PROPOSAL . 90

L.11 BRANDING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND MARKING PLAN

SECTION M - EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD

M.1 NOTICE LISTING SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY

REFERENCE

M.2 GENERAL INFORMATION

M.3 EVALUATION FACTORS

M.4 COST PROPOSAL EVALUATIONS

M.5 SOURCE SELECTION

M.6 DETERMINATION OF COMPETITIVE RANGE

EXHIBITS/ATTACHMENTS

EXHIBIT 1

EXHIBIT 2

EXHIBIT 3

EXHIBIT 4

ATTACHMENT 1

ATTACHMENT 2

ATTACHMENT 3: E-file ATTACHMENT 4: E-file ATTACHMENT 5: E-file

PART I - THE SCHEDULE

SECTION B - SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICE/COSTS

B.1 PURPOSE

The purpose of this contract is to obtain technical and advisory services for the evaluation of USAID/Colombia programmatic activities. This includes assisting with the designing and implementation of both quantitative and qualitative evaluation studies and assessments as well as providing evaluation technical assistance for USAID/Colombia development programs.

These efforts will facilitate informed program management decisions, shape the longer-term strategic direction of programs and decision-making within the Mission, and enable USAID/Colombia to comply with USAID’s Evaluation Policy.

The Contractor will provide USAID/Colombia with technical and advisory services to design and implement: performance evaluations, impact evaluations, assessments and other analysis and components of evaluations (e.g. baselines, cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness assessments).

These qualitative and/or quantitative evaluations and assessments may be at the country, DO, program, project, area/component, and/or activity-level.

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 ________.

B.4 CONTRACT BUDGET

[TO BE COMPLETED UPON AWARD]

CLIN

No CLIN Description Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5

001 Impact Evaluations 002 Performance Evaluations 003 Sector and Cross-Cutting Assessments 004 Fixed Fee

Total CPFF

B.5 FEE SCHEDULE

Pursuant to FAR 16.306(d), the fixed fee payable under this contract will be tied to the Completion of the reports and deliverables specified in Section F.3 of this contract and in accordance with approved Fee Schedule below (if any).

[TBD UPON AWARD]

B.6 INDIRECT COST RATE ON OTHER DIRECT COSTS (ODC’s)

Establishment of Indirect Cost Rate for ODC’s

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

Description Rate Base Type Period G&A on ODC’s % 1/ 1/ 1/

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:

Note 1: Contractors are allowed to recover applicable indirect costs (i.e., overhead, G&A, etc.)

on other direct costs (ODC’s), if it is part of the contractor's usual accounting procedures, consistent with FAR Part 31, and Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement (NICRA).

Note 2: While Subcontractor indirect rates are not incorporated above, subcontractor indirect cost rates as indicated in Note 1 above may be included in contract proposals and are subject to approval of the cognizant CO in accordance with FAR 52.244-2, Subcontracts.

B.7 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 (DEC 2002), FAR 52.216-8, Fixed Fee (MAR 1997), if applicable, and AIDAR 752.7003, Documentation for Payment (NOV 1998).

In addition, the requirement and conditions concerning estimated cost and funding apply as detailed in FAR 52.232-22, Limitation of Funds (APR 1984).

[END OF SECTION B]

SECTION C - DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT

C.1 PURPOSE

The purpose of this contract is to provide USAID/Colombia with technical and advisory services for evaluation activities at the mission (operating unit) level. This includes designing and implementing both quantitative and qualitative evaluation studies and assessments as well as providing evaluation technical assistance for USAID/Colombia development programs. These efforts will facilitate informed program management decisions, shape the longer-term strategic direction of programs and decision-making within the Mission, and enable USAID/Colombia to comply with USAID’s Evaluation Policy.

C.2 BACKGROUND

Drawing on lessons learned from Plan Colombia, in recent years USAID has focused its strategy to be more engaged with the Government of Colombia (GOC) and prioritized parts of the country that are strategically critical to ending the armed conflict. The following summary of Mission Development Objectives (DOs) provides context and a brief overall review of the scope and variety of activities underway in Colombia, which should be taken into account by the Offeror when developing their proposal.

DO 1: Licit Livelihoods in Targeted Geographic Regions Expanded The Colombia Strategic Development Initiative (CSDI) is a USG interagency effort to assist the GOC to transition definitively out of conflict and put an end to illicit activities particularly cultivation, processing and trafficking of illegal narcotics. Achievement of these two objectives requires that the GOC gain effective control over the entirety of its territory and particularly over large sections of the country where the constitutional government has been unable or unwilling to establish a permanent state presence and exert full authority including extension of the rule of the law. USAID programs under this DO constitute a major contribution to the broader USG interagency CSDI effort, the overall objective of which is to assist Colombia to implement its National Consolidation Plan. USAID programs support expansion of GOC state presence and authority in priority geographic areas, and assist national and sub-national government entities to effectively implement key national policies and programs to address root causes of conflict.

This assistance includes short- and long-term income-generating activities, efforts to increase community cohesion and civic values, and support to local governments to build their capacities to effectively respond to the needs of their constituents by delivering basic services and guaranteeing formal land tenure and effective return of property rights to those affected by conflict. Consolidation’s goal is to put in place the capacity for small producers and municipal governments to be able to replicate the approach without USAID assistance.

DO 2: Conditions of Targeted Vulnerable Populations Improved DO2 will facilitate improved conditions for targeted vulnerable populations that have been historically marginalized and conflict-affected in Colombia. A critical tenet of this strategy is support to the GOC’s renewed commitment to victims of armed conflict through the Victims Law.

The Victims Law mandates the restoration of the rights of Colombia’s conflict victims through specialized assistance programs, including psychosocial and physical rehabilitation. It also includes transitional justice programs to provide reparations and advance truth and historical memory of the conflict. A second tenet of DO2 is reducing the impact of illegal armed groups (IAGs) in targeted communities through community reintegration programs for demobilized ex-combatants and the prevention of recruitment of children. Should the GOC successfully engage in peace processes with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the National

Liberation Army (ELN) or other IAGs, USAID will support that process through DO2. The final tenet of DO2 is empowerment of ethnic minorities for greater socioeconomic and political inclusion through interventions to improve their livelihoods, strengthen governance of their territories, and increase respect for ethnic and cultural diversity.

DO 3: Strengthened Democratic and Economic Governance and Respect for Human Rights DO 3 is focused on strengthening democratic and economic governance, increasing access to justice, fostering greater political participation and more transparent elections, implementing effective public policies, strengthening labor unions, and promoting human rights. While notable advances have been achieved in these areas in the past several years, this DO seeks to further consolidate progress and align many efforts in support of Colombia Strategic Development Initiative (CSDI) which, in turn, supports the GOC’s National Consolidation Plan. This requires work at both the national level and in the regions. This DO directly contributes to the Mission’s overall goal of improving economic and social conditions of vulnerable Colombians with effective rights-based institutional presence.

DO 4: Threats to Biodiversity Reduced and Impacts from Climate Change Decreased More than 40% of Colombia’s territory has been declared an environmentally-protected area, including national parks, indigenous reservations, and Afro-Colombian collective lands. Natural resource-based livelihoods are a way of life for many vulnerable communities that live in and around Colombia’s sensitive or protected ecosystems. These livelihoods and ecosystem conservation are both threatened by agents of environmental change, including deforestation, habitat conversion, overexploitation, invasive species, climate change, narco-trafficking, violence, and armed conflict. DO 4 works to eliminate or reduce the negative impacts on Colombia’s biodiversity and ecosystem by using a “threats-based” approach to support the GOC. Under this approach, USAID works with the GOC, regional and local environmental institutions, and communities to do the following: strengthen environmental governance for the conservation of protected areas and ethnic territories; preserve, restore, or improve ecosystem services; ensure the environmental sustainability of natural resource-based livelihoods; mitigate or adapt to long-term impacts of climate change; and promote the use of renewable and clean energy.

C.3 TECHNICAL SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED

The Contractor will provide USAID/Colombia with technical and advisory services to design and implement: performance evaluations1, impact evaluations2, assessments3 and other analyses and components of evaluations (e.g. baselines, cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness assessments). These qualitative and/or quantitative evaluations and assessments may be at the country, DO, program, project, area/component, and/or activity-level. USAID/Colombia has identified a preliminary list of evaluation studies, which are summarized below. Planned evaluations may be modified in the future due to USAID/Colombia's senior management request, funding changes, changes in the Mission’s Performance Management Plan or evaluation agenda, or USAID decisions to perform joint evaluations and assessments with other donors. USAID will confirm scheduled evaluations through the Contractor’s annual workplan.

While assessments and other analyses will be conducted under this contract, the majority of tasks will be evaluations. USAID/Colombia uses evaluations as part of the planning and management of development assistance. Evaluations are used to assess strategic and program results (per ADS Chapter 203) in order to do the following:

1 Performance evaluations focus on what a particular project or program has achieved (either at an intermediate point or at the conclusion); how it is being implemented; how it is perceived; whether expected results are occurring; and other questions pertinent to program design, management and decision making. Performance evaluations often incorporate before-after comparisons, but generally lack a rigorously defined counterfactual.

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

3 Assessments provide a comprehensive review of activities (conducted by USAID, host governments or other institution) in a given development sector of a specific country or region and the institutional, environmental, and policy context in which these activities occur. Assessments highlight issues prevailing in the sector and identify possible approaches to address these issues.

Assessments inform the strategy design and revision process of donors and host country partners. Evaluation is distinct from assessment.

1. Inform new program and activity design;

2. Assess why unexpected progress, either positive or negative, is occurring;

3. Determine if the activity is achieving the intended results and identify needed mid-project corrections (mid-term or formative evaluation4);

4. Re-examine or test the validity of hypotheses and assumptions embedded in strategic plans and results frameworks;

5. Determine whether the needs of intended customers are being served;

6. Identify, probe, and understand positive and negative unintended consequences or impacts of assistance programs;

7. Determine whether conditions for sustainability exist;

8. Conduct final and/or impact evaluations to determine the results achieved, and;

9. Distill lessons learned, which may be useful elsewhere in the Agency.

The contract will require the following kinds of work:

1. Desk studies;

2. Background research and analytic expertise to plan and implement evaluations, assessments, analyses, and related results-oriented program planning;

3. Implementation planning, including team planning meetings, and research and sample designs for proposed studies;

4. Formative evaluations4 of program and project implementation and summative evaluations5 of program and project results (including experimental and quasi experimental designs and case studies) requiring primary data collection in the field;

5. Drafting, revising, editing, and preparing for publication (in both English and Spanish) evaluation reports, impact evaluations, meta-evaluations, syntheses, and other publications related to evaluations, assessments, and analyses;

6. Logistical and administrative support for field evaluations, assessments, and analyses;

7. Personnel to organize and implement workshops and seminars to disseminate study findings;

8. Provide input, as needed, to tools developed by the Mission and uploaded into Monitor, USAID Colombia’s automated environmental compliance management system, such as the Evaluation Tracker, in order to ensure results dissemination and recommendation implementation;

9. Create, conduct, and analyze national or regional level population surveys of direct and indirect beneficiaries and control groups; includes use of list experiments to provide estimates pertaining to sensitive questions;

10. Cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis; and

11. Will include conducting mid-term and final evaluation surveys, as well as producing final reports for major evaluations that have baseline studies completed.

4 Formative evaluations take place during the course of project or program implementation and generally focus on improvements in the management or substance of interventions that can take place during implementation.

5 Summative evaluations generally take place towards the end or after program or project implementation and focus on assessing the outcomes and impact of programs and projects as a basis for future improvements and lessons learned.

The Contractor will provide all necessary logistical support, including travel arrangements (with required USAID clearances), meeting and interview arrangements, computer support5, team planning facilitation, and report editing and dissemination.

The Contractor is also required to provide central management and oversight of the evaluation activities awarded under the contract. The Advisor will be the individual bearing primary responsibility for technical aspects of contract performance.

C.4 EXPECTED EVALUATIONS AND ASSESSMENTS

I. Impact Evaluations

The contractor is required to conduct the following impact evaluations of USAID assistance under each Development Objective (DO). Impact evaluations will construct a counterfactual case of what would have occurred in the absence of USAID intervention. Tasks for impact evaluations will include but are not limited to the design of the evaluation approach, including the design of the counterfactual, collection of baseline data, reconstruction of baseline information (in the event a baseline was not collected for an activity), mid-term and final data collection, analysis and dissemination of results. All evaluation designs must be approved by the USAID/Colombia COR. The USAID/Colombia COR will share evaluation designs with country-level stakeholders and implementing partners before approval.

Colombia Strategic Development Initiative (CSDI) Mid-Term Due: Nov 2014 Final Due: Aug 2016 Duration: 2010-2016 Total Project Estimated Investment: $235 million Objective: Civilian Government Presence in CSDI Zones Consolidated

Background: The USAID/Colombia strategy for 2010 to 2014 supports the Government of Colombia’s (GOC) National Consolidation Plan (PNC), which focuses on priority municipalities in rural zones that have been most affected by the armed conflict and illicit economic activities, and where the presence of the State in terms of security, services, and participation is particularly weak. The PNC seeks to restore State presence in these areas and improve living conditions through a consolidation process. USAID (and other agencies of the U.S. Government present in Colombia) will implement the U.S. Embassy Colombia Strategic Development Initiative (CSDI) through collaboration with the GOC consolidation activities in priority rural municipalities in four of these zones – Montes de Maria (in the departments of Bolivar and Sucre), the Central Zone (departments of Tolima and Meta), the northern zone (Cordoba and Antioquia), and the southern zone (Nariño and Caquetá). This impact evaluation focuses on USAID programs in these four CSDI zones. Currently a baseline analysis is being conducted, which is expected to be completed by March 2013. The baseline phase includes over 20,000 surveys of direct beneficiaries, indirect beneficiaries, and control groups, and is expected to provide deep insight into a wide array of social issues, including levels of illicit livelihoods, influence by illegal armed groups, government investments, citizen participation, social capital, perceptions and confidence in the government, land-related conflict, and economic and food security conditions.

6 Computer support refers to the Contractor providing computers (laptops), software, central processing (statistical analysis) where needed, etc. for all staff working on delivery orders.

Afro-Colombian and Indigenous Program (ACIP) Mid-Term Due: Nov 2014 Final Due: Aug 2016 Duration: 2011-2016 Total Project Estimated Investment: $61 million Objective: Improve socio-economic conditions and governance capacity of targeted Afro- Colombian and indigenous communities.

Background: Citizen participation and engagement through the inclusion of ethnic minorities and disenfranchised persons is a priority in building foundations for a peaceful future in Colombia.

Afro-Colombians constitute approximately 11 percent of Colombia’s population of 45 million.

The Colombian government legally recognizes 82 indigenous communities, constituting 3.4 percent of the population. Both populations are among the most marginalized, disproportionately suffering from displacement, violence, previous massacres and the breakdown of traditional social structures and cultural identity. While not all Afro-Colombian and Indigenous populations in Colombia have been direct victims of the armed conflict, many are among the historically excluded and poor communities of Colombia.

The evaluation will measure the socio-economic improvements of ethnic minorities in Colombia, achieved as a result of activities implemented under the $61 million, five-year ACIP project. The implementation of the baseline is expected to be completed by the August 2013, and is expected to provide additional insights into the conditions and needs of these populations, and will help guide out-year programming.

Victims Program Due: July 2015 Duration: 2012-2015 Total Program Estimated Investment: $90 million Objectives: (1)To provide technical assistance to the GOC for the first three years of the implementation of the Victims’ Law to ensure that effective institutions, policies and systems at all levels—national, departmental and municipal—are established and operational. (2) To support victims at the local level to advocate, monitor and validate the GOC’s effective implementation of the Victims’ Law. (3) Implement activities directly with the GOC to continue activities prioritized under the Objective (1), the full Activity Description will be developed and implemented in FY2014.

Background: Colombia has over four million victims of conflict, the majority of which are internally displaced persons (IDP’s). In June 2011, the GOC passed the Victims’ Assistance and Reparation and Land Restitution Law (Victims’ Law), which responds to long-standing issues faced by the country’s conflict victims in a comprehensive, rights-based way. The Victims’ Law acknowledges that Colombia suffers from an internal armed conflict and addresses the causes and consequences of the conflict. To improve the conditions of conflict victims, OVP supports government socioeconomic assistance to victims of armed conflict, restore land tenure and property rights, and advance transitional justice processes.

Green House Gas Emissions (DO level) Due: Sept 2015 Duration: 2010-2015 Total Program Estimated Investment: $60 million

Objective: The GHG Emissions evaluation at DO level aims at evaluating the effectiveness of our climate change programs in terms of carbon emission reductions. In doing this, the contractor shall review all the activities by the environment team on climate change mitigation (including REDD+ projects), clean energy and LEDS (low emission development strategy). The contractor should produce a report highlighting the reductions achieved by each activity in terms of avoided tons of carbon released into the atmosphere as a result of the USAID activities. To achieve the objective, the contractor should engage with USAID partners (in Colombia as well as in the US), GOC institutions (emphasis on IDEAM -Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales de Colombia-, Ministry of Environment), local organizations including communities, when relevant.

Background: The USAID environment program supports: biodiversity, climate change-mitigation (REDD), and climate change – adaptation activities in the Choco and Caribbean regions, as well as in the pacific and amazon regions. It also supports energy efficiency, renewable energy in off-grid areas, and finance and regulation (barriers for renewable investment) to connect financing to industries interested in upgrading or converting facilities to more efficient production processes as well as new technologies such as methane capture and gasification. The program also assists the Government of Colombia in the cross-sectoral coordination of their Low Carbon Development planning and implementation.

Access to Justice (AJP) Mid-Term Due: Feb 2014 Final Due: Sept 2016 Duration: 2012-2016 Total Project Estimated Investment: $24 million Objective: Improved access to justice in conflict areas.

Background: The objectives of this nation-wide program are to: 1) promote greater access to justice primarily through the services offered by Justice Houses and alternate dispute resolution mechanisms, 2) provide support to institutions and organizations at the municipal level to assist in helping to meet the justice needs of women, and 3) support justice sector institutions to implement reforms that improve productivity and the quality of services delivered, especially where reforms have an impact on justice sector performance in consolidation regions.

Land and Livelihoods Project Mid-Term Due: Feb 2014 Final Due: Sept 2016 Duration: 2012-2016 Total Project Estimated Investment: $75 million

Objective: The overall goal of USAID’s proposed land and livelihood strategy is to support the GOC’s land and livelihoods initiative to address the needs of the victims of conflict and put an end to Colombia’s ongoing armed dispute over rights to control land and natural resources. The proposed strategy reflects USAID’s analysis that the broad contours of a transformative land and development policy framework have been effectively outlined by the GOC in a way that can resolve root causes and address major consequences of the internal conflict in Colombia.

Background: Current circumstances and political will provide a unique opportunity for USAID to catalyze potentially transformational change in Colombia. Over the past decade, Colombia has made remarkable progress towards transforming itself from a conflict-ravaged, fragile state to a stable, market-led democracy capable of assuming a vital regional leadership role and solidifying its status as a key US strategic partner. The US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement ratified in 2011 reflects the new direction that Colombia has set for itself. Despite progress achieved to date, Colombia’s transformation to a post-conflict country is neither complete nor irreversible. Sustained, strategically focused USAID support over the next five years can be instrumental in assisting the Government of Colombia to cross the threshold.

II. Performance Evaluations

The Contractor will be required to conduct the following mid-term and/or final performance evaluations of USAID projects. Tasks for performance evaluations may include but are not limited to the design of the evaluation approach, baseline reconstruction, data collection, analysis and dissemination of results. All evaluation designs must be approved by the USAID/Colombia COR.

Areas for Municipal-level Alternative Development (ADAM) Sustainability Assessment Due: May/June 2013 Duration: 2006-2010 Total Project Estimated Investment: $184 million Objective: Create licit economic opportunities, strengthen local government and develop infrastructure in some of the most vulnerable regions in Colombia.

Background: ADAM aimed to develop and implement a sustainable, market-driven alternative development program to promote eradication of coca and poppies where they exist, and as importantly, impede drug cultivation in rural areas that are vulnerable to, but still free of illicit crops. The ADAM strategy is based on the premise that the key to sustainable economic development is the creation of strong, effective linkages among the governmental institutions, markets, and local producers.

People-to-People Resolution of Land and Natural Resources Conflicts in Colombia

(PROTIERRA)

Due: May/June 2013 Duration: 2011-2013 Total Project Estimated Investment: $1.2 million Objective: Resolving land and natural resource conflicts

Background: The project seeks to provide o implement the “People-to-People Resolution of Land and Natural Resources Conflicts in Colombia” (PROTIERRA) program, aimed at resolving land and natural resource conflicts in in nearly 230,000 hectares of land benefiting over 20,000 Afro-Colombian and indigenous people. Mercy Corps’ approach combines the four dimensions of comprehensive conflict transformation (personal, relational, cultural and structural) to address factors that impede dialogue as a means for conflict resolution. The project is implemented in the region of Urabá and the Department of Quibdó.

Mental Health Conflict Victims Due: May/June 2013 Duration: 2010-2012 Total Project Estimated Investment: $1.1 million Objective: To help develop a model for the provision of mental health services to victims of conflict in rural areas. Target areas are Corregimiento Las Palomas, Municipality of Montería, Córdoba (Northern Colombia) and Viotá, Cundinamarca (Central Colombia).

Attention for Landmine Victims in Colombia Due: May/June 2013 Duration: 2008-2013 Total Project Estimated Investment: $4.3 million Objective: This program addresses the needs of victims of the conflict through the development of inclusive and integrated approaches to rehabilitation; support to socio-economic activities for victims of war; support to education and training activities for rehabilitation professionals. The program seeks to use local capacity and leverages involvement from the private sector. The main strategies to accomplish this goal are as follows:

• Provide medical and socio-economic assistance to landmine survivors, including income generation opportunities.

• Support the development of two new rehabilitation clinics in Nariño and Caquetá to strengthening emergency service provision

• Train prosthetic and orthotics technicians

• Improve attention to landmine survivors and PWDs through the promotion of policy initiatives.

BIO-REDD+

Due: Aug 2014 Duration: 2011-2014 Total Project Estimated Investment: $30 million Objective: Trough this activity USAID is supporting in biodiversity, climate change-mitigation (REDD), and climate change – adaptation activities in the Choco and Caribbean regions.

Background: The major goals of this program are the establishment of at least eight financed REDD+ projects in the pacific region (1.5 million hectares) with Afro-Colombian communities, as well as the carbon baseline for the pacific and amazon regions in support of Colombia’s regional REDD+ program. There are several sources of leveraged financing being used, one is a partnership with the Colombian government for productive projects ($3 million) and 2 MOUs signed with BNP Paribas ($5 million) and Bunge Emissions Group ($2 million). The latter two organizations are in the process of negotiating emissions purchase agreements with the communities under the USAID program.

Human Rights Program III Due: March 2015 Duration: 2012-2015 Total Project Estimated Investment: $21 million Objective: The main objectives of the third program phase are to: 1) support a culture of human rights, 2) prevent abuse and violations of human rights, and 3) provide meaningful and efficient responses to human rights violations once they have occurred.

III. Sector and Cross-Cutting Assessments

The Contractor will be required to conduct the following cross-cutting assessments to identify lessons learned and opportunities for enhancing performance.

Assessment of the Activities Implemented Through Local Systems Due: Sept 2015 Duration: 2011-2015

USAID is currently undergoing an agency-wide reform effort, known as USAID Forward:

Implementation and Procurement Reform. The objective of this effort is to implement activities through local systems, including the strengthening of local civil society and private sector capacity to improve aid effectiveness and sustainability. USAID/Colombia is implementing across its portfolio several modalities to use local systems and to strengthen capacity and the assessment will look at the capacity development efforts of selected projects across its portfolio.

The assessment will look at the best practices; cost-effectiveness and sustainability of approaches used, and will provide recommendations on how to improve capacity building efforts in a sustainable way.

Tropical Forestry and Biodiversity (FAA 118 and 119) Analyses Due: March 2014 Duration: 2011-2015 Analysis of the actions necessary in Colombia to achieve conservation and sustainable management of tropical forests and conserve biological diversity; and review the extent to which current or proposed USAID/Colombia actions meet those needs. For more info, review http://transition.usaid.gov/our_work/environment/biodiversity/118_119_analyses.html

Future Evaluation Activities In the next five years USAID/Colombia expects to have the need for approximately six additional evaluations (Impact and Performance) and/or assessment activities. Under this contract the Contractor will perform future activities to be determined as needed. As evaluation activities are identified, the contract’s work plan shall be updated to include the activity’s objectives, scope, methodology, and timeline.

C.5 STAFFING

I. Overall Staffing

The services under this contract require skills in evaluation research design (including quantitative impact evaluation methods, experimental and quasi experimental design, and qualitative methods); sampling methods; data collection, analysis, and synthesis; report writing, and planning for use and dissemination of evaluation findings. The contract will also require skills in innovative and state-of-the-art research designs and methods, participatory evaluations, cost-benefit and cost-effective evaluation methods. While work may focus on specific sectors (economic growth and agricultural development; land tenure and rural development;

environment and natural resources; democracy and governance; conflict mitigation and post conflict reconstruction, and humanitarian assistance), it may also cut across sector and technical areas.

The contractor shall establish a small core team of experts and support staff to effectively implement the Activity. All staff may be headquartered in Bogota, however, Key Personnel and staff must be available to travel throughout Colombia to attend to contract implementation tasks.

Rather than expanding the core team, the contractor is encouraged to maximize the use of Colombian organizations and experts to conduct activities that require an expansion beyond the capacity of the core team. It should be understood that the purpose of the use of local expertise is not just to achieve the tasks under each component, but to leave capacity to continue similar activities in Colombia. Therefore, the contractor will be expected to strengthen and not just use local capacity.

As work begins on individual evaluations, a team leader (external to USAID and the project implementers) for each evaluation will be identified by the contractor. All personnel working on a USAID evaluation must provide written disclosure of any conflict of interests.

II. Key Personnel Requirements

USAID has identified the Chief of Party and a Lead Evaluation Expert as Key Personnel for this contract. All Key Personnel are expected to have at a minimum the qualifications described here.

1. Chief of Party (COP)

The COP will be responsible for providing the vision and overall leadership to the team;

managing the Contractor’s technical assistance, training, and overall support; preparing and submitting reports requested by USAID; and coordinating USAID assistance with key counterparts.

The COP shall have principal responsibility for overall project management and technical operations to ensure that the project tasks are completed and the objectives of the project are successfully met. The COP will lead the Contractor’s team and serve as the primary point of contact with USAID with regard to day-to-day activity implementation and management matters relating to the contract. The COP will have overall responsibility for assuring that all assistance provided under the contract, whether by international or local experts/personnel, is technically sound and appropriate for the needs to be addressed; and for adequately managing and supervising the work of all experts/personnel provided under the contract.

The COP will be the primary point of contact for information on the progress and current status of all activities under the contract and will establish appropriate mechanisms to ensure that activity progress and specific implementation concerns are regularly and promptly reported.

The COP will manage the preparation and presentation of proposed implementation plans and all reports.

Minimum Qualifications:

• A Master’s Degree in social sciences, business management or other related discipline;

• At least ten years of progressively responsible management experience, with at least five leading project management teams. At least three of these years should be in Latin America;

• At least five years of experience in…