Definitive Contract AID532C000600009

This is a federal contract award from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to Juarez & Associates, Inc., a small, minority-owned research and consulting firm. The $21,768,276.00 contract is designated as a Total Small Business set-aside and is for the implementation of USAID/Jamaica's new education strategic objective "Improved Education of Targeted Jamaican Youth." The contract is a Definitive Contract with a Cost Plus Fixed Fee pricing type, and the period of performance runs through September 30, 2009.

Juarez & Associates has extensive experience providing education-related services to USAID, including a $3.7 million delivery order in Malawi to support reading instruction and assessment for learners with disabilities, as well as an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract worth up to $300 million to increase reading outcomes and overall learning for students in several East African countries. The company also holds a Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) IDIQ contract with the General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Acquisition Service.