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Business Opportunities Dorothy McKelvin. Doing Business with MCC. Types of Opportunities: Procurements Grants Public Private Partnerships. Procurement at MCC. MCC corporate procurements. Compact procurements. - Administered by MCA Entities in Country
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Business Opportunities Dorothy McKelvin
Doing Business with MCC • Types of Opportunities: • Procurements • Grants • Public Private Partnerships
Procurement at MCC MCC corporate procurements Compact procurements -Administered by MCA Entities in Country Contract opportunities are published at: http://www.mcc.gov/ http://mcc.dgMarket.com/ http://www.devbusiness.com/ • -Administered by MCC • -Opportunities published at http://www.FedBizOpps.gov • MCC also has an agreement with the Army Corps of Engineers for some engineering support work
Top 10 Reasons to do Business with MCC • 1. All Money Up-front • 2. Paid by the U.S. Treasury • 3. Fair - MCC Checks Ensure Fairness • 4. Enforced International Environmental Standards • 5. Open and Competitive - No Local Preference
Continued… • 6. No Government Owned Enterprises (GOEs) • 7. Winning Contracts = Price Reasonable Contracts • 8. Expert Evaluation • 9. A World of Possibilities • 10. The Business of Doing Good • Business partners in MCA countries help reduce poverty through Economic Growth
ZAMBIA Water Sector Concentration $355 M
ZAMBIA Water Sector Concentration $355 M
MALAWI Power Sector Concentration $350 M
MALAWI Power Sector Concentration $350 M
GHANA Electricity(Electricity) Sector $498 M MCC Procurement Director: Mike McEnitre; MCA: tbd
JORDAN Water Sector Concentration $275M
PHILLIPINES Reforms, Community Development, Roads $434 M
GEORGIA Technical, and Higher Education $140 Million
Cape Verde II WASH Land 66 M
TANZANIA – In Development • Energy investments: • -Reform in the power sector • -Access to electricity, mainly in rural areas. • Roads investments targeted • Rural roads to improve access between agricultural areas in the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT) and internal markets • MCC Country team lead: Jay Scheerer • MCC Procurement Director: Dot McKelvin
LESOTHO – In Development • Early phase of compact development. • Studies being conducted to determine focus. Findings expected by the end of the Year. • First $360 million USD compact ended in January 2014 and focused on health infrastructure, rural water and sanitation, Metalong dam, land administration reform, and access to credit • Country Team Lead: Laura Rudert RudertLC@mcc.gov
LIBERIA – In Development • Investments in transmission and distribution to develop more reliable and affordable electricity • Support for a more robust, modern and commercially viable utility (LEC) • Strengthening of sector legal and regulatory frameworks • Road maintenance component to assist with year-round accessibility • Country team lead: Evan Freund (freunde@mcc.gov)
MOROCCO – In Development • Proposals under development for potential financing related to: • Improving quality of education: secondary and professional training • Improving commercial justice • Improving land governance to enable private sector investment • Country team lead: Ariane Gauchat (gauchata@mcc.gov)
EL SALVADOR – In Development • Education, Logistical Infrastructure, and Investment Climate • Construction/Supervision Highway • Construction of Customs Infrastructure • Public Private Partnerships (looking at Airport and Wind Farm concessions) • Regulatory Reforms • Design/construction of educational facilities • MCC Proc Director: Preston Winter, winter@mcc.gov
COUNTRIES IN LIMITED ENGANGMENT • Benin • Sierra Leone
Grant Opportunities: Investment and Innovation Challenges • Indonesia • Green Prosperity: low carbon economic development • Community-based Health and Nutrition to Reduce Stunting: public-private partnerships to improve food quality and promote sanitation as a business • Launched in July 2014
Grant Opportunities: Investment and Innovation Challenges • Zambia • Innovation Grants for Pro-Poor Service Delivery: innovative projects targeting peri-urban service improvement and adoption for water, sanitation, hygiene, and “keeping drains clean” (solid waste and recycling) • Launching in October 2014 • Innovator Forum to showcase ideas on October 8, 2014 in Lusaka
Grant Opportunities: Investment and Innovation Challenges • Georgia • Industry-led Skills and Workforce Development Project: support industry and technical education partnerships to improve employability and promote STEM • Launching in mid-2015
Grant Opportunities: Investment and Innovation Challenges • Cabo Verde • Infrastructure Grant Facility ( “FASA”): competitive funding for local utilities to improve water and sanitation • Launched in October 2013