Revised RFP - Amendment 001.pdf

REVISED VERSION OF SOL-72052221R00003 (AMENDMENT #01)

RFP Issuance Date: July 15, 2021 Deadline for Receipt of Questions: July 26, 2021 Due Time for Questions: 4 p.m. (Honduras local time) Deadline for Receipt of Proposal: August 30, Wednesday, September 29, 2021 Due time for RFP Proposal: 4 p.m. (Honduras local time) Offer Validity: 180 calendar days

Subject: Request for Proposals (RFP) No. 72052221R00003 Sembrando Esperanza (Integrated Prevention of Violence and Migration

Activity)

Dear Offerors:

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID)/Honduras is seeking proposals from U.S. or non-U.S., non-profit or for-profit organizations, interested in providing services in support of Sembrando Esperanza (Integrated Prevention of Violence and Migration Activity), as described in the attached Request for Proposals (RFP).

USAID anticipates awarding a single award Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity Contract (IDIQ). The Agency reserves the right to award more awards than the anticipated number of contracts stated above.

USAID anticipates that the maximum aggregate ordering limitation for contracts resulting from this RFP will be $37.8 million over the 5-year ordering period. The Activity is expected to leverage $20 million from the public and private sectors in addition to the estimated ceiling amount of the IDIQ. The maximum aggregate dollar value of task orders awarded to the contractor(s) cannot exceed this Contract ceiling. In case of more than one contract award, this ceiling is not being subdivided among the number of awardees nor is it being multiplied by the number of awardees. Task Order No. 1 of the Sembrando Esperanza (Integrated Prevention of Violence and Migration Activity) as described within this RFP will be awarded simultaneously with the overall basic IDIQ award. There is no guarantee on the number of task orders that the successful contractor will receive or the amount of money beyond the minimum order guarantee set forth in the RFP. The North American Industry classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541611 - Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services.

This procurement will be conducted under full and open competition procedures, pursuant to Part 15 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) (48 CFR Chapter 1). Please refer to Section L for information regarding proposal requirements including those related to Task Order No. 1.

Offerors should take into account the expected delivery time required by the proposal transmission method they choose, and they are responsible for ensuring proposals are received at USAID by the due date and time as specified on the cover letter. Failure to comply with the submission date will deem any submission unacceptable and it will not be reviewed or evaluated.

Faxed proposals are not acceptable, nor will they be reviewed or evaluated.

All questions, comments, requests for clarifications must be sent in writing to oaahonduras@usaid.gov no later than the date and time indicated above.

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

This RFP in no way obligates USAID to award a Contract or task order nor does it commit USAID to pay any cost incurred in the preparation and submission of a proposal. Award of a Contract under this RFP is subject to availability of funds and other internal USAID approvals.

This RFP can be viewed and downloaded from https://sam.gov/content/home. USAID bears no responsibility for data errors resulting from transmission or conversion processes. Further, be aware that amendments to solicitations are occasionally issued and will be posted on the same website from which you may download the solicitation. USAID advises to regularly check the above website for amendments.

Sincerely, Claudia M. Enriquez Contracting Officer mailto:oaahonduras@usaid.gov https://sam.gov/content/home

72052221R00003

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EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD

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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

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

OFFER (Must be fully completed by offeror)

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

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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

Electronic submission ONLY, via email to:

oaahonduras@usaid.gov

September 29, 2021 x x x x x x x x x x x x X

07/15/2021

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Contents

PART I - THE SCHEDULE 3

SECTION A – SOLICITATION/CONTRACT FORM (SF-33) 3

SECTION B - SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICE/COSTS 10

B.1 PURPOSE 10

B.2 CONTRACT TYPE AND SERVICES 10

B.3 MINIMUM OBLIGATED AMOUNT 10

B.4 MAXIMUM CONTRACT CEILING 10

B.5 FIXED FEE CEILING (Cost-Plus- Fixed-Fee Task Orders Only) 10 B.6 CONTRACT LINE ITEMS (CLINs): 11

B.7 LABOR 12

B.8 LABOR (UNBURDENED CDR) RATE CHANGES 17

B.9 INDIRECT COSTS AND ADVANCED UNDERSTANDING ON CEILINGS: 17

SECTION C - DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/STATEMENT OF WORK 19

C.1 GOAL 19

C.2 DESCRIPTION 19

C.3 BACKGROUND 20

C.4 USAID/HONDURAS STRATEGY 23

C.5 THEORY OF CHANGE 23

C.6 GOAL, OBJECTIVES AND OUTCOMES 23

C.7 GUIDING PRINCIPLES 31

C.8 GRANTS UNDER CONTRACT 33

C.9 COLLABORATION WITH USAID AND OTHER DONOR ACTIVITIES 33

C.10 MONITORING, EVALUATION AND LEARNING 34

C.11 GEOGRAPHIC FOCUS 35

C.12 INTERNSHIP PROGRAM 36

SECTION D - PACKAGING AND MARKING 37

D.1 AIDAR 752.7009 MARKING (January 1993) 37

D.2 BRANDING POLICY 37

D.3 MARKING AND BRANDING STRATEGY 37

D.4 TASK ORDER BRANDING AND IMPLEMENTATION PLANS 38

SECTION E - INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE 39

E.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE 39

E.2 INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE/RESPONSIBLE OFFICIAL 39

SECTION F - DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE 40

F.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE 40

F.2 PERFORMANCE PERIOD 40

F.3 PLACE OF PERFORMANCE 40

F.4 PERFORMANCE STANDARDS 41

F.5 REPORTS AND DELIVERABLES OR OUTPUTS 41

F.5.1 IDIQ Reports 41

F.5.2 QUARTERLY PERFORMANCE AND FINANCIAL REPORTS 42

F.5.3 ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT 43

F.5.4 FINAL REPORT 43

F.6 ORDERING PROCEDURES 44

F.6.1 GENERAL/FAIR OPPORTUNITY 44

F.6.2 TASK ORDER LIMITATIONS/PERFORMANCE BASED/AWARD TYPES

F.7 TASK ORDER ADMINISTRATION 50

F.8 KEY PERSONNEL 52

F.9. PRIMARY POINT OF CONTACT IDIQ 52

SECTION G - CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA 53

G.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE 53

G.2 CONTRACTING OFFICER 53

G.3 CONTRACTING OFFICER’S REPRESENTATIVE (COR) 53

G.4 CONTRACTOR’S PRIMARY POINT OF CONTACT 54

G.5 PAYING OFFICE 54

G.6 ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA 54

G.7. CONTRACTOR’S PAYMENT ADDRESS 54

G.8 TECHNICAL DIRECTION/RELATIONSHIP WITH USAID 54

SECTION H - SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS 57

H.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE 57

H.2 AIDAR 752.7007 PERSONNEL COMPENSATION (JULY 2007) 57

H.2.1 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR PERSONNEL COMPENSATION 57

H.3 AUTHORIZED GEOGRAPHIC CODE 59

H.4 DEFENSE BASE ACT (DBA) INSURANCE FOR 2015 - 2021 (AAPD 17-01 -

Revision 3 of June 8, 2021) 59

H.5 INFORMATION SYSTEM SECURITY 61

H.6 EXECUTIVE ORDER ON TERRORISM FINANCING (FEB 2002) 62

H.7 ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS SYSTEM 63

H.8 SUBMISSION OF DATA SETS TO THE DEVELOPMENT DATA LIBRARY (DDL)

(October 2014) 64

H.9 USAID IMPLEMENTING PARTNER NOTICES (IPN) PORTAL FOR ACQUISITION

(July 2014) 65 H.10 NONDISCRIMINATION (June 2012) 66 H.11 USAID DISABILITY POLICY - ACQUISITION (December 2004) 67 H.12 GRANTS UNDER CONTRACTS (GUCs) 67 H.13 REPORTING OF FOREIGN TAXES (July 2007) 68

H.14 CONFERENCE PLANNING AND REQUIRED APPROVALS (AUG 2013) 69

H.15 USAID-FINANCED THIRD-PARTY WEB SITES (August 2013) 70

H.16 LOGISTIC SUPPORT 72

H.17 FOREIGN GOVERNMENT DELEGATIONS TO INTERNATIONAL

CONFERENCES (JAN 2002) 72

H.18 PROHIBITION OF ASSISTANCE TO DRUG TRAFFICKERS 72

H.19 NONEXPENDABLE PROPERTY PURCHASES AND INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES 72

H.20 TITLE TO AND CARE OF PROPERTY 73

H.21 MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES 73

H.22 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE 74

H.23 GOVERNMENT FURNISHED FACILITIES OR PROPERTY 75

H.24 COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 508 OF THE REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973,

AS AMENDED 75

H.25 NON-EXPENDABLE PROPERTY PURCHASES AND INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES 76

H.26 752.225-70 SOURCE AND NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS (FEB 2012) 76

H.27 EMPLOYMENT COSTS OF THIRD COUNTRY NATIONALS AND

COOPERATING COUNTRY NATIONALS 77

H.28 STANDARDS OF CONDUCT -- IMPROPER BUSINESS PRACTICES 77

H.29 MEDICAL EVACUATION (MEDEVAC) SERVICES (JULY 2007) 78

H.30 ACCESS TO USAID FACILITIES AND USAID’S INFORMATION SYSTEMS

(MAY 2016) 78

H.31 CLOUD COMPUTING (MAY 2016) 80

H.32 CONFLICT OF INTEREST 85

H.33 GENDER CONSIDERATION 87

H.34 GENDER EQUITY, GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE (GBV), AND

MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS 87

H.35 REDUCING IRREGULAR MIGRATION 88

H.36 CLIMATE RISK SCREENING 88

H.37 INTERFACE WITH USAID/HONDURAS’ THIRD-PARTY MONITORING,

EVALUATION, AND LEARNING ACTIVITY 88

H.38 COLLABORATION, LEARNING AND ADAPTING 89

H.39 FAR PART 4.21 PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING FOR CERTAIN COVERED

TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SERVICES OR

EQUIPMENT (SECTION 889) (January 2021) Alternate 1 (January 2021) 90

PART II - CONTRACT CLAUSES 92

SECTION I - CONTRACT CLAUSES 92

I.1 52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998) 92

I.2 52.203-13 – CONTRACTOR CODE OF BUSINESS ETHICS AND CONDUCT 97

(JUN 2020) 97

I.3 FAR 52.203-19 PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING WITH ENTITIES THAT

REQUIRE CERTAIN INTERNAL CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENTS (JAN 2017) 100

I.4 52.204-1 APPROVAL OF CONTRACT (DEC 1989) 101

I.5 FAR 52.204-23 PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING FOR HARDWARE,

SOFTWARE, AND SERVICES DEVELOPED OR PROVIDED BY KASPERSKY LAB

AND OTHER COVERED ENTITIES (JUL 2018) 101

I.6 FAR 52.204-25 PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING FOR CERTAIN

TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SERVICES OR

EQUIPMENT (AUG 2020) 102

I.7 FAR 52.203-17 CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEE WHISTLEBLOWER RIGHTS AND

REQUIREMENT TO INFORM EMPLOYEES OF WHISTLEBLOWER RIGHTS (JUN

2020) 105

I.8 52.216-18 ORDERING (AUG 2020) 106

I.9 52.216-19 ORDERING LIMITATIONS (OCT 1995) 106

I.10 52.216-22 INDEFINITE QUANTITY (OCT 1995) 107

I.11 52.217-8 OPTION TO EXTEND SERVICES (NOV 1999) 108

I.12 52.222-50 COMBATING TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (OCT 2020) 108

I.13 52.227-23 RIGHTS TO PROPOSAL DATA (TECHNICAL) (JUN 1987) 117

I.14 FAR 52.229-8 TAXES-FOREIGN COST-REIMBURSEMENT CONTRACTS (MAR

1990) 117

I.15 52.247-67 SUBMISSION OF TRANSPORTATION DOCUMENTS FOR AUDIT

(FEB 2006) 117

I.16 752.222-71 Nondiscrimination (JUN 2012) 118

I.17 752.231-71 SALARY SUPPLEMENTS FOR HOST GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES

(MAR 2015) 118

I.18 752.7005 SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE

DOCUMENTS (SEP 2013) 119

I.19 752.7032 - INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL APPROVAL AND NOTIFICATION

REQUIREMENTS (APR 2014) 120

I.20 752.7034 ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND DISCLAIMER (DEC 1991) 121

I.21 752.7101 VOLUNTARY POPULATION PLANNING ACTIVITIES (JUNE 2008) 121

I.22 USAID IMPLEMENTATION OF SECTION 508 OF THE REHABILITATION ACT

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

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACCESSIBILITY 122

I.23 752.7025 APPROVALS (APR 1984) 122

I.24 AIDAR 752.7036 USAID IMPLEMENTING PARTNER NOTICES (IPN) PORTAL

FOR ACQUISITION (JUL 2014) 123

PART III – LIST OF DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS AND OTHER ATTACHMENTS 125

SECTION J – LIST OF ATTACHMENTS 125

PART IV – REPRESENTATIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS 128

SECTION K – REPRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS AND OTHER STATEMENTS OF

THE OFFEROR 128

K.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE 128

K.2 52.204-8 ANNUAL REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS (MAR 2020) 129

K.3 52.204-24 REPRESENTATION REGARDING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATIONS

AND VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SERVICES OR EQUIPMENT (OCT 2020) 132

K.4 52.204-25 PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING FOR CERTAIN

TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SERVICES OR

EQUIPMENT (AUG 2020) 135

(End of clause) 138

K.5 52.204-26 COVERED TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT OR SERVICES -

REPRESENTATION (OCT 2020) 138

K.6 52.209-5 CERTIFICATION REGARDING RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS (AUG

2020) 138

K.7 52.209-7 INFORMATION REGARDING RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS (OCT 2018)

K.8 52.209-11 REPRESENTATION BY CORPORATIONS REGARDING DELINQUENT

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

2016) 142

K.9 52.209-13 VIOLATION OF ARMS CONTROL TREATIES OR AGREEMENTS -

CERTIFICATION (FEB 2021) 142

K.10 52.222.22 – PREVIOUS CONTRACTS AND COMPLIANCE REPORTS (FEB 1999)

K.11 52.227-15 – REPRESENTATION OF LIMITED RIGHTS DATA AND

RESTRICTED COMPUTER SOFTWARE. (DEC 2007) 145

K.12 52.230-1 COST ACCOUNTING STANDARDS NOTICES AND CERTIFICATION

(JUN 2020) 145

K.13 52.230-7 PROPOSAL DISCLOSURE—COST ACCOUNTING PRACTICE

CHANGES (APR 2005) 148

K.14 INSURANCE - IMMUNITY FROM TORT LIABILITY 148

K.15 AUTHORIZED NEGOTIATORS 149

K.16 SIGNATURE 149

SECTION L – INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS, 150

AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS OR RESPONDENTS 150

L.1 52.252-1 SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE 150

L.2 52.216-1 TYPE OF CONTRACT (APR 1984) 151

L.3 FAR 52.215-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS - COMPETITIVE ACQUISITION

(JAN 2017) 151

L.4 52.233-2 SERVICE OF PROTEST (SEP 2006) 155

L.5 GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS 156

L.6 DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS 157

L.7 INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE TECHNICAL PROPOSAL 158

L.8 INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE COST/BUSINESS

PROPOSAL 164

L.9 DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION 174

L.10 LATE SUBMISSIONS 175

L.11 INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARATION OF BRANDING IMPLEMENTATION 175

AND MARKING PLAN 175

L12. WAIVERS UNDER FAR PART 4.2101 PROHIBITION ON COVERED

TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND VIDEO SURVEILLANCE AND EQUIPMENT 175

SECTION M – EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD 178

M.1 GENERAL INFORMATION 178

M.2 TECHNICAL EVALUATION CRITERIA 178

M.3 DETERMINATION OF COMPETITIVE RANGE 182

M.4 COST/PRICE EVALUATION 182

M.6 CONTRACTING WITH SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS 183

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

PROTÉGÉ PROGRAM 183

ATTACHMENT J.1 184

TASK ORDER NO. 1 -SEMBRANDO ESPERANZA 184

USAID/Honduras Integrated Prevention of Violence and Migration Activity 184

SECTION B – SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICE/COSTS 184

B.1 PURPOSE 184

B.2 CONTRACT TYPE 184

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

B.4 CONTRACT BUDGET 184

B.5 OTHER TASK ORDER INFORMATION 185

B.6 COST REIMBURSABLE 186

B.7 PAYMENT OF FIXED FEE 186

B.8 MULTI-YEAR CONTRACT (if applicable) 186

SECTION C – DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/STATEMENT OF WORK 187

OF SEMBRANDO ESPERANZA TASK ORDER #1 187

C.1 PURPOSE 187

C.2 EXPECTED RESULTS 187

C.3 MANAGEMENT PLAN 188

C.4 KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY 188

C.5 INCEPTION PLAN 189

C.6 GRANTS UNDER CONTRACT (GUCs) 189

C.7 GENDER CONSIDERATIONS 190

C.8 OTHER MANDATORY CONSIDERATIONS 190

SECTION D – PACKAGING AND MARKING 191

D.1 BRANDING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND MARKING PLAN 191

SECTION E - INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE 192

E.1 INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE 192

SECTION F – DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE 193

F.1 INCORPORATIONOF IDIQ CLAUSES 193

F.2 PERFORMANCE PERIOD 193

F.3 PLACE OF PERFORMANCE 193

F.4 AUTHORIZED WORKWEEK 193

F.5 REPORTS AND DELIVERABLES OR OUTPUTS 193

F.6 KEY PERSONNEL 208

F.6.1 KEY PERSONNEL QUALIFICATIONS 209

SECTION G – TASK ORDER ADMINISTRATION DATA 213

G.1 INCORPORATION OF IDIQ CLAUSES 213

G.2 TASK ORDER CONTRACTING OFFICER 213

G.3 TASK ORDER CONTRACTING OFFICER’S REPRESENTATIVE (TOCOR) 213

G.4 CONTRACTING OFFICER'S AUTHORITY 213

G.5 TECHNICAL DIRECTION 213

G.6 PAYING OFFICE 213

G.7 ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA 214

G.8 CONTRACTOR’S PRIMARY POINT OF CONTACT 214

G.9 CONTRACTOR’S PAYMENT ADDRESS 214

SECTION H – SPECIAL TASK ORDER REQUIREMENTS 214

H.1 INCORPORATIONOF IDIQ CLAUSES 215

H.2 LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS 215

H.3 CONSENT TO SUBCONTRACT 215

H.4 SPECIAL PROVISIONS 215

SECTION I – CONTRACT CLAUSES 216

I.1 INCORPORATION OF IDIQ CLAUSES 216

SECTION J - TASK ORDER #1 ATTACHMENTS 217

SECTION B - SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICE/COSTS

B.1 PURPOSE

The purpose of this Contract is to provide services that fall within the Scope of Work (SOW) specified in Section C of the USAID/Honduras Sembrando Esperanza (Integrated Prevention of Violence and Migration Activity).

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

B.2 CONTRACT TYPE AND SERVICES

This is an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) type contract. The Government will issue task orders that are either Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) (term or completion), Cost-Plus- Award-Fee (CPAF), Cost-Plus-Incentive-Fee (CPIF), or Fixed-Priced type. The Contractor must perform the services set forth in task orders at prices consistent with Section B in this contract.

B.3 MINIMUM OBLIGATED AMOUNT

The initial obligation of funds under Task Order (TO) No.1 constitutes the minimum obligation amount for the IDIQ. Following this initial obligation, individual task orders will obligate funds to cover the work required under that task order.

B.4 MAXIMUM CONTRACT CEILING

This is a single award Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract with an overall ceiling price of $37.8 million for the USAID/Honduras Sembrando Esperanza (Integrated Prevention of Violence and Migration Activity). The maximum aggregate dollar value of task orders must not exceed the Contract ceiling. In the case of multiple awards, this ceiling is not being subdivided among the number of awardees nor is it being multiplied by the number of awardees.

B.5 FIXED FEE CEILING (Cost-Plus- Fixed-Fee Task Orders Only) NOTE: The ceiling on fixed fee does not apply to Fixed-Priced Task Orders

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

Officer (TOCO) and Contractor agree to negotiate a set dollar amount for fixed fee. In negotiating the fixed dollar amount for fee, the TOCO must consider the policies and factors for establishing fee in FAR 15.404-4 as well as any applicable USAID policy on establishing a fixed fee amount.

In no event, however, may the amount of fixed fee in any individual task order exceed [TBD] percent of the Task Order’s estimated cost, excluding fee.

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

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

(c) Fixed Fee Payment will be determined within each task order. For any Task Order issued under this Contract, at the time of each payment of allowable costs to the contractor, the USAID paying office ordinarily pays the contractor a percentage of fixed fees that directly corresponds to the percentage of allowable costs being paid. Two exceptions to paying fixed fee in this manner apply:

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

(2) Because the clauses entitled "Allowable Cost and Payment" (FAR 52.216-7) and "Fixed Fee" (FAR 52.216-8) are incorporated into this Contract, the terms and conditions of these clauses apply after total payments of fixed fee reach eighty-five percent (85%) of the total fixed fee.

(GUC Ceiling Fee provision) if applicable

(d) Separate Fixed Fee Ceiling Applicable To Grants Under Contracts (GUCs)

(1) In no event may the amount of fixed fee (if any) applicable to GUCs in any individual task order exceed _____ percent (Offeror proposes ceiling percentage) of the task order GUC cost.

Or

(2) If a Letter of Credit has been issued to the Contractor for GUC expenditures only, in no event may the amount of fixed fee (if any) applicable to GUCs in any individual task order exceed _____ percent (Offeror proposes ceiling percentage) of the task order GUC cost.

B.6 CONTRACT LINE ITEMS (CLINs):

CLINs will be established based on the requirements in each respective Task Order.

B.7 LABOR

(Only applicable to cost reimbursement type task orders)

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

The Contracting Officer has determined that a full-time key personnel position is not necessary or required to administer the IDIQ. Contractor will not be authorized to bill USAID directly for IDIQ management costs under this IDIQ or under task orders.

Contractor must adopt a centralized management structure that allows for recovery of IDIQ management costs as part of its indirect costs.

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

(c) All locally hired cooperating country national (CCN) personnel and third country nationals (TCNs) must be paid in accordance with USAID Acquisition Regulation

(AIDAR) 722.170.

(d) Compensation of personnel under this contract or any resulting subcontract must be in accordance with AIDAR 752.7007 Personnel Compensation (July 2007) (See Section H.).

(e) Unburdened Ceiling Daily Rates (CDR)

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

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

The CDR for employees must not include the following:

● Payroll costs (fringe benefits, FICA, allowances, differentials, etc.);

● Indirect Costs applicable to labor; and

● Profit or fee, if any.

The CDRs set forth below are fixed for the contract period and are for a productive eight

(8) hour day, and apply to all subcontractors set forth in clause 52.244-2 in Section I. If a new subcontractor is proposed for a specific task order on other than a fixed-price basis, the CDRs set forth below will apply, and the subcontract is subject to consent by the TOCO in accordance with FAR Part 44.

Actual salaries for all personnel will be negotiated under task orders and final approval is provided by the TOCO. The ceiling rates presented below do not constitute approval of final salary rates above the Contractor Salary Threshold (CST) (see ADS 302).

(2) The single unburdened ceiling daily rate for each labor category/group below represents the mid-level and senior level rate in each category/grouping, as applicable. One unburdened ceiling daily rate for each labor category/grouping is included in the contract to provide more flexibility under task orders. If junior-level personnel are required under task orders, they must be proposed at rates below the unburdened ceiling daily rate. Of note, though not described in the Definition of labor categories administrative staff and other specialists may be included in individual task orders.

[Table to be filled in as part of cost proposal.]

Labor Category Groupings Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year

Year 7

Chief of Party Senior $TBD $TBD $TBD $TBD $TBD $TBD $TBD

Technical Director for Violence Prevention

Senior $TBD $TBD $TBD $TBD $TBD $TBD $TBD

Technical Director for Violence Prevention

Mid $TBD $TBD $TBD $TBD $TBD $TBD $TBD

Technical Director for Migration;

Senior $TBD $TBD $TBD $TBD $TBD $TBD $TBD

Technical Director for Migration Mid $TBD $TBD $TBD $TBD $TBD $TBD $TBD

Knowledge Management and Organizational Development Specialist

Senior $TBD $TBD $TBD $TBD $TBD $TBD $TBD

Knowledge Management and Organizational Development Specialist

Mid $TBD $TBD $TBD $TBD $TBD $TBD $TBD

Grants Manager Senior $TBD $TBD $TBD $TBD $TBD $TBD $TBD

Grants Manager

Mid $TBD $TBD $TBD $TBD $TBD $TBD $TBD

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

[Note 2: The Unburdened Ceiling Daily Rates apply to all labor (the prime contractor, subcontractor, TCNs, CCN’s, and consultant rates salaries). CCN and TCN labor are also governed by the local compensation plan limitations as further provided in note 3 below. ]

[Note 3: Other positions may be required in performance of the task orders, based on specific needs and those will be competed at the Task Order level

All locally hired national personnel and other non-U.S. expatriates must be paid in accordance with AIDAR 722.170.

Salaries for individual locally-hired personnel and other non-U.S. expatriates under this contract and any resulting subcontract must be in accordance with AIDAR 752.7007, Personnel Compensation (July 2007), and should be based upon a combination of factors including the prevailing compensation paid to personnel performing comparable work in the cooperating country as determined by USAID and consideration of the individual's education, work experience and recent relevant salary history.

Unless otherwise authorized by USAID, the compensation for CCN and TCN labor must not exceed the prevailing compensation paid to personnel performing comparable work in the cooperating country as determined by USAID and must be paid in the currency of the cooperating country.]

[Note 4: The Unburdened Ceiling Daily Rates above do not apply to Fixed-priced Task Orders.]

(3) Definition of labor categories:

Chief of Party (COP)

Roles and Responsibilities:

The Chief of Party (COP) provides overall technical and administrative leadership and expertise to the project and serves as the primary liaison with USAID/Honduras on management and technical matters. The COP will take a leadership role in coordinating with USAID, other implementing partners, local partners, other donors, and any other key stakeholders. The COP will have demonstrated ability to work in complex environments and manage diverse teams to deliver impact.

Technical Director for Violence Prevention

Roles and Responsibilities:

The Technical Director for Violence Prevention provides overall technical advisory services and expertise to the project and serves as the primary liaison on matters pertaining to the differentiated risk approaches in this Activity. The Technical Director for Violence Prevention will take a leadership role in coordinating with USAID, other implementing partners, local partners, other donors, and any other key stakeholders on technical matters relating to violence prevention services. The Technical Director for Violence Prevention will have demonstrated experience working in complex environments on differentiated risk or secondary/tertiary level risk programs that deliver impact.

Technical Director for Migration

Roles and Responsibilities:

The Technical Director for Migration provides overall technical advisory services and expertise to the project. The candidate will support the design and implement differentiated approaches to working in high irregular migration and high violence environments, including the implementation of an early warning system. The candidate will also provide substantive support in developing an approach for strengthening reintegration migration services and will lead engagement with a variety of relevant stakeholders to develop a comprehensive learning agenda on migration.

Knowledge Management and Organizational Development Specialist

Roles and Responsibilities:

The Knowledge Management and Organizational Development Specialist provides overall technical advisory services and expertise to the Activity. This position will lead an interdisciplinary team consisting of the monitoring and evaluation specialist, communications coordinator, GIS specialist and other relevant positions to ensure an adaptive approach is maintained through evidence-driven practices. It is expected that this position will engage with stakeholders internal and external to the Activity; this will ensure that strong, collaborative relationships with key stakeholders will lead to institutional development and capacity-building efforts for local systems engaged herein.

Grants Manager

Roles and Responsibilities:

The Grants Manager will be responsible for proficiently managing and administering a sizable and complex array of subcontracts and subgrants, many with local organizations unaccustomed to the complexities of administering USG funds. The Grants Manager will work in collaboration with the Knowledge Management and Organizational Development Specialist for the provision of technical and administrative support of subcontractors or subgrantees to effectively manage grants and contribute to the Activity’s learning agenda.

(f) Minimum Qualifications

In order to perform the statement of work set forth in Section C, the Contractor must provide personnel that meet the minimum education and experience requirements set forth below. These minimum qualifications for mid-level and senior personnel correspond to the Unburdened Ceiling Daily Rates above.

Education + Experience Requirements OR

Experience Requirements (Substitution of Relevant Work Experience in Lieu of a Degree)

Level Academic Degree

AND Years of Relevant Work Experience**

Years of Relevant Work Experience***

Mid

Ph.D 3

JD/ABD 3

MS/MA/MB 5

BS/BA 6

Senior

Ph.D 6

JD/ABD 6

MS/MA/MB 8

BS/BA 10

Language fluency, relevant regional experience, and international development experience requirements will be specified in individual task orders.

*Highest degree obtained should be related to work being performed.

** Experience should be related to the work being performed.

*** Relevant work experience is required for the levels indicated

(g) Subcontractor Rates.

The following provides guidance for various subcontracting arrangements:

(i) The Prime subcontracts with an approved subcontractor from the original IDIQ competition

The unburdened CDR’s for the prime contract apply to the subcontractor.

(ii) The Prime contracts with a new subcontractor not yet approved

The unburdened CDR’s for the prime contract apply to the new subcontractor.

(iii) Prime subcontracts with a new subcontractor not yet approved and may or may not have a different cost accounting system that only processes fully burdened rates. Further, subcontractor proposes rates that are “above” the prime IDIQ rates.

The Prime may then include in its TO proposal, (i) the fully burdened rate proposed to the Prime by the Subcontractor,(ii) allocation of the Prime’s indirect costs in accordance with established accounting practices, and (iii) a reasonable profit. If the rates proposed to USAID, inclusive of the Prime’s allocable indirect costs and a reasonable profit are above the Prime’s unburdened CDRs , the Prime must disclose the amount of the indirect costs, and the amount of the proposed profit that were added to the Subcontractor’s proposed rates. A reasonable profit will be negotiated by the TOCO for the specific TO. The CDRs of the subcontractor must not exceed the prime’s CDRs in the IDIQ contract.

B.8 LABOR (UNBURDENED CDR) RATE CHANGES

The labor rates are fixed for all contract years; however, the Contractor may submit a proposal reducing the labor rates and/or indirect rates at any time during the life of this contract. The Government will review these proposals and determine if the revised rates are realistic and in the best interests of the Government. If the rates are accepted, the Government will modify the contract by incorporating the new rates into the contract.

B.9 INDIRECT COSTS AND ADVANCED UNDERSTANDING ON CEILINGS:

[Ceilings are not applicable to Small Business Offerors or local organizations serving as the prime or a subcontractor. Indirect rates are only applicable to cost reimbursement task orders.]

Pending establishment of revised provisional or final indirect cost rates, allowable indirect costs must be reimbursed on the basis of the following negotiated provisional or predetermined rates and the appropriate bases for prime contractors and their major subcontractors.

Offeror Fringe Rate

Overhead Rate %

Overhead Ceiling Rate %

G&A Rate %

G&A Ceiling Rate %

PRIME (Insert Name)

Base of Application

Source: (insert)

Period: (insert)

SUBCONTRACTOR(S) (

Name (s))

Base of Application

Source: (insert)

Period: (insert)

NOTE: Insert additional indirect rates as needed for all primes and major subcontractors in the above table.

*Special Note: The un-shaded columns in the indirect cost table are the current approved indirect cost rates for the prime and major subcontractor(s).

The Contractor will make no change in its established method of classifying or allocating indirect costs that impacts this contract without the prior written approval of the Contracting Officer.

Reimbursement for indirect costs must be at final negotiated rates, but not in excess of ceiling rates specified above.

The Government must not be obligated to pay any additional amount associated with indirect costs above the ceiling rates established in the contract. This advance understanding must not change any monetary ceiling, cost limitation, or obligation established in the contract.

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

Contractors are allowed to recoup indirect costs (OH, G&A, etc.) as other direct costs if it is part of the contractor’s usual accounting procedures, consistent with FAR Part 31 and the contractor's

NICRA.

[END OF SECTION B]

SECTION C - DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/STATEMENT OF WORK

C.1 GOAL

The goal of USAID/Honduras’ Sembrando Esperanza Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract (the “IDIQ”) is to achieve a sustainable and measurable impact in the prevention of crime, violence and irregular migration in Honduras. The IDIQ will facilitate partnerships and strengthen local systems with a focus on facilitating the achievement of systemic, transformative change in areas where high irregular migration and high crime and violence overlap in Honduras, benefitting at least one million Hondurans.

The constantly-changing nature of irregular migration and violence demands an agile implementing mechanism, in which USAID and the Contractor can respond to new information, challenges, and opportunities that arise after the IDIQ is awarded. USAID/Honduras visualizes a facilitative approach that can identify the multi-causal roots driving high violence and high irregular migration in specific areas and promotes holistic, locally-led solutions based on the Human Security Framework1 in response to the local dynamics. The Contractor must understand the migration and crime and violence dynamics to enact Collaboration, Learning, and Adapting (CLA) principles expected from the overall IDIQ and apply these principles throughout subsequent task orders.

C.2 DESCRIPTION

USAID/Honduras expects the contractor to address the crime and violence dynamics and the associated human security challenges that are driving irregular migration in Honduras. USAID investments will expand upon the best practices and lessons learned from the crime and violence prevention programming in Honduras in locations in which high irregular migration and high crime and violence overlap. These locations will include a mix of urban areas which have maintained high levels of gang-related crime and violence over the past five years, as well as rural areas that are experiencing other forms of violence (for example, gender-based violence), which in turn act as compounding drivers of irregular migration throughout the country.

USAID/Honduras envisions that this IDIQ will capitalize on previous and current USAID investments for crime and violence prevention and address the root causes of migration while increasing scale and ensuring sustainability. Specifically, the task orders under this IDIQ will focus on building the capacity of local partners (both public and private) to develop and scale-up innovative strategies and promising interventions to achieve the IDIQ objectives and outcomes.

A key feature of the IDIQ will be intensive, strategic collaboration and partnerships with and among civil society, local community stakeholders, Government of Honduras (GOH) counterparts, academia, private sector, and other USAID-funded activities. These partnerships are intended to catalyze resources in support of the goal, objectives and outcomes stated herein, stimulate key changes and improve the performance of local prevention systems, both at a policy as well as an operational level. Linkages and referrals between key service providers within the

1https://www.un.org/humansecurity/what-is-human-security/#:~:text=As%20noted%20in%20General%20Assembly,context%2Dspecific%20and%20prevention%2Doriented system that need strengthening may include reintegration services for returned migrants, community-embedded prevention services, family support services, child protection services and mechanisms, gender-based violence prevention services, as well as access to other basic services from the Education and Health sectors, such as mental health. The IDIQ will employ a robust grant fund to incentivize and facilitate critical private and public sector partnerships and other external investments to achieve the IDIQ’s goal.

The work will fall within the following results framework:

C.3 BACKGROUND

Crime, violence, and homicide rates have been at or near worldwide highs in Central America, specifically Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador, for over a decade. Despite significant reductions in the region, these rates continue to be at endemic2 levels. These countries have also experienced massive irregular migration spikes since 2014, resulting in multiple responses developed and implemented by different actors without a firm consensus on what definitively prevents this phenomenon. The lack of economic opportunities and violence are the critical drivers of irregular migration to the U.S., and data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection indicate that 78 percent of irregular migrants from Honduras detained at the U.S. Southwest border are under age 30. Age is the single largest predictor of migration to the U.S., and the modal age of a Honduran migrant is 17. Youth are also the highest age group to be either victims or perpetrators of violence.

Research indicates that increases in homicide rates are strongly linked to increases in irregular migration to the U.S. (Clemens, 2017; MESCLA 2019)3. Throughout the current Country

2 The World Health Organization (WHO) considers a rate of 10 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants or higher to be characteristic of endemic violence.

3 Clemens (2017) finds that one additional homicide per year in the Northern Triangle, sustained over the whole 2011-2016 period—that is, a cumulative total of six additional homicides—caused a cumulative total of 3.7 additional unaccompanied child apprehensions in the United States.

Moreover, municipalities with higher homicide rates have higher irregular migrations flows; this relationship weakens as homicide rates fall (MESCLA, 2019).

Development and Cooperation Strategy (refer to Section C.4 below), USAID/Honduras made significant investments in modeling, advocating for, and advancing the crime and violence prevention agenda with GOH, donors, local organizations, academia, and other relevant stakeholders. This has included advancing both socio-ecological and public health models of violence reduction and prevention in support of government and civil society efforts, which yielded declines in the intentional homicide rates of target interventions areas by about 20 percent more than the national average (44 homicides per hundred thousand in 20194); however, there are still significant steps needed to decrease the number of youth at risk of becoming victims or perpetrators of violence and even bigger steps in reducing intentions to migrate. As of 2019, youth continue to be disproportionately affected by violence, particularly intentional homicide. For example, youth ages 15-19 have a homicide rate of 68 per hundred thousand;

between the ages of 20-24, the rate increases to 142 per hundred thousand. More alarmingly, between the ages of 24-29, the rate is 170 per hundred thousand.

USAID/Honduras spearheaded risk differentiated violence prevention approaches across a spectrum of interventions with positive results. These approaches included: primary prevention (benefiting communities writ large), secondary prevention (youth on the cusp of delinquent behavior), and tertiary prevention (self-reported gang-involved or court-involved youth).

USAID/Honduras implemented the differentiated approaches through a range of interventions that included family counseling, school-based violence prevention strategies, individually-focused youth workforce readiness, group cognitive behavior therapy, and other positive youth development strategies. USAID/Honduras’ citizen security portfolio also pioneered the implementation of a place-based strategy5 (PBS), which targets the right interventions for the right behaviors and people in the right places. Accordingly, multiple implementing partners, co-located in the same municipalities and communities, carried out these differentiated approaches.

USAID/Honduras also invested in community-based initiatives that fostered social cohesion and led to participatory neighborhood structures, both social and physical, focused on crime prevention. Furthermore, interventions strengthened local government responsiveness and relational (community) policing opportunities to create an environment conducive for participatory, sustainable citizen security strategies. A recent study commissioned by USAID/Honduras found that community support lowers the intention to migrate (Williams, R.J., 2020).

USAID/Honduras expects that the Sembrando Esperanza IDIQ will capitalize upon these experiences to develop comprehensive approaches to measurably lower crime and violence, as well as irregular migration.

While USAID/Honduras has been a major catalyst for proven, successful violence prevention interventions using the PBS strategy, this IDIQ intends to evolve towards specific human security principles, which are described in more detail below. The PBS strategy has some limitations for the approach intended under this IDIQ, including prioritizing homicide reduction and focusing solely on crime and violence challenges for its target communities. The PBS

4 Instituto Universitario en Democracia, Paz y Seguridad (IUDPAS), Boletin 2019.

5 .Place-based strategies address the physical, social, structural and economic conditions of a community. that affect the well-being of the children, families. and individuals who live there.

focused more on community-driven initiatives and operational-level changes and less on institutional responses per se, specifically in response to USAID’s intent to “model success” in the most violent locations. The principle of concentrated, evidence-informed interventions that reduce homicides is still relevant and has been proven effective through impact and performance evaluations. However, USAID/Honduras seeks to evolve to a more facilitative approach, scale up effective interventions, and extend the prevention work to include irregular migration.

Therefore, a more holistic framework is necessary. “Human security calls for people-centred, comprehensive, context-specific and prevention-oriented responses that strengthen the protection and empowerment of all people and all communities.” The framework is organized around seven issues or dimensions associated with human security. These are economic security, food security, health security, environmental security, personal security, community security, and political security. However, considering that human security dimensions vary significantly for each country, they are deeply rooted in history and culture and may also vary at different points in time. USAID/Honduras expects this IDIQ to match relevant dimensions with the local reality and the crime, violence, and immigration issues at hand. For this IDIQ, these dimensions can be divided into three categories: (1) dimensions that the interventions will address, or relevant dimensions (personal and community), (2) dimensions that the interventions should support (economic, health, and environmental), and (3) interventions that most likely will not be addressed (food and political). One of the relevant dimensions this IDIQ must address is the personal security dimension. Personal security refers to challenges that directly impact the crime and violence dynamics of a specific location or demographic group. Interventions under this IDIQ are expected to strengthen national solutions to personal insecurity, proven effective through previous USAID investments, or piloted to obtain new evidence, which is compatible with local realities and measurably lower crime and violence. USAID expects to achieve said intervention’s sustainability by addressing the root causes of personal insecurity through locally-driven and locally-owned solutions. This IDIQ also must address community security. An example of a dimension that this IDIQ should support is economic insecurity. Work under this IDIQ is expected to connect, partner, or refer to (as opposed to directly provide) relevant economic or job opportunities in order to address the economic insecurities that may be identified as the main driver of irregular migration in target locations. These could be services provided by the GOH, private sector, other donors, or USAID-funded activities, which in turn support and complement the comprehensive strategies and approaches developed under this IDIQ. To clarify, this IDIQ should not invest financially in addressing economic security, but should link activity participants to services provided by other entities. Inversely, food insecurity is likely to be a dimension that may be less relevant in the zones of influence of this IDIQ for the issue of migration specifically, so the IDIQ is not expected to focus on this dimension.

C.4 USAID/HONDURAS STRATEGY

Sembrando Esperanza will contribute to USAID/Honduras’ 2020-2025 Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS) under Development Objective 3: “Justice and security improved to reduce irregular migration”” through intermediate results (IRs) 3.2 “Risk for delinquent behavior reduced” and IR 3.3 “Community-driven responses to security needs improved.” The new CDCS is public and can be found at this link: https://www.usaid.gov/honduras/cdcs.

Under the previous CDCS, USAID/Honduras targets communities with the highest homicide rates. A new Mission geographic targeting strategy is currently being designed. As part of a whole of the U.S. government (USG) approach, USAID/Honduras teams with the State Department’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), U.S.

military civil affairs, and local actors working in coordination in…