Advancing the Agenda of Gender Equality

The Advancing the Agenda of Gender Equality (ADVANTAGE) Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract is a multiple-award vehicle designed to strengthen the United States Agency for International Development's (USAID) capacity to systematically integrate gender equality and women's empowerment across its initiatives, programs, projects, performance monitoring, and evaluation efforts. The primary objective is to provide specialized international and local expertise for discrete gender integration tasks, addressing gender equality as a central component of USAID's development strategies. The contract supports the goals outlined in the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review by enabling USAID to procure targeted gender-focused services and expertise.

Task orders under this IDIQ predominantly involve gender assessments, training development, knowledge management, and technical assistance across various countries and programmatic areas. The delivery orders typically range from $50,000 to $6.3 million, with performance periods spanning six months to five years. Banyan Global Inc. and Domestic Awardees have been frequent prime contractors, with most task orders set aside for small businesses or woman-owned small businesses. Common places of performance include Washington D.C. and international locations such as Haiti, Cambodia, Kenya, and Tunisia. The funding consistently comes from USAID's Bureau for Management, with pricing structures primarily using firm fixed price and cost-plus fixed fee models. Task orders have covered activities like conducting gender analyses, developing training materials, creating implementation guides for addressing issues like child marriage, and providing technical assistance to integrate gender considerations into USAID's programming.