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A U.S. Government foreign assistance agency fighting to end global poverty.

Created by the U.S. Congress in 2004, with bipartisan support, as a different approach to U.S. foreign assistance.

What is MCC?

What’s so different about MCC?

1. Mission and structure

2. Competitive selection

3. Country ownership

4. Focus on results

Focused mandate: Reduce poverty through economic growth.

Mission and Structure

Corporate structure: Led by a governing Board of Directors

• Secretary of State (Chair) • MCC Chief Executive Officer • Secretary of the Treasury • U.S. Trade Representative • USAID Administrator • Four members of the private sector

Competitive Selection

Ruling justly

Investing in people

Economic freedom

MCC measures countries’ policy performance based on 20 independent indicators.

Only low-income and low-middle-income countries are considered for MCC funding

1. Pass the Control of Corruption indicator

2. Pass either the Political Rights or Civil Liberties indicator

3. Pass half the indicators overall

Countries must meet the following criteria on MCC’s scorecard:

Country Ownership MCC partner countries are responsible for the design and implementation of MCC programs.

Two types of MCC-funded programs:

Compacts: $66 million to $698 million 5-year grant

Threshold Programs: $6.7 million to $55 million 2-3 year grant

What does this mean?

Countries determine their own priorities.

Countries are held accountable for achieving results.

Countries lead program implementation, building capacity and strengthening country systems.

Sustainability

Policy reforms include:

• Sector policies and institution building • Procurement reform to improve transparency and

competitiveness • Access to land and land rights • Gender rights and economic integration • Financial regulatory reform • Anticorruption initiatives

Focus on Results

Compact Completion • Performance Evaluation • Impact Evaluation

Why evaluate?

Accountability Learning

Did we achieve the intended impact? What can we learn about what went right and what went wrong?

MCC and USG Priorities • Presidential Policy Directive on

Global Development • Presidential Policy Directive on

Sub-Saharan Africa

Administration Priorities • Partnership for Growth • Feed the Future • New Alliance for Food Security • Power Africa • Trade Africa

New Country Partners as of December 2015 • Cote d’Ivoire, Senegal, and Kosovo were selected

by the Board for Compact Development. • Nepal, Niger and Philippines reselected to continue

developing their compacts. • Sri Lanka and Togo are eligible for Threshold

Programs.

For more information, visit intranet.mcc.gov.

MCC Transport Infrastructure Projects 2015 Snapshot

As of January 2013, rounded – 26 compacts, 25 countries, $9.2 billion

16 Countries

$2B Contract Awarded

3,969 km Contract Awarded

2,153 km PC

657 km SC 1,158 km

RC

2,769 km Completed

PC – Primary Class SC – Secondary Class RC – Rural Class

MCC Road Transport Accomplishments

The Philippines: MCC is rehabilitating 220 kilometers of roads in Samar and Eastern Samar provinces in the Philippines—among the country’s poorest regions.

El Salvador: Nombre de Jesus Bridge, which passes 27 meters above the country’s Lempa River.

Benin: MCC financed the addition of 600 meters of ship berthing space to the port’s new south wharf to be used in a new container terminal.

Representative MCC Transport Projects

MCC Transport Projects Require Service at stages and phases of the Project Cycle

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Compact Implementing Structure

MCC Washington,

DC

MCC Resident Mission

Host Country Government

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Project Manager 1

Accountable Entity (MCA)

Project Manager 2

Contractor Contractor Contractor

Procurement Agent

Fiscal Agent/ Funds Control

Project Manager 3

Common Payment System (Paid from

US Treasury)

Bank Account

Ensures Sound Fiscal Accountability

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Standard Contract Formats

Large works

• MCC has purchased licenses from the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) for large works:

• Design bid build (Red Book) • Design build (Yellow Book)

• MCC General conditions – identical in all FIDIC contracts • Conditions of Particular Application (COPAs) supplement and

amend the General Conditions

Small works, Goods & Consulting services

• For these contracts MCC is using World Bank standards with minor accommodations to reflect MCC regulatory requirements.

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• In Nov 2007, MCC decided to create Standard Bidding Documents for: • Small works • Consulting services • Design bid build • Design build • Goods • And others

• Why?

• Consistent approach • International standards known in the market: FIDIC • Cost/price management • Risks consistent from contract to contract • A bidder on a road in Country X can count on the same general

conditions of contract if/when they bid on a road in another Country

Standard Bidding Documents

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Compact procurements • Administered by MCA Entities. • Contract opportunities – all untied –

are published to: 1. http://www.mcc.gov/ 2. http://mcc.dgMarket.com/ 3. http://www.devbusiness.com/

Threshold procurements • Administered by MCC. • Opportunities published to

http://www.FedBizOpps.gov/ MCC corporate Procurements • Administered by MCC. • Some tied to US companies. • Opportunities published to

http://www.FedBizOpps.gov/

Types of Opportunities • MCC based

– Due diligence and technical evaluation support – Post Compact HDM4 Evaluations – Independent Engineering

• MCA based

– Engineering designs – Construction Supervision – Construction – Project Management Consultancy – Technical Support and training

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Business Opportunities 2016

Countries under Threshold, Compact Implementation and Compact Development

•El Salvador II -- Early compact Implementation •Philippines II – Compact Development •Nepal – Compact Development •Cote d’Ivoire – Compact Development •Niger – Compact Implementation •Senegal II – Early stage in compact development • Liberia – Compact Implementation •Gautamala and Honduras – Threshold •Regional Compacts – Under Development (locations

TBD)

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Business Opportunities for

A&E Firms and Works Contractors

El Salvador II • Logistical Road Infrastructure Project (28km) • Boarder Crossing and customs facilities

improvements plus 5.8km road upgrading

• MCA based Opportunities –Construction Supervision (Summer 2016) –Works Construction (Fall 2016) –Project Management Consultancy (Current)

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Niger • Road rehabilitation and upgrading project

Liberia • Building of 5 maintenance centers, training and

maintenance works • MCA based Opportunities

–Technical Assistance, Road Maintenance Planning –Engineering Design and construction planning – Project Management Consultancy

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Philippines II • Transport planning, engineering design and construction of

roads in semi urban and urban environment Cote d’Ivoire

• Transport Infrastructure in and around Abidjan • Improved metropolitan planning and logistics

• MCC Based Opportunities – Project Development and Due Diligence Services – Transport Planning and Engineering Design – Project Finance and PPP Structuring

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Nepal • Maintenance and Rehabilitation of the Strategic Road

Network & bridges

Senegal II -- • Opportunities in transport sector (TBD)

• MCC Based Opportunities – Project Development and Due Diligence Services – Transport Planning and Engineering Design – Project Finance and PPP Structuring

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Guatemala and Honduras • PPP based development of airport, LRT and regional road

maintenance concessions Regional Compacts

• Exploring opportunities to add regional transportation links to existing or new Compact countries to promote regional integration. West Africa is first.

• MCC based opportunities – Project Development and Due Diligence Services – Transport Planning and Engineering Design – Project Finance and PPP Structuring

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Business Opportunities 2016

• HDM4 based Impact Evaluations and Closeout ERRs – Burkina Faso

– Ghana

– Tanzania

– Moldova (Closeout ERR)

– Mongolia

– Mozambique

– Cape Verde

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