Department of state (DOS) performance management, evaluation, and learning services (pmels)
Active Awarded Last action
- Contract number
- 140D0423D0025
- Awardee
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The QED Group LLC UEI K1CECLAXYFN5
- Awarding agency
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Interior Business Center
Office of Policy Management and Budget, Department of the Interior
- Task orders
- 6 $2,989,959 obligated
Award facts
- Opportunity
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- Department of State (DOS) Performance Management, Evaluation, and Learning Serv Special Notice · 140D0422R0016 · Posted Jul 14, 2022
- Combined order value
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- $9,028,042 Current, with exercised options
- $9,184,978 Potential, with all options
- Last date to order 71% complete
- IDV ceiling 2% used
- $150,000,000.00
- Maximum order
- $150,000,000.00
- Award type
- Multiple award
- Who can order
- Only the awarding agency
- Funding agency
- Office of Acquisition Management Department of State
- NAICS code
- 541611 Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
- Set-aside
- Partial Small Business
- Competition
- Full and Open Competition after exclusion of sources · 39 offers Negotiated Proposal / Quote
- Pricing
- Order Dependent (IDV only)
- Legislative mandates
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- Service Contract Act FAR subpart 22.10
- Other statutory authority
- Employment Eligibility Verification (E-Verify) FAR subpart 22.18
- Service Contract Inventory FAR subpart 4.17
Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.
About this IDV
The Department of State's Office of Acquisition Management awarded a multiple-award indefinite-delivery contract to The QED Group LLC, doing business as Q2 Impact, on April 3, 2023, with a ceiling of $150 million and ultimate completion date of April 2, 2028. The contract carries a partial small business set-aside. The QED Group LLC is an SBA-certified Women-Owned Small Business based in Arlington, Virginia.
The PMELS contract establishes performance management, evaluation, and learning services across five functional areas: security sector programming, media program evaluations, environmental program support, fellowship impact assessments, and legal services evaluation. The underlying solicitation, posted July 14, 2022, designated functional areas two through five as small business set-asides under NAICS code 541611.
Place of performance spans multiple Department of State offices and locations, including Arlington, Virginia; Alexandria, Virginia; Washington, D.C.; and Rosslyn, Virginia, with work supporting various regional bureaus including Near Eastern Affairs, East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Western Hemisphere Affairs, and the Bureau of Counterterrorism.
Recent delivery orders issued under PMELS include a $7.43 million third-party monitoring order for humanitarian assistance to Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank, and Lebanon (Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, September 2025); a $864,047.88 monitoring and evaluation order for Western Hemisphere Affairs (August 2024); a $512,586.29 Indo-Pacific Program performance monitoring order (September 2023); and a $219,588 ex post facto evaluation order for Development Finance Corporation interagency activities (September 2024). Additional task orders have supported capacity-building and educational initiatives, including the Arizona State University Lower Mekong Initiative Young Scientist Exchange Program ($54,978.56, September 2023).
Task orders
Transactions
| Action | Obligated | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Supplemental Agreement for work within scope | $0 | |
| Exercise an Option | $0 | |
| Supplemental Agreement for work within scope | $0 | |
| Exercise an Option | $0 | |
| Supplemental Agreement for work within scope | $0 | |
| Other Administrative Action | $0 | |
| Supplemental Agreement for work within scope | $0 | |
| Original award | $0 |
Quick answers
Who was awarded contract 140D0423D0025?
140D0423D0025 was awarded to The QED Group LLC by Interior Business Center (Office of Policy Management and Budget) on April 3, 2023.
How much is contract 140D0423D0025 worth?
Orders under 140D0423D0025 have obligated $2,989,959. Their combined current value, with exercised options, is $9,028,042. Their combined potential value, with all options, is $9,184,978. 140D0423D0025's own ceiling is $150,000,000. A single order can be worth up to $150,000,000.
How many orders have been placed under contract 140D0423D0025?
6 orders have been placed under 140D0423D0025, the latest on September 25, 2025.
Which agency awarded contract 140D0423D0025?
Interior Business Center (Office of Policy Management and Budget) awarded 140D0423D0025, with funding from Office of Acquisition Management (Department of State).
Who can order from contract 140D0423D0025?
140D0423D0025 is a multiple award indefinite delivery contract. Only the awarding agency can place orders on it.
Is contract 140D0423D0025 part of a contract vehicle?
Yes. 140D0423D0025 is part of Performance Management, Evaluation, and Learning Services (PMELS).
Was contract 140D0423D0025 competed?
The extent of competition for 140D0423D0025 was full and open competition after exclusion of sources. The government received 39 offers. It was set aside: Partial Small Business.
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