FORECAST

USAID established the FORECAST Master IDIQ on May 12, 2005, to procure human and institutional capacity development and participant training services; ordering closed on May 5, 2011, and the vehicle is no longer active. The successor vehicle, FORECAST II Participant Training, was awarded on February 2, 2012.

Eighteen task orders were awarded under FORECAST between September 2005 and May 2010, with combined potential value of $404 million and $135.2 million obligated (33% of potential value). Activity peaked in 2007 with five orders; the final four years of the ordering window (2007–2010) accounted for 14 of 18 awards. The vehicle funded human and institutional capacity development programs, participant training across USAID priority regions (Indonesia, Georgia, Armenia, Russia, Nicaragua, Malawi, Liberia, and Cyprus), and leadership development initiatives.

World Learning Inc. captured half the awarded orders (10 awards, $204.8 million potential value); a domestic awardee (undisclosed) held the other half (8 orders, $199.2 million potential value). All 18 task orders were unrestricted procurements with no set-aside designation. Pricing structures mixed time-and-materials (the majority), firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost-no-fee, and labor-hour arrangements.

USAID proper (the agency contracting office) funded 13 of 18 orders ($283.5 million potential value), with the remainder distributed across USAID regional missions (Malawi, Liberia), USAID Bureau for Economic Growth Education and Environment, and USAID Bureau for Europe and Eurasia. The largest single order was a $108.8 million potential-value award to support Russia bilateral presidential commission exchanges and capacity development.

Task-order ceilings ranged from roughly $346,600 to $138.8 million, with typical durations extending three to five years from award. Representative mid-sized orders (Indonesia HICD program, Nicaragua governance capacity building) carried ceilings in the $4 million to $8 million range. Place of performance spanned overseas USAID mission locations and U.S.-based training institutions.

Original USAID FORECAST IQC