REVIEW OF DATA QUALITY FOR INVESTMENT CLIMATE, HUMAN CAPITAL, AND LOGISTICS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS OF FOMILENIO II (IMPROVEMENT PLAN) FOR MONITORING AND EVALUATION (M&E)

FOMILENIO II SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT NOTICE Ref. No. FOM II-CQS-2181-2019. REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ). SELECTION OF CONSULTING FIRM. CONSULTING SERVICES FOR: REVIEW OF DATA QUALITY FOR INVESTMENT CLIMATE, HUMAN CAPITAL AND LOGISTICS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS OF FOMILENIO II (IMPROVEMENT PLAN) FOR MONITORING AND EVALUATION (M&E). Original title in Spanish: REVISI'N DE LA CALIDAD DE DATOS PARA LOS PROYECTOS DE CLIMA DE INVERSIONES, CAPITAL HUMANO E INFRAESTRUCTURA LOG'STICA DE FOMILENIO II (PLAN DE MEJORA) PARA MONITOREO Y EVALUACI'N (M&E). The United States of America through the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC, for its acronym in English) and the Government of the Republic of El Salvador (the "Government" or "GOES"), have entered into a Millennium Challenge Grant Agreement, for an amount of US$365.2 million (US$277 million from United States of America Government, through the Millennium Challenge Corporation and US$88.2 million from the Government of the Republic of El Salvador) ("Grant Agreement"). The Grant will be used to support the following activities: 1) Human Capital Project, 2) Investment Climate Project, 3) Logistical Infrastructure Project; and, 4) the installation and administration costs of the agency responsible for the implementation. The Government, acting through "El Fondo del Milenio II", hereinafter referred to as "FOMILENIO II", intends using part of the Funds for eligible payments under the terms and conditions established in the contract resulting from this consulting firm selection procurement, to perform this consulting service in a transparent and financially viable according to the following detail: Ref. No.: FOM II-CQS-2181/2019 TITLE: REVIEW OF DATA QUALITY FOR INVESTMENT CLIMATE, HUMAN CAPITAL, AND LOGISTICS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS OF FOMILENIO II (IMPROVEMENT PLAN) FOR MONITORING AND EVALUATION (M&E). Original title in Spanish: REVISI'N DE LA CALIDAD DE DATOS PARA LOS PROYECTOS DE CLIMA DE INVERSIONES, CAPITAL HUMANO E INFRAESTRUCTURA LOG'STICA DE FOMILENIO II (PLAN DE MEJORA) PARA MONITOREO Y EVALUACI'N (M&E). PERIOD OF CONTRACT AND EXECUTION OF SERVICES: 125 calendar days per stage counted from the date established in the commencement order that FOMILENIO II will issue in writing per stage, being able to start the second stage before the end of the first one, that is, both stages can overlap. DATE AND TIME (1) OF CONFERENCE PREVIOUS TO RECEPTION FOR PROPOSALS: Tuesday, August 13, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. DATE AND TIME (2) LIMIT OF RECEIVING PROPOSALS (Documents to qualify): Monday, August 26, 2019, until 5:00 p.m. Notes: 1 and 2, the official time of the Republic of El Salvador (UTC-06:00) The pre-bidding meeting will be held at the headquarters of FOMILENIO II at the address indicated below. Although it is not a mandatory meeting, it is highly recommended to attend all interested parties or their representatives. Payments from FOMILENIO II shall be subject, in all respects, to the terms and conditions, including restrictions on the use of MCC funding agreement. No party other than the GOES and FOMILENIO II shall be rights about the Agreement and shall be entitled to claim funds or resources of MCC. Be excluded from participation in this procurement to any person or entity within the blacklist or suspended from participating in procedures funded by the World Bank or Federal Government funding of the United States of America, or otherwise prohibited by law of the United States of America or executive orders or policies, including under any existing anti-terrorism policy. The consultancy service to be contracted under this Request for Qualifications (RFQ) will be selected under the Selection Based on the Consultant's Qualifications (CQS) method, described in the respective Request for Qualifications (RFQ), according to MCC Procurement Guidelines, Section 1.B and its modifications, posted in http://www.fomilenioii.gob.sv/directrices-de-adquisiciones (if clicking on the link does not open the web address noted or some error occurs, please try to copy exactly the link text without add spaces, characters, or signs, and paste directly in the address bar of your browser and press "Enter" key or click on the "Go to" button). This method of selection (CQS) consists of two stages: in the first stage, the selection of a consulting firm that has presented the requested documents with their qualifications is made, taking into account the experience and qualifications of each of the participating firms and the consulting firm with the best qualifications is selected. The second stage is to request the best qualified consulting firm to present a Technical and Financial Proposal to be evaluated and negotiated. The service to be contracted aims to establish the usefulness, objectivity, consistency, and integrity of the information necessary to determine the performance of the FOMILENIO II projects and carry out the monitoring and evaluation work. The interested consulting firms must meet the minimum requirements established in the respective Terms of Reference (ToR) included in the Request for Qualifications (RFQ) document. Interested consulting firms may obtain the Request for Qualifications (RFQ) document, free of charge, at the address indicated below, starting from July 30th, 2019, on weekdays from Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. at 12:00 m. and from 2:00 p.m. at 5:00 p.m., the official time in the Republic of El Salvador (UTC-06:00) or you can download the document after free online registration, in the Procurement section of the FOMILENIO II website: http://www.fomilenioii.gob.sv/adquisiciones/procesos (if clicking on the link does not open the web address noted or some error occurs, please try to copy exactly the link text without add spaces, characters, or signs, and paste directly in the address bar of your browser and press "Enter" key or click on the "Go to" button). IMPORTANT NOTICE: It is made known to the interested consulting firms that the offices of FOMILENIO II will be closed to the public from August 1st to 8th, 2019 (both dates inclusive) due to holidays. The preceding must be taken into account by the interested consulting firms for all the scheduled dates and communications corresponding to this procurement. Interested consulting firms who register through the FOMILENIO II website, their e-mail address, general data and expressing their interest in participating in this specific procurement, will receive notifications via the e-mail registered, related to clarification notes, amendments or any other necessary information related to this procurement, issued during the period specified in the Request for Qualifications. Besides, that information will be available for public downloading, previous free online registration, in the FOMILENIO II website http://www.fomilenioii.gob.sv/adquisiciones/procesos (if clicking on the link does not open the web address noted or some error occurs, please try to copy exactly the link text without add spaces, characters, or signs, and paste directly in the address bar of your browser and press "Enter" key or click on the "Go to" button). All data of interested consulting firms must be submitted in the Spanish language, per the authorization for the use of the Spanish language, granted by MCC to FOMILENIO II, which was issued on January 26, 2015. The documents requested with the qualifications of each consulting firm must be delivered and registered at the address mentioned below, no later than the deadline time and date indicated in the Request for Qualifications (RFQ) document. Interested consulting firms should be aware that customs formalities and shipping distances might extend the estimated delivery time. The documents requested with the qualifications of each consulting firm and the proposals that are required later that arrive after the setup deadline time and date for submit and register them will not be considered. The only official address is: Sergio Bassett Procurement Management / Procurement Agent - FOMILENIO II Edificio Zafiro, Nivel 1, Bulevar Orden de Malta, Avenida El Boquer'n #4-A, Santa Elena, Antiguo Cuscatl'n, La Libertad, Rep'blica de El Salvador- Centro Am'rica Phones: +(503) 2524-1040, 2524-1064, 2524-1000 E-mail: contact@example.gov Antiguo Cuscatl'n, La Libertad, El Salvador, July 30th, 2019. For Specific Procurement Notice, please visit: https://mcc.dgmarket.com/tender/29314030 DISCLAIMER: THIS NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. FOR UPDATES ON THIS SOLICITATION, PLEASE FOLLOW THE FULL ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE LINK PROVIDED. THIS PROCUREMENT IS NOT CONDUCTED UNDER THE FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS, IS NOT ADMINISTERED BY THE US GOVERNMENT, AND THE RESULTING AWARD WILL BE MADE BY THE COUNTRY INDICATED IN THE FULL ANNOUNCEMENT