WADI__RFP_5-13-2013.pdf

Date Issued: May 13, 2013

Questions Due: May 23, 2013 – 3:00 P.M.

Questions & Answers Posted: May 31, 2013

Closing Date: July 3, 2013 – 11:00 A.M.

All times Eastern Standard Time (EST)

Subject: Request for Proposals (RFP) Number SOL-OAA-13-000033

Water and Development IDIQ (WADI) To All Prospective Offerors:

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is seeking proposals to provide services and technical support related to water in assisting sponsoring units in Bureaus and Missions worldwide to achieve their goals and objectives across all sectors.

This procurement is being conducted through full and open competition for which the procedures described in Part 15 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), will apply. Proposals will be accepted from private, for-profit and non-profit organizations, non-governmental organizations

(NGOs) including universities, research organizations, professional associations, and relevant special interest associations. USAID encourages proposals from potential new and/or local partners. Organizations and firms must be from USAID’s geographic code 937 which includes the United States and most developing countries (excluding advanced developing countries and prohibited sources) – see list of eligible countries at:

http://inside.usaid.gov/ADS/300/310maa.pdf.

USAID anticipates the award of up to five (5) Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts with a five-year period of performance resulting from this solicitation. Two (2) of the anticipated five contracts are set aside for award to small business concerns; see C.2 for additional information. USAID reserves the right to award more or less than five IDIQ contracts.

Task orders with a total estimated cost of $3 million or less will be set-aside for small businesses unless the Task Order Contracting Officer determines that one of the fair opportunity exceptions applies. Task orders primarily in the technical areas of Knowledge Management and Monitoring and Evaluation are set aside for small business (see C.2).

USAID anticipates the maximum ordering limitation of the contracts resulting from this RFP will be $1,000,000,000 (one billion dollars) over the 5-year ordering period. The maximum aggregate dollar value of task orders awarded to all contractors cannot exceed this contract ceiling. This ceiling is not being subdivided among the number of awardees, nor is it being multiplied by the number of awardees. There is no guarantee of the number of task orders that the successful contractors will receive or the amount of money beyond the minimum order guarantee set forth in the RFP. Task orders issued under this IDIQ contract may be either Firm

Fixed-Price or Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee awards (or a combination thereof).

http://inside.usaid.gov/ADS/300/310maa.pdf

Please refer to Section L for information regarding proposal requirements. Offerors should take into account the expected delivery time required by the proposal transmission method they choose, and they are responsible to ensure that proposals are received at USAID by the due date and time as specified in Section L. 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.

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

Offerors are strongly encouraged to submit any comments or questions concerning this RFP no later than 3.00 P.M. EST, May 23, 2013. All questions related to this RFP must be submitted to

Ms. Jamie Raile at: wadi2013@usaid.gov Unless otherwise notified by an amendment to the

RFP, no questions will be accepted after this date.

An interested vendors list is not included in this solicitation. Offerors can register and use the interested vendors list found at the Federal Business Opportunities (www.fbo.gov) webpage created for this solicitation so that interested firms and individuals can contact one another for consideration of teaming arrangements and/or small business subcontracting opportunities arising from this solicitation.

This RFP can be viewed and downloaded from the Internet at www.fbo.gov. 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

Internet site from which you downloaded the solicitation. You are therefore advised to regularly check the above Internet site for amendments.

Issuance of this solicitation and the submittal of a proposal do not constitute a commitment on the part of USAID to make an award; neither does it constitute an obligation for any costs incurred in the preparation and submission of a proposal. Award will be subject to funds availability following the proper completion of required USAID internal processes and other internal USAID approvals.

Sincerely, /s/

Portia Persley

Contracting Officer http://www.fbo.gov/ http://www.fbo.gov/

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12. In compliance with the above, the undersigned agrees, if this offer is accepted within see L.5(g) 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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Acronym List for Water and Development IDIQ (WADI)

ADS – Automated Directives System

AGDP – Agricultural Gross Domestic Product

BFS – Bureau for Food Security

CDCS – Country Development and Cooperation Strategy

CO – Contracting Officer

COR – Contracting Officer Representative

DCA – Development Credit Authority

E3 – Bureau for Economic Growth, Education, and the Environment

FtF – Feed the Future Initiative

FAR – Federal Acquisition Regulation

FM/CMP - Office of Financial Management, Cash Management and Payment Division

GCC – Global Climate Change Initiative

GDP – Gross Domestic Product

GH – Global Health Bureau

GHI – Global Health Initiative

GIS – Geographic Information Systems

GUC – Grants under Contracts

ICT – Information and Communications Technology

IDIQ – Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity Contract

IQC – Indefinite Quantity Contract

M&E – Monitoring and Evaluation

NGO – Non-Governmental Organization

PEPFAR – President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief

RFA – Request for Application

RFTOP – Request for Task Order Proposals

SDB - Small and Disadvantaged Business

SOW – Statement of Work

TO – Task Order

TOCO – Task Order Contracting Officer

USAID – United States Agency for International Development

WASH – Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene

PART I - THE SCHEDULE

SECTION B - SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICE/COSTS

B.1 PURPOSE

The purpose of this Contract is to provide services that fall within the statement of work specified in Section C. USAID Task Order Contracting Officers (TOCOs) will request the work 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 a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity Contract (IDIQ). The

Government will issue task orders that are either Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) (term or completion) or any Firm Fixed-Priced (FFP) type or a combination thereof. The Contractor must perform the services set forth in task orders at prices consistent with section B of this contract.

Cost type task orders must indicate that they are either completion or term form.

B.3 MAXIMUM CONTRACT CEILING

This is a multiple award Contract with an overall ceiling price of $1,000,000,000. The maximum aggregate dollar value of task orders awarded to all Contractors cannot exceed the Contract ceiling. This ceiling is not being subdivided among the number of awardees nor is it being multiplied by the number of awardees.

B.4 MINIMUM ORDER GUARANTEE

The basic Contract includes an initial obligation of funds in the amount of $25,000 to cover the minimum order guarantee. USAID is required to order and the Contractor is required to furnish the minimum order amount of services. Following this initial obligation, individual task orders will obligate funds to cover the work required under such task orders.

B.5 INDIRECT COST

[Only applicable to CPFF task orders]

Pending establishment of revised provisional or final indirect cost rates, allowable indirect costs shall be reimbursed on the basis of the following negotiated provisional or predetermined rates and the appropriate bases for prime contractors and their major subcontractors (“major subcontractors” are those subcontractors expected to perform at least 20% of the technical effort)

Prime Contractor

Description Rate Base Type Period

TBD TBD 1/ 1/ 1/

TBD TBD 2/ 2/ 2/

TBD TBD 3/ 3/ 3/

1/Base of Application:

Type of Rate:

Period:

Source:

2/Base of Application:

3/Base of Application:

Major Subcontractor

Note: While Subcontractor indirect cost rates are not incorporated above, subcontractor indirect cost rates may be included in Task Order proposals, and are subject to approval of the TOCO in accordance with FAR 52.244-2, Subcontracts.

B.6 CEILING INDIRECT COST RATES

(a) Reimbursement for indirect costs shall be at the lower of the negotiated final or predetermined rates, or the following ceiling rates:

Prime Contractor

Major Subcontractor

(b) The Government shall not be obligated to pay any additional amount should the final indirect cost rates exceed the negotiated ceiling rates. If the final indirect cost rates are less than the negotiated ceiling rates, the negotiated rates shall be reduced to conform to the lower rates.

(c) This understanding shall not change any monetary ceiling, obligation, or specific cost allowance or disallowance. Any changes in classifying or allocating indirect costs require the prior written approval of the Contracting Officer.

(d) The contractor shall make no change in its established method of classifying or allocating indirect costs without the prior written approval of the Contracting Officer and the Office of

Acquisition and Assistance, Contract Audit and Support Division.

B.7 CEILINGS ON FIXED FEE - CPFF TASK ORDERS

(a) For each CPFF task order issued under this IDIQ, the 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 _____ percent (offeror proposes ceiling percentage) of the task order’s estimated cost, excluding fee. The fee ceiling applies to the prime contractor and any subcontractors.

NOTE: The ceiling on fixed fee does not apply to Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) Task Orders. This fee shall not be applied to sub-grant costs.

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

(c) Grants under Contracts. For any grants under contract activities awarded under a task order, the TOCO must determine if a Letter of Credit (LOC) is necessary. However, since issuance of an LOC cannot be accomplished prior to award, all offerors shall propose a ceiling percentage fee if issued an LOC and a separate ceiling fee percentage if not issued an LOC. LOC payments shall be approved by the TOCO at the Task Order level. Only the appropriate fee will be included in the contract upon award as follows:

_____ percent (offeror proposes ceiling percentage) of the amount for grants under contract awarded under the task order, excluding fee if issued a letter of credit.

_____ percent (offeror proposes ceiling percentage) of the amount for grants under contract awarded under the task order, excluding fee if NOT issued a letter of credit.

B.8 LABOR

Compensation of personnel under this Contract or any resulting subcontract must be in accordance with AIDAR 752.7007 Personnel Compensation (July 2007), the full text of which is in Section H2.

(a) Central management costs: The Contracting Officer has determined the government will not authorize central management costs under the IDIQ contract. Contractors shall not bill USAID directly for central management costs (e.g., responding to task order proposal requests, central reporting, central meetings with the basic IDIQ contract Contracting Officer’s Representative) under this IDIQ contract or under task orders.

(b) The work day and work week policies and method of accounting for paid absences including holidays for the Contractor and major subcontractors will be set forth in Attachment J.[ ] of the award. (The contractor’s information will be included in the award as an attachment pursuant to the instructions found in L.8(j)).

B.9 TASK ORDER LIMITATIONS

Note: Task orders issued under this IDIQ contract may be either Firm Fixed-Price or Cost-Plus-

Fixed-Fee awards or a combination thereof.

(a) Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee Task Orders. When issuing CPFF task orders, the TOCO shall state in the Task Order the total estimated cost plus fixed fee, which is the total amount of the Task

Order and the maximum amount the contractor may be paid without the advance written approval of the Contracting Officer to perform the services, reports, or other deliverables in the

Task Order. This maximum amount represents the negotiated mix of the prime Contractors and subcontractors' professional labor categories and salaries, an estimated number of workdays, other direct costs, indirect costs, and fixed fee.

(b) Firm Fixed Price (FFP) Task Orders. When issuing FFP Task Orders, TOCOs shall state in the Task Order the firm-fixed-price, which represents the total amount of the Task Order and the maximum price the contractor may be paid to perform the services, reports, or other deliverables in the Task Order.

(c) Minimum Order. When USAID requires services or reports and other deliverables covered by this Contract in a Task Order in the amount of less than $25,000, the contractor is not obligated to accept an order to furnish those services or reports and other deliverables under this Contract.

However, if the contractor agrees to furnish services or reports and other deliverables required by

USAID in an amount of less than $25,000 and is awarded a Task Order to do so, the contractor is required to provide said services and reports and deliverables in accordance with the Contract's terms and conditions.

(d) Maximum Order. When USAID requires services or reports and other deliverables covered by this Contract in a Task Order amount of more than $20,000,000, the contractor is not obligated to bid on an order to furnish those services or reports and other deliverables under this

Contract. However, if the contractor agrees to furnish services or reports and other deliverables required by USAID in excess of $20,000,000 and awarded a Task Order to do so, the contractor is required to provide said services and reports/deliverables in accordance with the Contracts terms and conditions.

(e) Notwithstanding the above, if issuance of a Task Order to, and acceptance of a Task Order by, the contractor would: (1) result in the contractor (or its personnel or its subcontractors or their personnel) having an organizational conflict of interest for which restrictions would be placed on the contractor's (or its personnel’s or its subcontractors’ or their personnel’s) future activities; or (2) violate the provisions of the Procurement Integrity Legislation, Section 27 of the

Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 423), as amended by Section 814 of Pub.

L. 101-189; or (3) violate the organizational conflict of interest provisions of Section H of this

Contract, the contractor, after written notification to the cognizant Contracting Officer is not obligated to furnish those services or reports and other deliverables under this Contract, and

USAID may acquire the supplies or services from another source.

B.10 COST REIMBURSABLE

The U.S. dollar costs allowable shall be limited to reasonable, allocable, and allowable costs determined in accordance with FAR 52.216-7, Allowable Cost and Payment; FAR 52.216-8, Fixed Fee, if applicable; AIDAR 752.7003, Documentation for Payment; OMB Circular A-21, Cost Principles for Educational Institutions. and OMB Circular A-122, Cost Principles for Non-profit organizations.

B.11 LABOR CATEGORIES – UNBURDENED CEILING DAILY RATES

(a) All CPFF task orders must include rates that are equal to or lower than the ceiling daily rates set forth below.

Each Ceiling Daily Rate (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 personnel must not include the following payroll costs (fringe benefits, FICA, etc.), indirect costs applicable to labor, or profit/fee.

The CDRs set forth below are fixed for the term of the IDIQ award and are for an eight hour day, and apply to the prime contractor and all subcontractors. 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.

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

(b) The single unburdened ceiling daily rate for each labor category below represents the senior-level rate in each labor category. If mid-level or junior-level personnel are required under task orders, they must be proposed at rates below the unburdened ceiling daily rate.

[Note1: The Unburdened Ceiling Daily Rates apply to any CPFF task order(s) that are awarded under this contract.

[Note 2: The Unburdened Ceiling Daily Rates apply to prime contractor, subcontractor, and consultant salaries. For consultants that typically bill using a loaded rate, contractors must propose any charges above direct salary separately.]

[Note 3: The unburdened ceiling daily rates below do not apply to Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) Task

Orders.]

Number Labor Category Unburdened Ceiling

Daily Rate

Project Manager/COP

General and Administrative Specialist

Water Resources Management Specialist

Planning and Development Specialist

Environmental Specialist

Utility Specialist

Food Security Specialist

Climate Change and Hazard Mitigation Specialist

Economic Growth and Financial Services Specialist

Knowledge Management Specialist

Institutional Strengthening & Capacity Building Specialist

Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist

(c) Definition of labor categories:

1001. Project Manager – The individual is responsible for day-to-day work and staff supervision leading to the achievement of quality work products. S/he serves as a critical team member or leader in a project unit, mentoring individuals, and collaborating closely with other management staff for effective supervision of at least one complex project.

1002. General and Administrative Specialist – The individual is responsible for performing varied overall support for program implementation. Duties may include, but are not limited to, providing administrative support, budget formulation, budget execution, budget monitoring, financial reporting, forecasting annual funding needs, ensuring compliance with procedures and regulations, modifying budgets as necessary, working with government counterparts to ensure availability of funds based on government budget cycles, procuring contracts, managing subcontracts, administrating and managing grants, etc.

1003. Water Resources Management Specialist – The individual is responsible for providing technical support to program implementation in one or more of the following technical areas and other related areas as appropriate: Watershed Management, Water Demand Management and

Water Conservation, Groundwater Aquifer Management, Water Rights/Water Allocation

Decision-Making and Management, Seawater Intrusion, etc.

1004. Planning and Development Specialist– The individual is responsible for providing other related areas as appropriate: Land Use Planning, Land Use Planning, Zoning, Permitting, and other Regulatory Functions, Integrated Coastal Urban Development, Shoreline Management and Coastal Erosion Control, Ports and Marinas Management, Facility Siting Analysis and

Coastal Construction Guidelines/Best Practices, Parks and Protected Areas Management, including Marine Protected Areas and Fishery Reserves, Sustainable Ports, Marinas, and

Shoreline Management, etc.

1005. Environmental Specialist– The individual is responsible for providing technical support to program implementation in one or more of the following technical areas and other related areas as appropriate: Water Source Quality, Salinity Management, Drinking Water Desalination, Impact of Water Quality on Food Security, Water Quality Management, Modeling, Regulation, Permitting, Analysis, Monitoring, and Enforcement, Wetlands Management, Coastal Wetlands

Management, Domestic (Urban and Rural) and Industrial Water Pollution Prevention and

Control, Non-Point Source Pollution Prevention and Control, Environmental Remediation and

Contamination Mitigation Plans, Aquatic Biodiversity and Habitat Management, Environmental

Flows and Freshwater Inflow Management, Aquaculture Environmental and Social Impact

Reduction, Mitigation, and Management, Promotion of Green Businesses and Green

Certifications, Environmental Health and Vector Control, Urban Sanitation and Hygiene service delivery, Rural Sanitation and Hygiene service delivery, Epidemiology, Toxicology, Hygiene

Behavior Change, etc.

1006. Utility Specialist– The individual is responsible for providing technical support to program implementation in one or more of the following technical areas and other related areas as appropriate: Urban Water Supply and Distribution, Rural Water Supply, Water Treatment, including Point-of-Use and Community Treatment, Water and Wastewater User Tariff and

Subsidies Scheme Development, Water and Wastewater Utilities Performance, including

Operation and Maintenance, Water Well Drilling, Well Maintenance, and Repair, Water Storage, Service Provider Management, etc.

1007. Food Security Specialist– The individual is responsible for providing technical support to program implementation in one or more of the following technical areas and other related areas as appropriate: Soil and Water Conservation, Irrigation and Drainage Management, Agrometeorological Forecasting and Vulnerability Analysis, Freshwater and Marine (Nearshore)

Fisheries Management, Freshwater and Marine Aquaculture, Livestock, Poultry and

Horticulture, Nutrition and links to WASH and agriculture, Fisheries and Coastal Ecosystem

Management, etc.

1008. Climate Change and Hazard Mitigation Specialist– The individual is responsible for providing technical support to program implementation in one or more of the following technical areas and other related areas as appropriate: Weather/Seasonal Climate River/Coastal and

Extreme Event Forecasting, Warning, Risk Mitigation and Preparedness, and Post-Disaster

Assessment and Recovery, Coastal Hazard Mitigation, including Weather/Climate, Extreme

Event Warning, Risk Mitigation and Preparedness, and Post-Disaster Assessment and Recovery, Global Climate Change Mitigation, Vulnerability, and Adaptation, etc.

1009. Economic Growth and Financial Services Specialist– The individual is responsible for providing technical support to program implementation in one or more of the following technical areas and other related areas as appropriate: Private Sector Engagement (micro & macro), Resource Economics and Financing, Public-Private Partnership and Global Development

Alliance (GDA) Development, Sustainable Tourism, Ecotourism, and Recreation Development, Economic Planning and Development, including Income Generation and Diversification, Economic Rent or Fee for Management Program Development, etc.

1010. Knowledge Management Specialist– The individual is responsible for providing other related areas as appropriate: Environmental Education and Communication, Exchange of

Information across Multimedia Platforms, Mass Communication, Computer-Mediated

Communication, Database/Library/Knowledgebase Management, Technical Training Programs, Social Computing Tools, etc.

1011. Institutional Strengthening and Capacity Building Specialist– The individual is responsible for providing technical support to program implementation in one or more of the following technical areas and other related areas as appropriate: Community Development and

Participation, Social Science/Anthropology/Gender Analysis, Conflict Resolution, Environmental Law, National and/or International fisheries “Codes of Conduct” Management

Agreement Development and Implementation, Natural Resource Subsidy Management, Property

Rights Management, Strengthened Enforcement Capacity and Judicial Systems, Transboundary

Water Resources/Water Rights, etc.

1012. Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist – The individual is responsible for providing other related areas as appropriate: Developing Monitoring and Evaluation Plans, Developing

Performance Indicators, Conducting Performance Evaluations, Conducting Impact Evaluations, Conducting Sustainability Analyses, etc.

(d) Managerial leadership of task orders:

It is anticipated that the IDIQ Manager may act in a management capacity on individual task orders.

(e) Minimum qualifications:

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

Level Academic

Degree*

Plus

Approximate

Years of

Relevant**

Work

Experience

Including

Years of

Experience in

Int'l

Development

Relevant

Regional

Experience

Relevant

Language

Fluency

Senior Ph.D.

JD/ABD

MS/MA/MB

A BS/BA

Less than

As specified in

Task Order

As specified in

Task Order

As specified in

Task Order

Bachelor's

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

**Relevant Work Experience is required for the levels indicated.

(f) Engineering Qualifications

Task orders may require certain personnel to hold a professional engineering license. Any such requirements will be specifically outlined in Task Order solicitations. The contractor may be required to submit evidence of certification as an attachment to the contractor’s Technical

Proposal in accordance with task order instructions.

(g) Locally Hired National Personnel or Other Non-U.S. Expatriates

All locally hired national personnel and other non-U.S. expatriates must be paid in accordance with AIDAR 722.170(a): Third Country Nationals (TCNs) and Cooperating Country Nationals

(CCNs) who are working in the United States or are legal residents of the United States at the time they are hired for a task order, must be extended benefits and subject to restrictions on the same basis as U.S. citizens who work in the United States. The U.S. CDRs will be applied to

TCNs and CCNs conforming to this regulatory provision.

Salaries for individual locally-hired personnel and other non-U.S. expatriates under this contract or any resulting subcontract must be in accordance with AIDAR 752.7007, Personnel

Compensations (July 2007) and should be based upon a combination of factors including prevailing in-country salaries for the professional category being negotiated and consideration of the individual's education, work experience and recent relevant salary history.

[END OF SECTION B]

SECTION C – STATEMENT OF WORK

C.1 OVERVIEW

In a rapidly changing environment, achieving water security for regions, nations and individuals is one of the greatest development challenges confronting the world today. Climate change, population growth, increased energy demands and rising costs, increased urbanization, low sanitation coverage, watershed and environmental degradation, natural disasters, and conflict are putting water resources under increasing pressure. Yet access to clean water and sanitation is critical to improving health and increasing human productivity and economic growth.

Water scarcity already affects every continent and more than 40 percent of the people on our planet. By 2025, 1.8 billion people will be living in countries or regions with absolute water scarcity, and two-thirds of the world’s population could be living under water stressed conditions. The annual economic impact of poor sanitation alone is more than 5-6% of GDP in some countries and research on the economics of sanitation and water indicates that no other single intervention brings greater public health returns. Similarly, water is a critical input to food security, which exists when people have the physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs. Water scarcity can be a major cause of famine and undernourishment, particularly in areas where people depend on local agriculture for food and income.

The importance of water in the development context and the increased pressure to satisfy potentially competing needs for water underscores the critical importance of properly managing the scarce water resources upon which human life and economic security depend. Against this context, USAID (the Agency) is embarking on a new Water and Development Strategy (the

Strategy; http://www.usaid.gov/documents/1865/usaid-water-and-development-strategy-2013-

2018 which focuses efforts on improved access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) and improved food security. By focusing programming on these two elements of the global water security challenge, USAID can be most effective in helping the world to meet the UN

Millennium Development Goals.

USAID’s Water and Development Strategy provides the framework for focusing the Agency’s approach to water programming. Recognizing that limited resources are available, the Agency intends to achieve the greatest impact by focusing resources according to the following Strategic

Objectives:

Strategic Objective 1 (SO1): Improve health outcomes through the provision of sustainable water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH)

Strategic Objective 2 (SO2): Manage water in agriculture sustainably and more productively to enhance food security

While other parts of the Agency (e.g., Global Health, Regional Bureaus, Office of Foreign

Disaster Assistance, Bureau for Food Security, and Food for Peace) provide support to Missions in programming areas related to these strategic objectives, the Bureau for Economic Growth, Education, and the Environment’s (E3’s) Office of Water is the Agency’s technical leader for implementation of the Strategy. This IDIQ (sometimes referred to as an IQC within USAID) is http://www.usaid.gov/documents/1865/usaid-water-and-development-strategy-2013-2018 http://www.usaid.gov/documents/1865/usaid-water-and-development-strategy-2013-2018 the Office of Water’s sole central mechanism in support of the Strategy, though there are other mechanisms available to the Missions.

The purpose of this IDIQ is to carry out Task Orders that reflect the Agency’s strategic direction and focus on water programming, as described above and including the elements of USAID

Forward discussed in Attachment J.5. This IDIQ Contract is meant to be a successor, and not a direct follow-on, to the previous water IDIQ’s, IDIQ I, II and its extension.

C.2 OBJECTIVE

The E3 Bureau’s Office of Water supports the Agency’s water programming by synthesizing and disseminating water sector knowledge, and supporting long-term, sustainable, transformative development in the water sector. Through this IDIQ, the Office of Water will facilitate

Missions’ access to cross-cutting services in the water sector, including Data Collection and

Management, Assessment and Analysis, Strategic Planning and Program Design, Capacity

Building and Institutional Strengthening, and Performance Monitoring and Evaluation for the implementation of their field programs.

The USAID E3 Bureau seeks assistance with providing services and technical support related to implementation of the Strategy and to assist sponsoring Missions, Bureaus and Offices worldwide. Task Orders performed under this contract shall seek to provide maximum benefit according to the Strategic Objectives mentioned above within the overall context of USAID

Forward and other Agency priorities and strategies. Please see Attachment J.5 for detailed information.

WADI consist of two award categories: 1) unrestricted and 2) total small or small disadvantaged business aside. The unrestricted category is intended to provide the broad range of services and tasks outlined in Section C below with the exception of two technical areas which have been reserved for small businesses. The provision of services and tasks in sections C.3.9 “Knowledge

Management, Information Sharing, Cooperation and Coordination” and C.3.10 “Performance

Monitoring and Evaluation” have been set aside for small businesses with specific expertise in these two technical areas as they relate to the implementation of the Water and Development strategy. Small businesses primes must be capable of providing all of the services outlined in

Section C and not just the two technical areas discussed above.

C.3 CROSS-CUTTING SERVICES

In pursuing the Strategy’s objectives, the Agency’s approach will be driven by the tenets of integrated water resources management. Integrated water resources management is defined as the broad range of scientific and technical, economic, governance, and regulatory activities necessary to manage water resources for the maximum benefit of the users, host-country governments, and the environment. Integrated water resources management considers water resources in the basin as a whole and helps to ensure that demands for water are equitably met among human consumptive, industrial, ecological, and food production needs without significant negative impact on users and the environment.

The Agency is also seeking opportunities to integrate its programming between implementation of the Strategy and other development activities, including economic growth, education, youth, energy, etc. An integrated approach to programming is an effective way to fulfill multiple development objectives, leverage limited resources, nurture sustainable approaches, and bring impacts to scale. In all its programming, the Agency pays careful attention to gender equality, a particularly important part of its approach to water programming.

The contractor shall furnish personnel having substantial experience and expertise, both practical and conceptual, to perform the cross-cutting services and the range of activities described by this

Statement of Work, and as further delineated in each subsequent Task Order. The contractor may be requested to set up an in-country office to provide these services with local staff management by a host country national or an expatriate, and to utilize local organizations or other firms, as deemed appropriate by the sponsoring unit.

Contractors shall provide services in the cross-cutting technical areas detailed below.

C.3.1: Data Collection and Management

Data collection, management and use are core to the ability to diagnose sector problems, construct remedies, and implement solutions. Timely and reliable data inform a baseline understanding of a situation and provide the basis for monitoring progress, which are critical, in turn, to assessing the effectiveness of interventions. At the service delivery level, data on the location, specifications, operational status, governance, sustainability and demand for water and sanitation facilities are required. Service providers’ operational and commercial data are not only valuable to utility staff and management, but also to government, financiers and regulators.

Transparency of data in the sector has additional benefits to civil society, creating a framework of public accountability and allowing for more robust governance.

Additionally, effective water resources management requires accurate and timely information on geophysical, hydrological, meteorological, biological, chemical, and ecological characteristics in addition to the cultural, sociological, economic/financial, legal, political, institutional, and socioeconomic contexts in which they are used. These tasks may be done as part of larger governance processes (e.g. basin, watershed, or other ecosystem-scale participatory decision-making structures) and may support management decisions related to all aspects of water resources management.

The Contractor shall provide services including, but not limited to, the following:

o Supporting, through technology transfer, knowledge management attributes of creation, learning and sharing, training, and the provision of technical advisory services, the establishment of cost-effective data collection systems and databases. This will include not only support for data collection, storage, monitoring, and processing, including the use of hydrologic and meteorological models, remote sensing, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS), but also behavioral data related to correct, consistent and sustained use of water, sanitation and hygiene technologies.

o Supporting the development of Monitoring and Evaluation Platforms which work to integrate available data sources and provide a single point of entry for sector data.

o Gathering data through inventories, surveys, quantitatively and qualitatively perform assessments when required (as mentioned above), and other approaches and establishing databases to efficiently and effectively store the data so that can be captured and shared with missions, implementing partners, other donors and beneficiaries, whenever appropriate.

o Designing and implementing innovative approaches to the real time collection, analysis and use of sector data, including the use of mobile technologies.

o Supporting the development and adoption of comprehensive, scientifically-sound, data-driven, and feasible systems for monitoring the health, productivity, viability, and sustainability of water resources and their dependent ecosystems;

and of water and sanitation infrastructure.

o Collecting, managing and sharing with relevant stakeholders on a user-friendly and widely utilized platform, the data necessary to improve sector performance, including establishment of utility benchmark data, water point mapping, cost of service data, etc.

o Performance of social and economic data collection necessary to inform program and activity design including gender analysis, acceptability studies and willingness and ability to pay studies.

o Establishing knowledge management systems to encourage the effective, efficient, and transparent capturing and dissemination of data and information pertaining to water resources management, including, where appropriate, promotion of consistent data management formats and standard protocols.

C.3.2: Assessment and Analysis

Technical assistance services that relate to the assessment and analysis activities inherent to water and sanitation shall be provided by the contractor. Work may be required at all scales ranging from local, site-based assessment to service area, basin-scale, national, or regional analyses.

o Analyzing data in the broader site-specific political, cultural, and legal contexts and developing options for effective policy and program implementation.

o Leveraging partnerships with academic institutions, NGOs, and other local, community, national, and/or international organizations to promote innovation and cooperation.

o Developing and implementing decision-support systems based on sound data, information, and analysis.

o Assessing the potential ecological, gender, health, and socioeconomic impacts and risks of projects and programs.

o Identifying potential water related conflicts, including transboundary conflicts.

o Modeling future development scenarios under a variety of water sector options and conditions.

o Modeling the economic costs of lack of investment in domestic and productive water and sanitation infrastructure o Modeling extreme events, such as droughts, sea level rise, and flooding, understanding their potential impacts in a basin-scale context, and developing mitigation plans.

o Assessing the sustainability and scalability of proposed development approaches, including modeling future scenarios under a variety of conditions.

o Modeling the linkages between water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), water resources, and food security, understanding the impact of changes in water quality and water quantity on agriculture, fisheries, aquaculture, and livestock, and developing sustainable, scalable, and cost-effective mitigation and adaptation strategies.

o Developing options and recommendations for action to conserve and protect aquatic ecosystems, including rivers, lakes, estuaries, wetlands, mangroves, and coral reefs as part of the evaluation of the overall sustainability and scalability of water and water-related projects.

o Assessing the economic and other values of sanitation, water and related systems, including market and non-market, direct and indirect values.

C.3.3 Strategic Planning and Program Design

USAID Missions and Bureaus, as well as host country partners and counterparts, often require assistance in planning and activity design in order to achieve sustainable and scalable outcomes.

Support may also be needed in programs undertaken by or with host country institutions for which the development of management plans often serves as a fundamental underpinning for long-term, sustainable, and scalable water and sanitation sector development. This contract shall provide technical capability that draws on sound data, information, and analysis at all scales in the areas of strategic planning and activity design.

o Assisting in development of Development Objectives, Results Frameworks, and in identifying targets and indicators related to water, sanitation and hygiene programs.

o Providing analysis, input, or recommendations related to water, sanitation and hygiene for Country Development Cooperation Strategies (CDCSs).

o Assisting in the design or redesign of water, sanitation and hygiene activities and programs, including the development of Concept Notes, Project Appraisal

Documents, Statements of Work, Program Descriptions, etc.

o Assisting beneficiaries with development of strategies and action plans, and strengthening their institutional capacity to carry out planning on an ongoing basis.

o Promoting public and other stakeholder participation in water, sanitation and hygiene strategies and action plan development.

o Assisting in problem identification and conflict resolution for water, sanitation and hygiene issues at the local, national, and regional scales.

C.3.4 Capacity Building and Institutional Strengthening

Activities to build host country individual and institutional capacity will be required in country and region-specific Task Orders for any and all technical sub-sectors of water and sanitation.

Capacity building and institutional strengthening may require use of local languages. On an occasional basis, capacity building may also be provided for USAID technical staff in specific areas of interest related to water, sanitation and hygiene sector development and water resources management.

o Providing technical assistance to counterpart organizations in defining capacity building needs, or in preparing recommendations for organization staffing and staff development.

o Supporting training of technical personnel within host country institutions on topics including: drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) including hygiene behavior change, water and sanitation sector monitoring, assessment and planning, information acquisition and management, stakeholder participation in governance, conflict resolution, management of hardware and infrastructure, innovative financing tools, and site-based management practices.

o Supporting staff development and training within host country institutions in the financial and administrative aspects of water project and utility management.

o Implementing conferences and workshops on topics related to water and sanitation. Workshops may emphasize stakeholder participation and may include public and private partner organizations.

o Partner with and leverage credible institutions on relevant capacity building programs and initiatives to maximize impact and resources.

o Utilize sharing and learning good practices when designing and implementing capacity building programs.

C.3.5 Policy, Legal, Regulatory and Institutional Program Support

The proposed contract will enable USAID Missions to implement and manage water and sanitation programs that embrace a broad range of policy, legal, regulatory and institutional reform efforts. These reforms will anchor long term transformation of water and sanitation sector, leading to sustainable and scalable service provision on an equitable basis. Technical support to host country public and private institutions may be required to carry out these activities on a long-term basis.

o Recommending and supporting development and implementation of enabling policies in order to increase opportunities for coverage and equitable access, financing and cost-recovery, rationalization and management of demand for resources, inclusive decision-making, decentralization, accountability, transparency, reduce corruption, and protect natural resources at local, regional, and national levels.

o Examining the effectiveness of laws, policies, and regulations and their application for sustaining water resources and providing water and sanitation services, recommending options for improving laws and related institutional and regulatory structures, and supporting implementation of desired reforms.

o Assessing regulatory options for improving environmental protection, resource allocation, and service provision. Developing, recommending and implementing regulatory improvements including institutional changes, monitoring and enforcement mechanisms.

o Developing and implementing regulatory instruments including regulations,…