Elections IDIQ

The Elections IDIQ is a master Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract awarded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA) to support fair and free elections worldwide. The contract vehicle enables USAID to rapidly deploy technical assistance, election administration support, and electoral process strengthening services in developing countries. Its primary objective is to provide flexible, on-demand support for democratic governance initiatives, particularly focused on enhancing electoral processes, political party development, and election security in countries undergoing democratic transitions.

The contract vehicle has been utilized for a diverse range of task orders, primarily awarded to firms like Democracy International, Inc. and Creative Associates International Inc. Task orders typically range from $130,000 to $24.4 million, with performance periods spanning from several months to multiple years. Geographically, the task orders have supported election-related activities in countries such as Haiti, Albania, Morocco, Sudan, Georgia, and Ecuador, with most places of performance being in the target countries or Washington, D.C. The pricing structures are predominantly time and materials, with some cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm fixed-price variations. No set-aside designations were used in the observed task orders, indicating open competition among qualified contractors. The task orders consistently focus on technical assistance, election administration, voter education, political party programming, and election security across different international contexts.