Building Recovery and Reform through Democratic Governance (BRDG)

USAID established this Master IDIQ on September 12, 2005, to support three initiatives—the promotion of democratic governance, increased emphasis on fragile states, and the Millennium Challenge Account—with a shared ceiling of $750 million. Ordering under the vehicle closed on March 30, 2012, making it inactive for ordering purposes as of that date. The vehicle is no longer suitable for pursuit of new work.

For historical context: the IDIQ issued 27 task orders over its active lifecycle. Award concentration among primes is moderate. Chemonics International, Inc. and DAI Global LLC each hold 9 orders, together representing approximately 49% of combined potential value at $477 million. An undisclosed group of domestic awardees holds 5 orders worth $438.5 million combined potential value, while Ard, Inc. holds 4 orders worth $70.7 million. All task orders were unset-aside competitive awards. Customer concentration across the task orders is dispersed; USAID entities directly placed roughly 44% of orders by count, with remaining orders distributed across 17 distinct customer agencies and regional USAID bureaus.

Task-order scope ranged across democratic governance support, security sector reform, capacity building in fragile and threshold-country contexts, anti-corruption programming, and policy reform assistance. Representative awards included a $131.8 million ceiling order to strengthen Palestinian Authority institutions, a $131.8 million effort to support policy reforms in the Palestinian territories, a $338.5 million National Capacity Development program (TATWEER), and orders supporting governance work in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kosovo, Kenya, Bangladesh, and other regions. Order values ranged from under $1 million to exceeding $130 million in ceiling value, with durations typically spanning 2 to 5 years. Of the $986.2 million combined potential value across all 27 orders, $619.4 million (63%) was obligated during the vehicle's active period, with most ordering activity front-loaded in 2007 and 2008.

Three USAID initiatives will be served through this IDIQ. One initiative is the promotion of democratic governance. The second initiative is the increased emphasis on fragile states. The third initiative that will be served is the newly established Millennium Challenge Account (MCA).