pact and are not subject to manipulation by the 
service provider, intermediary, or investor. 
‘‘(22) A summary explaining the independence 
of the evaluator from the other entities involved in 
the project and the evaluator’s experience in con-
ducting rigorous evaluations of program effective-
ness including, where available, well-implemented 
randomized controlled trials on the intervention or 
similar interventions. 
‘‘(23) The capacity of the service provider to 
deliver the intervention to the number of partici-
pants the State or local government proposes to 
serve in the project. 
‘‘(d) PROJECT INTERMEDIARY INFORMATION RE-
QUIRED.—The feasibility study described in subsection (c) 
shall also contain the following information about the 
intermediary for the social impact partnership project 
(whether the intermediary is the service provider or other 
entity): 
‘‘(1) Experience and capacity for providing or 
facilitating the provision of the type of intervention 
proposed. 
‘‘(2) The mission and goals. 
‘‘(3) Information on whether the intermediary 
is already working with service providers that pro-
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vide this intervention or an explanation of the capac-
ity of the intermediary to begin working with service 
providers to provide the intervention. 
‘‘(4) Experience working in a collaborative envi-
ronment across government and nongovernmental 
entities. 
‘‘(5) Previous experience collaborating with 
public or private entities to implement evidence- 
based programs. 
‘‘(6) Ability to raise or provide funding to cover 
operating costs (if applicable to the project). 
‘‘(7) Capacity and infrastructure to track out-
comes and measure results, including— 
‘‘(A) capacity to track and analyze pro-
gram performance and assess program impact; 
and 
‘‘(B) experience with performance-based 
contracting and achieving project milestones 
and targets. 
‘‘(8) Role in delivering the intervention. 
‘‘(9) How the intermediary would monitor pro-
gram success, including a description of the interim 
benchmarks and outcome measures. 
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‘‘SEC. 2053. AWARDING SOCIAL IMPACT PARTNERSHIP CON-
TRACTS. 
‘‘(a) TIMELINE IN AWARDING CONTRACT.—Not later 
than six months after receiving an application in accord-
ance with section 2052, the Director, in consultation with 
the Federal Interagency Council on Social Impact Part-
nerships, shall determine whether to enter into a contract 
for a social impact partnership project with a State or 
local government. 
‘‘(b) CONSIDERATIONS IN AWARDING CONTRACT.— 
In determining whether to enter into a contract for a so-
cial impact partnership project (the application for which 
was submitted under section 2052) the Director, in con-
sultation with the Federal Interagency Council on Social 
Impact Partnerships (established by section 2056) and the 
head of any Federal agency administering a similar inter-
vention or serving a population similar to that served by 
the project, shall consider each of the following: 
‘‘(1) The value to the Federal Government of 
the outcomes expected to be achieved if the outcomes 
specified in the contract are achieved. 
‘‘(2) The ability of the State or local govern-
ment in collaboration with the intermediary and the 
service providers to achieve the outcomes. 
‘‘(3) The savings to the Federal Government if 
the outcomes specified in contract are achieved. 
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‘‘(4) The savings to the State and local govern-
ments if the outcomes specified in the contract are 
achieved. 
‘‘(5) The expected quality of the evaluation that 
would be conducted with respect to the contract. 
‘‘(c) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(1) CONTRACT
REQUIREMENTS.—In accord-
ance with this section, the Director, in consultation 
with the Federal Interagency Council on Social Im-
pact Partnerships and the head of any Federal agen-
cy administering a similar intervention or serving a 
population similar to that served by the project, may 
enter into a contract for a social impact partnership 
project with a State or local government if the Di-
rector, in consultation with the Federal Interagency 
Council on Social Impact Partnerships, determines 
that each of the following requirements are met: 
‘‘(A) The State or local government agrees 
to achieve an outcome specified in the contract 
in order to receive payment. 
‘‘(B) The Federal payment to the State or 
local government for each outcome specified is 
less than or equal to the value of the outcome 
to the Federal Government over a period not to 
exceed 10 years, as determined by the Director, 
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in consultation with the State or local govern-
ment. 
‘‘(C) The duration of the project does not 
exceed 10 years. 
‘‘(D) The State or local government has 
demonstrated, through the application sub-
mitted under section 2052, that, based on prior 
rigorous experimental evaluations or rigorous 
quasi-experimental studies, the intervention can 
be expected to achieve each outcome specified in 
the contract. 
‘‘(E) The State, local government, inter-
mediary, or service provider has experience rais-
ing private or philanthropic capital to fund so-
cial service investments (if applicable to the 
project). 
‘‘(F) The State or local government has 
shown that each service provider has experience 
delivering the intervention, a similar interven-
tion, or has otherwise demonstrated the exper-
tise necessary to deliver the intervention. 
‘‘(2) PAYMENT.—The Director shall pay the 
State or local government only if the independent 
evaluator described in section 2055 determines that 
the social impact partnership project has met the re-
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quirements specified in the contract and achieved an 
outcome specified in the contract. 
‘‘(3) LIMITATION.—The Director may not enter 
into a contract for a social impact partnership 
project under paragraph (1) after the date that is 10 
years after the date of the enactment of the Social 
Impact Partnership Act. 
‘‘(d) NOTICE OF CONTRACT AWARD.—Not later than 
30 days after entering into a contract under this section, 
the Director shall publish a notice in the Federal Register 
that includes, with regard to such contract, the following: 
‘‘(1) The outcome goals of the social impact 
partnership project. 
‘‘(2) A description of each intervention in the 
project. 
‘‘(3) The target population that will be served 
by the project. 
‘‘(4) The expected social benefits to participants 
who receive the intervention and others who may be 
impacted. 
‘‘(5) The detailed roles, responsibilities, and 
purposes of each Federal, State, or local government 
entity, intermediary, service provider, independent 
evaluator, investor, or other stakeholder. 
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