SIN: 874 1CONTRACTORS shall provide expert advice and assistance in support of an agency's mission-oriented business functions. Services covered by this SIN include: management or strategy consulting,…

The General Services Administration (GSA) awarded a Federal Supply Schedule contract to Making Cents International, Inc. on April 2, 2019, under the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS), Special Item Number 874, with a contract ceiling of $8,500,000 and ultimate completion date of April 1, 2029. The contract is not set-aside and carries no special small business restrictions.

The schedule authorizes expert advice and assistance in support of agency mission-oriented business functions, including management and strategy consulting, research, evaluations, studies, analyses, scenario and simulation work, business policy development, and strategy formulation. Facilitation, decision support services, and survey services using multiple methodologies are also covered. Legal, consulting, and audit services pertaining to financial matters are excluded.

Making Cents staffs this schedule with eight labor categories spanning project management, training, subject matter expertise, and senior advisory roles. Hourly rates range from $72.86 to $239.04 across the portfolio, with positions requiring bachelor's degrees through master's degrees. Senior roles such as Director, Subject Matter Expert, and Training Consultant III require master's degrees and up to twelve years of experience; one senior category requires security clearance. Entry-level and mid-career positions require bachelor's degrees with one to eight years of experience.

Under this schedule, Making Cents received a significant delivery order from the U.S. Mission in Zambia (issued September 26, 2019, ultimate completion September 29, 2024) for positive youth development training, program design, assessment, and evaluation services under the YouthPower2: Evidence & Evaluation activity. That delivery order carried a ceiling of $23.7 million and was set-aside for Total Small Business. The work engaged subcontractors including NORC, Mathematica, and Cloudburst.

SIN: 874 1CONTRACTORS shall provide expert advice and assistance in support of an agency's mission-oriented business functions. Services covered by this SIN include: management or strategy consulting, including research, evaluations, studies, analyses, scenarios/simulations, reports, business policy and regulation development assistance and strategy formulation. * facilitation and related decision support services * survey services, using a variety of methodologies, including survey planning, design, and development; survey administration; data validation and analysis; reporting, and stakeholder briefings *advisory and assistance services in accordance with far 37.203 note: consulting services where the preponderance of work is specifically covered under other PSS sins or GSA schedules are not permitted under this SIN. Note: legal, consulting, and audit services pertaining to financial matters are not covered under this SIN. Refer to 520 sins. Consulting services relati