Attachment_1_Minimum_Indicators.pdf

Request for Proposal (RFP) SOL-674-15-000033 Southern Africa Trade and Investment Hub

ATTACHMENT 1 – Minimum Indicators

As stated in Section C, the scope of this contract is to improve trade between SADC member states and trade outside of the region with a focus on agricultural trade, international competitiveness, intra-regional and global trade, and food security in SADC.

This is a Performance-Based Statement of Work. As such, offerors must propose an approach which addresses the breadth of the interventions listed in Section C.3 (Scope), while meeting the technical evaluation criteria listed in Section M, and proposing specific, measurable targets and indicators for their proposed interventions. Targets for each indicator should be aggressive but achievable for the duration of the contract. Contractors should propose an approach that creates synergies across borders and follows a logical sequencing dependent upon the political will and needs of each country in the region, as well as the feasibility of the proposed interventions in each case. Not every country will have an intervention corresponding to each result due to its unique development challenges, but the overall approach should cover each of the result areas identified in Section C.4 (Results).

The following list of indicators is only the minimum required to meet the specific reporting requirements of the relevant Presidential Initiatives (FtF and Trade Africa).

Proposals must include the full range of applicable indicators based on their proposed interventions.

Type ID Indicator ACTE 1.1-21 Reduction in the number of days (time) required to trade good across borders and along corridors as a result of USG assistance ACTE 1.3-14 Value of international and intraregional traded goods, including agricultural products facilitated by the USG assistance.

ACTE 1.3-15 Number of buyer/seller linkages established in export capacity as a result of

USG assistance FTF 4.5.2 (35) Percent change in value of intra-regional trade in targeted agricultural commodities FTF 4.5.2(5) Number of farmers and others who have applied new technologies or management practices as a result of USG assistance

FTF 4.5.2(7) Number of individuals who have received USG supported short-term agricultural sector productivity or food security training

FTF 4.5.2(11) Number of food security private enterprises (for profit), producers organizations, water users associations, women's groups, trade and business associations, and community-based organizations (CBOs) receiving USG assistance

FTF 4.5.2(29) Value of agricultural and rural loans FTF 4.5.2(38) Value of new private sector investment in the agriculture sector or food chain leveraged by FTF implementation FTF 4.5.2(42) Number of private enterprises (for profit), producers organizations, water users associations, women's groups, trade and business associations, and community- based organizations (CBOs) that applied new technologies or

Request for Proposal (RFP) SOL-674-15-000033 Southern Africa Trade and Investment Hub management practices as a result of USG assistance FTF 4.5(10) Total increase in installed storage capacity (cubic meters) FTF 4.5.1(24) Numbers of policies completing the following processes/steps of development as a result of USG assistance in each case:

1. Analysis

2. Stakeholder consultation/public debate

3. Drafting or revision

4. Approval (legislative or regulatory)

5. Full and effective implementation

FTF 4.5.1(TBD9) Number of national-level policies required for full implementation of a regionally agreed-upon policy progressing through necessary steps as a result of USG assistance.

FTF 4.5.2(12) Number of public-private partnerships formed as a result of FTF assistance FTF 4.5.2(27) Number of members of producer organizations and community based organizations receiving USG assistance FTF 4.5.2(30) Number of MSMEs, including farmers, receiving USG assistance to access bank loans HPMP Custom Percent change in value of trade in targeted non-agricultural and ag commodities HPMP Custom Value of new private sector investment in the agricultural sector or food chain leveraged by FTF implementation HPMP Custom Value of new private sector investment in the non-agriculture sector, leveraged by USAID implementation HPMP Custom Percent change in value of intra-regional trade in targeted agricultural and non-agricultural commodities HPMP F 4.2-10 Foreign Trade Index (X+M) as a percentage of GDP HPMP Custom Percent change in sales of assisted firms HPMP FTF 4.5.2-43 Number of firms that are more profitable due to of USG assistance HPMP Custom Percent change in number of assisted ag-sector firms/farmers meeting international grades and standards to export HPMP Custom Number of non-ag sector private enterprises, producers organizations, women’s groups, trade and business associations and community-based organizations (CBOs) that applied new technologies or management practices as a result of USG assistance

HPMP Custom Number of buyer/seller linkages established in export capacity in the non-agricultural sectors as a result of Trade Hub assistance

HPMP Custom Percent change in number of non-agricultural sector assisted firms meeting international standards to export

HPMP Custom Trading Across Borders rank HPMP Custom Time required to trade goods across borders and along corridors as a result of

Trade Hub assistance.* HPMP Custom Cost to Trade Goods across borders and/or along corridors as a result of Trade

Hub assistance* HPMP Custom Time to export and to import along corridors* HPMP Custom Cost to export and to import along corridors* USG 1.5-23 Person hours of training completed in trade and investment enabling environment supported by USG assistance USG G-19 Proportion of female participants in USG-assisted programs designed to increase access to productive economic resources (assets, credit, income, or employment)

* Please note: The collection of these indicators is required for the Harmonized PMP (HPMP) across all three regional trade hubs, but is not indicative of a desired “corridor” approach to programming in Southern Africa.