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Gallery Walk Attendee Information

Water and Development II Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (WADI II IDIQ) February 23, 2021

Akros, Inc.

Akros, Inc. is an economically disadvantaged, small, woman-owned, business which works with a broad range of donors, partners and stakeholders to establishes data-driven systems to improve the health and well-being of disadvantaged communities. Partners include

USAID, UNICEF, and government ministerial bodies. Although we work across the Southern

Africa region and provide technical assistance globally, the majority of Akros’ staff members are based in Lusaka, Zambia.

info@akros.com https://akros.com/ mailto:info@akros.com https://akros.com/

Organization: Arizona State University

Website: asu.edu

Organization Type: Higher Education Institution

Area Capabilities

1. Data Collection and Management; 2.

Assessment and Analysis; 8.

Information Sharing, Coordination

These are central functions of ASU and our 160+ interdisciplinary water experts. Programs such as Future H2O creates solutions-oriented research and implementation partnerships with the global corporations, NGOs, multinationals, venture funds, and public institutions.

3. Strategic Planning and Program Design

ASU water leaders develop broad strategies that link multiple initiatives from disparate funding agencies (e.g., NSF, IDB, USAID) and identify problems and resolutions at multiple scales.

4. Capacity Building and Institutional Strengthening

Leading USAID-funded capacity building projects: Intel/Higher Engineering Education Alliance Program (HEEAP); Center for Applied Research and Innovation in Supply Chain-Africa (CARISCA), Strengthening Higher Education Access in Malawi Activity (SHEAMA).

5. Policy, Legal, Regulatory and Institutional Support

ASU’s transdisciplinary programs focus on water as a human right, impacts of globalization on water in rapidly urbanizing areas, inclusive decision-making, and sustainability.

6. Technical Assistance and Service Delivery

USAID/Holistic Water Solutions ($2M) serves refugee communities in Lebanon and Jordan by producing certified potable water at the community/household levels through cutting-edge tech, sustainable business models, empowered women entrepreneurs, and public/private partners.

8. Shock Response and Adaptive Management Support

ASU’s School for Complex Adaptive Systems focuses on exactly these challenges. In terms of management, one of few university research enterprises to be ISO 9001:2015-certified.

C.3. Cross-Cutting Services

Inbox: Haley.N.Tabor@asu.edu mailto:Haley.N.Tabor@asu.edu

C4. PERFORMANCE TECHNICAL AREAS

Area Capabilities

Water Resources Management

Advancing Knowledge and Theory on Decision Making Under Uncertainty ($18.5M, NSF) supports research, education, and outreach to increase understanding of decision-making processes and information needed by decision makers, similar work funded by IDB. The Green Infrastructure Support Tool (GIST) helps organizations/communities identify current/future water stresses and determine the full costs of their investments in the watershed.

Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene

Global Ethnohydrology Study (15 years, multiple funders, 15 countries) assess how increasing urbanization, water scarcity, and climate change predict changes in cultural knowledge, e.g., hygiene, sanitation, and stigma. Multiple initiatives to address wastewater: sewage epidemiology, microbial wastewater treatment to produce electricity.

Resilience, Nutrition and Food Security

ASU partnered on the USAID/Egypt Food-Security and Agribusiness Support ($23M) project with a focus on water in agriculture to increase incomes and improve food security for smallholder Egyptian farmers. Playing Games to Save Water (Asia) simulated crop choice and aquifer use and led to increased governance and sustainable water extraction.

Environment ASU is a partner on the NSF/Nanotechnology Enabled Water Treatment (NEWT) Center ($18.5M), a consortium of industry, university and government partners to establish to develop compact, mobile, off-grid water-treatment systems that provide clean water to millions of people and make energy production more sustainable and cost effective.

Economic Growth and Energy

ASU is a lead recipient of NSF/Innovations at the Nexus of Food, Energy and Water Systems (INFEWS) awards, including focus on Hydropower, Human Nutrition, and Livelihoods in the Lower Mekong Basin.

Democracy and Governance

ASU leads The Foresight Initiative ($20M, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency), which explores how climate change impacts water, food and energy and could contribute to political unrest and instability in the Niger River Basin.

Innovation, Research and Evaluation

DFID/Household Water Insecurity Experiences (HWISE) Scale & NSF/Research Coordination Network, co-led by ASU, developed the first cross-culturally validated scale to measure water insecurity at the household level and facilitates research/communication among a global network of water scholars to promote policy and practice.

Athena Infonomics

Key Capabilities Relevant to WADI II

• Urban Sanitation Planning and Governance (with special focus on small and secondary towns)

• Strengthening WASH data systems (Digital tools to collect and visualize micro market data and innovations to integrate big data into WASH data pipelines)

• WASH Research, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning

• WASH Markets and Financing

• Decision-Support Systems

About Us

Athena Infonomics is a global research and advisory firm that combines social science research methods and ICT tools to drive innovation in policies, processes and programs in international development

Organization Type

Small Business, New/Underutilized Partner www.athenainfonomics.com

Office Locations

USA – Washington, D.C. | UK – London | India – Chennai, Delhi, Dehradun

Bangladesh – Khulna | Senegal – Dakar | Uganda – Kampala | Zambia – Lusaka

Contact

Maya Gainer, Senior Consultant maya.g@athenainfonomics.com http://www.athenainfonomics.com/ mailto:maya.g@athenainfonomics.com

Selected Experience

• Citywide Inclusive Sanitation Service

Assessment and Planning Project: Collaboration with utilities and regulators to develop, test and scale up a tool and process to compare and evaluate sanitation interventions (investments, regulatory changes, tariffs) in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.

• Sanitation Financing in Small Towns in Asia:

Research on municipal financing strategies

(taxes, tariffs, transfers, public-private financing mechanisms) and service delivery models for urban sanitation in small towns in India, Nepal, and Bangladesh.

• Project Tuymai: Development of a comprehensive strategy combining institutional, regulatory, financial and social strategies to support effective management of fecal sludge across the value chain in Namakkal Municipality and Erumapatti Town Panchayat in India.

Recommendations were used as a roadmap for other small towns in the state of Tamil Nadu to professionalize fecal sludge management.

URBAN SANITATION PLANNING

AND GOVERNANCE

• Impact Investing in Urban Sanitation: Impact

Investing in Urban Sanitation: Mapping of the opportunities for impact investment in sanitation markets in Kenya and India and development of an investment assessment toolkit to evaluate returns, risks and social impact of prospective investments.

• Mapping the Supply-side Challenges faced by

Sanitation SMEs in Ghana: Research on constraints preventing SMEs involved in toilet construction in Accra and Kumasi from meeting demand, including input supply, technology/product development, management and governance, access to finance, skills, and policy environment.

• Improving Access to Affordable Capital for

Urban WASH Entrepreneurs and Small

Businesses in India: Assessment of business models for delivery of non-networked water and sanitation in India, barriers WASH SMEs face in accessing affordable capital, and strategies for the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs to enable access to affordable private financing.

WASH MARKETS

AND FINANCING

• Citywide Inclusive Sanitation

Monitoring Evaluation and

Learning: MEL partner for

BMGF’s portfolio of 8 cities implementing CWIS programs. Develop monitoring frameworks, build partner institutions’ MEL capacities, and facilitate peer learning and knowledge exchange.

• Shifting Social Norms and

Mental Models to Reduce

Open Defecation in Rural

India: Formative research on the influence of social norms on latrine ownership and use, followed by an evaluation of information campaigns leveraging positive social norms to change behaviors.

WASH RESEARCH

AND MEL

• FSM Toolbox:

Development of a suite of tools to plan fecal sludge management at the city and regional levels, including geospatial analysis of infrastructure gaps, assessment of investment needs, and potential business models.

• Collaborative Resource

Management for Climate-

Based Adaptation in

Indian Cities: Facilitation of a cross-jurisdictional water resource management planning process, using a user-friendly tool for participatory scenario analysis and iterative modeling of intervention options.

ICT TOOLS AND DECISION

SUPPORT SYSTEMS

USAID WADI II

B&N Inspection and Supply (Bninspectionandsupply.com)

Water Storage Tank Evaluations and ROV Inspection

POC: Nicholas A Lamm, nlamm@bninspectionandsupply.com (573) 747-7941

B&N Inspection and Supply (“B&N”), based in Creve Coeur, Missouri, is a CVE Certified – Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) dedicated to consulting and inspection services in the areas of protective coatings and Certified Weld Inspections (CWI). B&N is a Society of Protective Coatings (SSPC) QP-5 Certified Inspection Firm. B&N ownership and management bring over 150 years of industry experience. Our professionalism and the value we bring to our clients is evidenced by the fact we successfully participate in six Basic Ordering Agreements (BOA) within the armed forces, have Master Service Agreements in place with six of the nation’s largest engineering firms, State of Missouri Department of Transportation, and have serviced hundreds of projects for both state governmental entities and private businesses. B&N’s owners and staff bring the necessary background and experience to successfully execute any project.

New technology, particularly the use of Remote Operated Vehicles (ROVs), has expanded inspection capabilities for water assets to allow for inspection of the tank while it remains in service. ROVs provide a different perspective of each tank, allowing visual access to previously hard-to-reach areas and documenting the findings via high definition video. In-service inspection also provide significant cost benefits by avoiding the costs associated with draining and cleaning the tank during inspections and allowing for inspections during peak water demand. Routine inspection, cleaning, and maintenance of water storage facilities are a necessity to protect public health. Inspection of these facilities ensures compliance with state and federal regulations.

When conducting an inspection, five criteria are evaluated:

1. Sanitary Conditions

2. Structural and Foundation Conditions

3. Safety and Security Conditions

4. Coatings System Conditions

5. General Details B&N performs a 580 Point Tank that follows AWWA and OSHA standards, as well as State and Federal guidelines. Furthermore, B&N can now collect sediment and water samples, take underwater measurements, and retrieve of items less than 50lbs.

Inspection and Evaluations mailto:nlamm@bninspectionandsupply.com

Past Performances

• KEY TAKEAWAYS

– Conducting Corrosion Analysis and Inspections for six (6) Basic Ordering Agreements (BOA) on over

250+ military bases. (Air Force, Army, and Navy Facilities OCONUS and CONUS)

– Consulting and Specialty Coatings Analysis for the Department of Homeland Security-

– National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF), Manhattan Kansas.

– Certified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB)

– The Society of Protective Coatings (SSPC) Quality Program -5 (QP5) Certification for Inspection Firms.

Inspection and Evaluations

• B&N Inspection and Supply (“B&N”) brings diversity of education, experience and knowledge to solving problems and servicing our customers. We believe these skill sets will provide exceptional service to our customers. As you can see from our customers’ base, B&N has demonstrated the ability to service our clients’ needs – from the United States Government to the largest private utility companies.

Customer: American Water and American Water Military Support Group (MSG) Contract: Agreement for Engineering Services Contract Number: Master Service Agreement (MSA) 08122018 and BNCAP-19-01 Contract Type: Task Order Points of Contact: Kenny Jaros – Tank Maintenance Coordinator; One Water Street, Camden NJ 08102; (908) 482-5248;

ken.jaros@amwater.com Description of Work Performed: Corrosion Engineering Services including specification writing, corrosion and coating surveys, inspections and reporting. B&N was nominated for the American Water Engineering Support Service 2018 Provider of the Year.

UNITED STATES

AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL

DEVELOPMENT. (USAID)

USAID Water and Development II Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (WADI II IDIQ) RFI

Name of Organization: BizSolutions 360, Inc.

Website: https://b360inc.com/

Organization Type: Small Business (SB)

General email: petern@b360inc.com

Notice ID

7200AA21RFI00TBD

https://b360inc.com/ https://b360inc.com/ mailto:petern@b360inc.com

Capabilities Relevant for WADI II

BizSolutions 360 - B360™ is an award winning and experienced provider of full service professional and technologies including design-build, architectural, engineering, consulting, technical administration and professional services. We leverage our global and IT-backed approach to support both the public and private sectors, to transform communities and power growth. B360’s team has extensive Water and Development experience and we are currently implementing a $7.4M

WASH project involving installation of water pipeline expansion, health service improvement and promotion of agricultural activities and food security in

Sanniquellie and Voinjama counties in Liberia. We have In-depth Understanding and Approach of USAID processes including AIDAR and FAR compliance. Our team has extensive experience on water, sanitation and hygiene project and are actively involved in gender inclusion, training, leadership and sensitizing the community on the benefit of maintaining hygiene and hence facilitating continuity for the effectiveness of WASH objectives. Below are some of the lessons learnt from WASH project.

Lessons Learnt On Wash Project.

Water Pipe Network Expansion: the water pipeline expansion in Sanniquellie and Voinjama by constructing new water main so as to increase water connections in each city for private and public water supply. B360 team is connecting the existing systems and maintain consistency throughout the water utility and retrofit with a sound connection.

Provision of WASH infrastructure in Health Facilities; improving health service delivery at 24 health facilities (HF) by constructing reliable water and sanitation infrastructure which would deliver year-round water supply service to the health facilities located in scattered places in Bong, Nimba and Lofa counties.

5 key lessons learnt.

1. Unimaginable importance of WASH – The benefits are enormous: Disease prevention and treatment Health and Safety Community WASH People Centered Care Climate Change and disaster resilience Staff Morale and performance HealthCare Costs.

2. Importance of Relationships with Stakeholders USAID office - CO, Engineers and Oversight and Role of oversight Ministry of Health Liberia Presidential Advisory - Local Administration Local Companies and Organizations Suppliers - Critical and Non Critical - Security, Cooks Members of the Public

3. Design Development Stages HealthCare Design Development Stages HealthCare Facilities Water Expansion Network Batching & Clustering Issues -Related issues Same but different Facilities Water Expansion Network

4. Engagement of Youth and Women & Understanding of Functional areas as relate to the Youth and Women: Backgrounds/ History Dreams Regulatory

5. Benefits of utilizing Small Businesses and knowledge of, and presence in Liberia – Physical presence Past performance Local Presence; Local Team; Local

Capacity; Local Culture: and Local Costs; we have realistic pricing for all the work that will be performed in Liberia.

Mission: With our partners we reach millions through creative communication and trusted media, helping people to have their say, understand their rights, responsibilities and each other, and take action to transform their own lives.

Reach: 100m+ people each year

Key Differentiators: Trust; reach and scale; creativity and engagement; beyond messaging; working in partnership to maximise impact. Full service social and behaviour change communication provider, with skills in strategy development, formative behavioral insights research/theory of change development, in-house creative and production capacity across all communication platforms and genres, capacity building of partners, governments, media, and monitoring and impact evaluation.

Funders include: USAID, US State Department, FCDO, EC, SIDA, UNICEF, Gates Foundation, Packard Foundation

Where we work:

• Sub-Saharan Africa: Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia

• South and S. East Asia: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal

• North Africa and the Middle East: Algeria, Libya, Tunisia; Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria

• Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia: Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine, Uzbekistan We also deliver programmes on a case by case basis in other countries across these regions

Our work in WASH

We use mass media and outreach to deliver comprehensive WASH and water resource management communication.

Our work:

• Improves knowledge enabling individuals and communities to make informed decisions;

• Addresses deeply entrenched attitudes and norms that can affect WASH and WRM behaviors;

• Supports increased accountability of those in authority and enhanced transparency of government, service providers and other duty-bearers to provide information and services to support WASH, WRM and climate resilience.;

• Builds capacity of others to use communication to achieve behavioural outcomes.

We actively target and involve hard-to-reach and marginalised populations, including women, youth and people with disabilities.

BBC Media Action The international development organization of the BBC www.bbc.co.uk/mediaaction progdev@bbc.co.uk http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaaction

KENYA: Capacity building of local media to improve WASH accountability and positive behavior change

Aims: enhance community awareness of good sanitation and hygiene practices, enable adoption of practices, and facilitate dialogue between citizens, civil society and government. Focused on hard to reach conflict affected and semi-arid areas and high-density slums areas in Nairobi.

Seven local radio stations were trained and mentored to produce and broadcast locally relevant radio programs (including dramas and call-in discussions) and public service announcements on WASH issues.

Reach: 600,000 people (55% of adult population in target region), including many remote and rural locations where access to health services and information on WASH was scarce.

Accountability: Two thirds of listeners (67%) said programs helped to hold those responsible for WASH services to account and 71% said helped increase discussion between communities and leaders. 39% of listeners said programs lead to improvements in WASH services and infrastructure in their areas.

Behaviors: Regression analysis found listeners showed greater knowledge and self-reported behavior regarding various WASH practices, including knowing the correct handwashing technique, and reporting washing their hands at three or more critical times.

A snapshot of our work

INDIA: Embedding effective WASH communication into health systems and using entertainment for water resources management behavior change

We created a mobile phone-based audio training course to build the capacity of rural sanitation facilitators, providing refresher training on community approaches to sanitation and enhancing facilitators’ capacity to communicate and engage effectively with communities. It follows an award-winning interactive voice response-based mobile phone training service for frontline health workers that scaled nationally by the Government of India. The course has been tested in four states and the Government of India is launching the service across all nine Hindi speaking states. More than 58,000 rural sanitation facilitators have used the course to date.

We supported the Swachh Bharat (Clean India) Mission initiated by the Government of India with the creation of a radio drama and short films to dispel myths, highlight the risks of open defecation and help change sanitation-related attitudes and behaviors. In 2019 we also launched the first ever fiction TV series on urban sanitation, Navrangi Re!, which aimed to build awareness and shift attitudes and practices. The external evaluation showed that the show reached 59.6 million viewers, with 37% of viewers saying they intend to do something about their own sanitation practices after watching the show, rising to 78% among those who had watched at least seven episodes.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaaction/publications-and-resources/research/summaries/africa/kenya/wash-in-kenya https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaaction/where-we-work/asia/india/urban-sanitation http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediaaction/pdf/executive-summary-navarangi-re-sept-2020.pdf

B E G I R L C H A L L E N G E S T H E S T A T U S Q U O & U S E S D E S I G N T O R E - F R A M E

M E N S T R U A T I O N A S S O M E T H I N G T O U N D E R S T A N D , O W N , & L O V E

BE GIRL INC

A SOCIAL ENTERPRISE

www.BeGirl.org hello@begirl.org

@BeGirlOrg | @BeGirlMoz | @BeGirlKE

AGE-APPROPRIATE

MENSTRUAL EDUCATION

SUSTAINABLE MENSTRUAL

PRODUCTS

SOCIAL & BEHAVIOR CHANGE

Biology-based SmartCycle® menstrual learning tool + training methodology

PeriodPanty™ menstrual underwear, FlexiPad™ menstrual pad, &

FitCup® menstrual cup kit

Transformative messaging to fight stigma and generate demand for menstrual products and services

| C A P A B I L I T I E S

A D D R E S S I N G M E N S T R U A T I O N - R E L A T E D B A R R I E R S T O G E N D E R E Q U I T Y http://www.bgvinternational.com/

Company History:

The company began business on June 1, 1990 in California and in 2008 started conducting business under the name BGV International and since that date has conducted business continuously from our office located in Fresno California, and have conducted business throughout the US West Coast. We have also worked on projects in Laos, Cambodia, Philippines, Thailand, and India.

BGV International Inc., is a minority owned full-service Design-Engineering-Construction and CM service Company for almost 30 years. California based and licensed by the State of California to conduct business in the capacity of:

Contractor License No. 934963 ‘A’ (General Engineering) ‘B’ (General Building) ‘C-47’ (Manufactured Homes) ‘C-36’ (Plumbing) ‘C-10’ (Electrical)

Experience in regional and remote areas working with development organizations and private industry in the design and implementation of:

• Integrated water supply, environmental sanitation and hygiene projects. • Governance improvement strategies • Implementation and evaluation of development programs with a focus on sustainable, community-led outcomes • Community-led Total Sanitation (CLTS) • Participatory community planning

• Gender mainstreaming • Implementation and evaluation of development programs with a focus on sustainable, community-led outcomes • Development of water resource policy, planning and project implementation.

Black & Veatch 1

Website: www.bv.com

Organization Type: Large Business

Open to priming or subcontracting on WADI II

Black & Veatch

Building a World of Difference.

A global, employee-owned engineering company founded in 1915 and comprising more than 10,000 professionals in 100 offices worldwide.

Completed projects that solve critical infrastructure challenges in 160 countries on six continents.

A Water Technology Group dedicated to R&D for emerging and advanced technologies appropriate for developed and developing country contexts through conducting applied research, pilot programs, and innovation platforms.

50+ year history supporting USAID’s work globally, including more than 20 water and energy projects completed in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Latin America over the past two decades.

Contact: Monty Palmer

571.366.6926 P| PalmerMM@bv.com

http://www.bv.com/

Black & 2Veatch

Capabilities Relevant for WADI II

Black & Veatch

Black & Veatch experts working around the world have developed innovative solutions that span the entire water value chain.

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Organizational Overview

• Cooperative for Relief and Assistance Everywhere, Inc. (CARE USA)

• https://www.care.org/

• CARE USA is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization

• Contact email: dianna.gillespie@care.org

Photo Caption: A girl accesses water from a shared-household water connection operated by a local utility as part of the USAID/Madagascar RANO WASH program. CARE provides capacity building to 140 private operators to serve 300,000 people with clean drinking water.

Over 50 million people are with improved access to water, sanitation, and/or hygiene between 2015 – 2020 as a result of CARE's work Photo credit:

RANO WASH/CARE

https://www.care.org/ mailto:dianna.gillespie@care.org

7.1M (Joint Urban + Rural)

1.1M (Urban)

4.3M (Rural) countries

+12M people reached

CARE USA WADI II Capabilities

Water+ Key Program Areas

• WASH governance and sustainable service delivery

• Sanitation and hygiene behavior change

• Water‐Smart Agriculture

• Water security, WRM, and climate resilience/justice

• WASH in humanitarian and nexus contexts

CARE’s Strengths

• Decades of community engagement, relationships and trust

• Gender, social inclusion, and inclusive governance models for water+

• Systems strengthening, market and community-based approaches

• Leveraging global multi‐sector programming and investments

• Applied research and learning uptake

Figure 1: FY20 CARE Water+ Impact Numbers by Geographic Program Type

Chemonics International

Large business www.chemonics.com asianbcore@chemonics.com http://www.chemonics.com/ mailto:asianbcore@chemonics.com

45 years of USAID project implementation experience over more than 1,200 projects in 159 countries, including more than 100 projects in the water and sanitation sector. Specific capabilities include:

• Strengthening water sector governance and financing

– Technical assistance to design policy, legal, and regulatory frameworks for utility systems

– Capacity building among public and private stakeholders to design WASH policy and regulatory frameworks, and improve management and oversight

– Technical expertise to structure public-private partnerships and mitigate risks in investment

– Assistance for public and private entities to access financing

• Improving management of water resources

– Expertise in improving utility market operations and financial performance

– Expertise in improving water and sanitation system operations, maintenance, and financial sustainability

– Business support services to manage operations and assets efficiently

– Cost-of-service analyses to support cost-reflective tariffs in rate-setting procedures

– Technical expertise in green infrastructure planning and design

– Comprehensive training programs for infrastructure operators and managers to ensure utility service sustainability

• Increasing sustainable access to safe drinking water

– Technical assistance for water infrastructure rehabilitation/construction to increase access to safely managed drinking water

– Capacity building among public and private stakeholders for project management and construction oversight of new and rehabilitated infrastructure

• Increasing sustainable access and use of sanitation and the practice of key hygiene behaviors

– Social and economic benefit analysis for resilient infrastructure

– Social behavior change campaigns to increase gender equality and social inclusion

WHO WE ARE – CROWN AGENTS USA

Organization type: Crown Agents USA (CA-USA), incorporated in Washington D.C. in 1998, is owned by Crown Agents Ltd., a London-based social enterprise wholly-owned by the Crown Agents foundation.

As Crown Agents’ US subsidiary, we leverage the Crown Agents Group’s global expertise in health, humanitarian assistance, stabilization, governance, economic growth, supply chain services, and climate and energy.

CA-USA has a track record of delivering successful projects and technical assistance for USAID, MCC, the World Bank, and USTDA.

CA-USA has access to our group’s network of 21 international offices and over 30 locally-established entities, project and representative offices.

https://www.crownagents.com/ca-usa/

Contact: Bohoney, Jason <jbohoney@crownagents.com>

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OUR RELEVANT CAPABILITIES FOR WADI II IDIQ

Deployment of renewable energy (RE) systems to power water, sanitation, and hygiene infrastructure:

Coordinating and simplifying RE procurement for public institutions currently lacking the financial or technical capabilities to do so, including:

• Drafting of technical specifications and minimum quality standards; design and execution of tenders for engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contracts; evaluation of bids; negotiation and award of EPC contracts; end-to-end project management of solar and other infrastructure projects; and value for money assessments

• Last mile logistics, warehousing, and distribution

Facilitating financing of RE systems, for example:

• In Ghana, Crown Agents USA facilitated a transaction with a domestic commercial bank for a $2 million loan for the supply and installation of 1,000 solar pumps for 10 community/institutional toilets, in support of the Ministry for Special Development Initiatives

• In Rwanda, Crown Agents USA developed the capacity of a domestic commercial bank to accelerate its lending for solar-powered irrigation

• Development of financing strategies and adaptation financing project portfolios for sectoral adaptation plans

Crown Agents provided procurement, supply chain, and program management expertise for a 1.2MWp PV solar plant for the Usman Dam Water Treatment Plant in Nigeria

Procurement capacity building for Ministries and utilities:

• Procurement and fiscal advisory to public utilities

• Including assessment of practices relating to cost and quality, acquisition planning

• Optimising procurement processes to maximise value for money in public procurement

• Gap analysis and development of operational manuals, policies, and procedures

PRE-BIDDERS CONFERENCE FOR

USAID WATER AND DEVELOPMENT II

(WADI II IDIQ)

NAME OF COMPANY: DAI Global, LLC

WEBSITE: www.dai.com

ORGANIZATION TYPE: Large, For-Profit, Employee-Owned

GENERAL EMAIL INBOX: contracts@dai.com

CAPABILITIES RELEVANT FOR WADI II IDIQ

Proven record as IDIQ manager and task order implementer. DAI holds 16 USAID IDIQs as a prime contractor and is implementing 30 active task orders, including WADI I task orders:

− Haiti Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene − Indonesia Urban Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene/Penyehatan Lingkungan untuk Semua (IUWASH PLUS) − Kenya Integrated Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (KIWASH) − Lebanon Water Project (LWP) − Water for Africa through Leadership and Institutional Support (WALIS)

Comprehensive coverage of WADI II crosscutting services and performance technical areas. With 32 years of experience working with USAID to solve some of the world’s most pressing water problems, DAI is adept at integrating the right partners and expertise into coherent teams that deliver high-quality programs, results, and impact.

Enduring commitment to local ownership and capacity building. Across all of its projects, DAI prioritizes locally driven solutions to achieve greater impact, consistent with the principles of USAID’s Journey to Self Reliance and New Partnerships Initiative.

Demonstrable success in leveraging development investments. DAI has proven its ability to maximize USAID investments by leveraging innovation and Grand Challenge grants, private sector investment, and bilateral donor support.

Dedication to innovative, evidence-based development. To ensure that projects are driven by cutting-edge research and ideas, DAI uses “open innovation” approaches, including Grand Challenges, hackathons, and co-creation activities.

Pre-Bidders Conference for USAID Water and Development IDIQ II – DAI Global, LLC2 |

Deloitte Consulting LLP 1919 North Lynn Street Arlington, VA 22209 General: www.deloitte.com International Development

Type of Organization:

Large Business (USAID Contractor)

Contacts:

David Spira, Managing Director Tel: +1 703 226 9934 Email: dspira@deloitte.com

Hoai Huynh, Specialist Leader Tel: +1 703 963.8259 Email: hohuynh@deloitte.com

Firras Traish, Specialist Master Tel: +1 202 316 7945 Email: ftraish@deloitte.com http://www.deloitte.com/ https://www2.deloitte.com/global/en/pages/public-sector/topics/international-donor-orgs.html mailto:spira@deloitte.com mailto:Hohuynh@deloitte.com mailto:Ftraish@deloitte.com

Water and Development

Thinking Through Water and Development

P ri m ar y C ap ab ili ti es

O ff er in g s

Deloitte supports national and local governments as they structure stable policy and regulatory environments that balance both public and private interest to make investment in the water sector economic, while simultaneously protecting consumers against access inequality and exorbitant prices.

Policy Strategy & Regulation

Deloitte promotes public sector readiness, while bringing experience in project and pipeline development and structuring economically viable projects at scale. Our extensive experience in fostering Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) helps us deliver solutions to financing water projects at the local and national level.

Mobilizing Financing

Deloitte provides technical assistance to utilities companies by tightening asset management, improving water maintenance and operations, developing human capital, and improving the customer experience to nurture willingness-to-pay. We also help improve billing and collection practices using data analytics and IT integration.

Strengthening Local Utilities

Deloitte assists in taking steps to create market opportunities and deconstruct barriers to attract formal participation in the water sector. Concurrently, we strategize to build sustainable supply chains to support the least-cost services in an efficient and accountable way.

Market-Based Solutions & Sustainable Supply Chains

R ec en t

P ro je ct s Georgia

• Built consensus on water uses for basins and hydropower plants/ transmission lines through knowledge management and strategic communications

Global Water Challenge

• Worked with the Global Water Challenge to refine and operationalize organizational strategy, and improve financial governance, business processes, and knowledge sharing within the WASH sector

Tunisia

• Supporting 31 municipalities in Tunisia develop and sustain performance-driven service delivery and promote the participation and partnership of civil society organizations

Tajikistan

• Increased access to safe drinking water and built capacity for WASH services through innovative financing models and PPPs in 20 municipalities

Canada

• Business Advisor for the DBFOM procurement of a $120M greenfield Residuals Treatment Facility to convert wastewater treatment residuals (sludge) to Class A Biosolids

Global

• Under World Bank, assists over 20 city governments globally to develop a pipeline of bankable, resilient infrastructure projects, in solid waste management, drainage improvement and flood mitigation

Indonesia

• Developed a Community Based Organization

(CBO) competency model necessary for operating and maintaining a rural water system, building local capacity and professionalizing governance structures

West Bank Wastewater Sustainability

• Assessed relevant municipal institutions and recommended models to facilitate sustainable operation of wastewater treatment plants

India

• Provided support to the Government of

Rajasthan to push forward institutional reform process and establishment of an independent water utility for Jaipur city

Nicaragua

• Documented sanitation market value chain, with a detailed analysis on manufacturing processes and procedures to bolster market intelligence of local stakeholders

India

• Analyzed consumer behavior patterns and developed a 10-year business strategy for a filtration device targeted at low-income consumers

Peru

• Developed knowledge products to contribute towards goal of increasing poor people’s access to affordable improved sanitation goods and services for both public and private sector stakeholders

Published Reports

Sources: USAID GlobalWaters.org, OECD.Stats Creditor Reporting System (CRS), World Bank Group Water & Sanitation Program, DFID Development Tracker, European Commission Projects, UNWater.org

Thirsty for change:

The untapped potential of women in urban water management unpacks what can be done to increase women’s involvement in water management as primary providers, managers, and users of water.

Spotlight: Multi-Donor Water & Sanitation Program (WSP) Deloitte conducted analyses, developed case studies, and created knowledge products for the World Bank Water & Sanitation Program’s (WSP).

Results included:

• In the Philippines, we advised the National Water Resources Board on outreach and engagement, targeting small water utilities.

• In India, we prepared a Flexible Financial Model and supported Incentive-Based Reform Program for Urban WASH in Maharashtra.

• In Bangladesh, we analyzed water consumption and demand; conducted financial analysis of Dhaka WASA; recommended water and sewerage tariff structure and levels; and conducted an economic analysis in the sector.

• Globally, we supported market-based approaches to improve WASH for private and public sectors.

Water as a shared challenge: From societal expectations to collective action discusses the water-related challenges and delves into the global challenge of access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene. The business impacts of WASH, and the legitimacy of corporations addressing WASH problems are explored.

Deflecting the scarcity trajectory: Innovation at the water, energy, and food nexus dives into the problem of sustaining economic development and business growth in the face of increasing demand for water, energy, and food, and how to address resource scarcity.

Company Overview

§ Development Innovations Group (DIG).

§ Website: http://www.developinnovations.com

§ Organization type: US small business.

§ General Email: info@developinnovations.com http://www.developinnovations.com/ mailto:info@developinnovations.com

DIG has designed, implemented, and monitored programs worldwide. Selected highlights of DIG’s WASH experience are presented below:

§ Municipal Waste Recycling Program (MWRP) – Indonesia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam (USAID).

§ Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Coordination Project (WCP) – Nigeria (USAID).

§ Kenya Integrated Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Project (KIWASH) – Kenya (USAID).

§ Sustainable Water and Sanitation in Africa (SUWASA) – Kenya (USAID)

ORGANIZATION

DT Global

WEBSITE

www.dt‐global.com

ORGANIZATION TYPE

US large business

EMAIL FOR INTERESTED PARTIES

WADI2@dt‐global.com

► Water and Sanitation Service Delivery ► Watershed Management ► Professionalized service delivery ► Urban Water and Sanitation ► Market-based Sanitation ► Water and Wastewater Utilities ► Multiple Use Water Services ► Water and Climate ► Digital Water ► Environment and Climate

► Climate Adaptation ► Economic Growth and Energy ► Irrigation ► WASH Governance ► Construction QA/QC ► Learning ► Private Sector Engagement ► Youth ► Solar & Off-grid Water Services

Capabilities relevant to WADI II

USAID WADI II IDIQ

Material for Pre-Bidders Conference

February 23, 2021

ECODIT LLC

www.ecodit.com

ISO 9001:2015 certified U.S. small-business leader in international development and a proven manager of USAID IDIQs and projects

Contact: Ms. Roula Attar, Vice President

Email: Rattar@ecodit.com http://www.ecodit.com/ mailto:Rattar@ecodit.com

ECODIT Capabilities Relevant for WADI II IDIQ

ECODIT is a small business prime holder of the WADI IDIQ. Under the IDIQ, ECODIT was awarded: 1) The five-year, $15M Water Communications and Knowledge Management (CKM) Task Order (TO); and 2) the six-month, $307K Middle East and North Africa Water Sector Program Evaluation TO.

• ECODIT has a strong track record of working with governments, businesses, and communities to promote the responsible and sustainable management and use of water resources.

Specifically, ECODIT has worked around the world to (1) improve water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) infrastructure and increase access to WASH services; (2) inspire sweeping behavior changes for water through strategic social and behavior change communications campaigns that mobilize communities; (3) advance responsible management of water resources; (4) strengthen water sector institutions; and (5) implement in-depth evaluations and promote learning and knowledge sharing in the water sector.

• Current and Recent Geographic Experience: Cambodia, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Lebanon, Niger, Vietnam, Zimbabwe

• For more information on ECODIT’s capabilities and to review the firm’s recent and ongoing water projects, please visit www.ecodit.com.

http://www.ecodit.com/

The Economist Intelligence Unit – North America

USAID WADI II Pre-Bidders Conference

Name of Organization / Company: The Economist Intelligence Unit North

America

Website: www.eiu.com

Organization Type: Research, consulting and public relations company

General email for interested parties: danielcharette@eiu.com http://www.eiu.com/ mailto:danielcharette@eiu.com

The Economist Intelligence Unit – North America

● Donor-funded work. Funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, for the last two years The EIU produced the Blue Peace Index, which assesses the transboundary management of shared water resources across five pillars: policy/legal frameworks, institutional arrangements, water management instruments, infrastructure & financing, and cooperation. The index measures 24 countries around five river basins: the Amazon, Mekong, Sava, Senegal and Tigris-Euphrates. We're also successfully working as a subcontractor on the USAID/Green Invest Asia Project and the USAID/Central

Asia Future Growth Initiative Project to convene investor matchmaking events across each project's respective focal sectors.

● Private sector engagement. The EIU has completed a series of private sector engagements focused on improving water resource management. We're advising Dupont on a 25+ country project titled

"Reimagining Urban Water Systems: A City Water Optimization Framework and Cross-Country Index;"

analyzed coastal governance across 20 key ocean-based economies for the Packard Foundation; and produced an 8-part report on the intersection of WRM, climate change, migration, governance and economics.

● Multi-stakeholder convenings. We regularly leverage the convening power of The Economist brand to deliver well-attended, productive stakeholder convenings, including activity co-design sessions, expert panels and conferences. For example, for the last 8 years, we've designed and delivered the World

Oceans Summit, with this year's event to be held virtually from March 1-5.

https://bluepeaceindex.eiu.com/#/ https://www.economist.com/special-report/2019/02/28/climate-change-and-population-growth-are-making-the-worlds-water-woes-more-urgent https://www.economist.com/special-report/2019/02/28/climate-change-and-population-growth-are-making-the-worlds-water-woes-more-urgent https://www.economist.com/special-report/2019/02/28/climate-change-and-population-growth-are-making-the-worlds-water-woes-more-urgent https://events.economist.com/world-ocean-summit/ https://events.economist.com/world-ocean-summit/

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FSG experience spans emerging and developed markets with deep expertise in WASH, including market-based sanitation

Uganda

USAID

Uganda Sanitation For Health (USHA)

2018-2021

National (Urban, Peri-urban, Rural)

USA

The William Penn

Foundation

Strategic Learning and Review for Water Strategy

Urban

USA

The Howard G. Buffett

Foundation, Bill & Melinda

Gates Foundation, and

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

Development of a U.S. WASH

Advocacy Strategy

2010-2011

National

India

BMGF

Market Insights for the

Reinvented Toilet

National (Urban, Peri-urban)

Global

BMGF

Gender Equality WASH - Case study and report

2016-2017

Urban, Peri-urban, Rural

Dow Chemical Company

Philanthropy Strategy

2016-2017

N/A

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

WASH Strategy Development

Rural

Nestlé S.A

Global Water Issues

Urban, Peri-urban, Rural

Nigeria Cambodia India

KenyaEthiopia Kenya Liberia

USAID

The Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene

Partnerships and Learning for

Sustainability (WASHPaLS)

2016-2022

Rural

Ethiopia India

BMGF

Menstrual Hygiene

Management (MHM) Market

Making Landscape Analysis

2015-2016

Urban, Peri-urban, Rural

Countries where FSG professionals have lived and/or worked FSG Office

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Groundbreaking ideas from FSG include Collective

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With the aim of implementing our ideas at scale, we run initiatives in partnership with foundations and corporations to create impact at scale

We conduct about 100 consulting projects per year.

We are experts in strategic planning, learning and evaluation, implementation and organizational change

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Green Powered Technology

▪ Name of organization: GPTech

▪ Website: greenpoweredtechnology.com

▪ Organization type: SBA 8(a), Veteran-Owned engineering firm

▪ General Email: info@greenpwrd.com

▪ Capabilities:

– Nexus between energy and water

– Over 25 federal government prime contracts

– Prime on two USAID IDIQs – A&E and Power Africa

– Experience in over 50 developing countries mailto:info@greenpwrd.com

International Business & Technical Consultants, Inc.

Name of Organization / Company: International Business & Technical Consultants, Inc.

Website: http://www.ibtci.com/ Organization Type: International development consulting firm General email inbox for interested parties to contact your organization: bdteam@ibtci.com

Capabilities Relevant for WADI II:

IBTCI is an international development consulting firm providing high quality MERL, capacity building, KM, and communication services. We currently hold 15 IDIQ Contracts. Among our experienced team is WASH Senior Director, Dr. Orlando Hernandez, a behavioral researcher with expertise in designing, conducting, and managing evaluations in WASH, health, and environmental protection. He co-chaired the Hygiene Working Group, under the sponsorship of the Joint Monitoring Program, to inform decisions about the definition and targets associated with SDG Water Goals.

● Access to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation Services, and the Adoption of Key Hygiene Behaviors

○ USAID/Zambia School WASH and Quality Education Activity summative performance evaluation: This evaluation focused on determining whether the School WASH and Quality Education activity achieved the established program objectives of improved access to WASH services in schools in all 12 districts of Northern and Muchinga Provinces, and promotion of education access, gender equity, girls education, teacher retention and improved health outcomes in Zambian schools.

○ DFID-funded Somalia Monitoring Programme: IBTCI assessed WASH standards at facilities as part of activity verifications.

For a formative evaluation of the US Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) Food for Peace (FFP) Programs in Yemen, IBTCI conducted interviews with beneficiary households on the subject of WASH, reviewed WASH indicators and implementation status by project, conducted site visits for selected water infrastructure and facility rehabilitation projects, and reviewed WASH services vis-à-vis gender sensitivity.

http://www.ibtci.com/ mailto:bdteam@ibtci.com

IBTCI’s Approach and Experience in Water and Development

● Encouraging Sound Water Resources Management

○ Tanzania iWASH and Tanzania PWANI evaluations: i) iWASH, designed to support sustainable market-driven water supply, sanitation, and hygiene services to improve health and increase economic resiliency of the poor within an integrated water resource management framework; and ii) PWANI, designed to improve coastal resources and watershed management while improving the quality of life for communities living in those areas. The purpose of the evaluations was to assess the effectiveness and sustainability of the programs including potential for scaling up.

○ Ethiopia Pastoral Livelihoods Initiative Phase II Project evaluation mechanism: IBTCI designed an evaluation mechanism that would determine the effectiveness of the PLI II Project in bolstering Ethiopian agricultural economy and sustainability.