FORECAST II Participant Training (FORECAST II)

USAID awarded a Master IDIQ for participant training, exchange visitor programs, workforce development, and youth services on February 2, 2012, with a shared ceiling of $242 million and a final ordering deadline of February 1, 2017—now closed for 9 years 5 months. The vehicle is no longer active; no new task orders may be placed. USAID's Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture & Trade (EGAT) established FORECAST II - Participant Training as a successor to the original FORECAST vehicle (awarded May 2005), structured with between two and four prime awardees and contemplating at least two small business participants.

Twenty task orders were issued under the vehicle between June 2012 and January 2017, with ordering momentum concentrated in the early contract years: seven orders in 2013, five in 2014, then a sharp decline to one order per year in 2015, 2016, and 2017. The combined task-order potential value stands at $185.5 million, with $157 million obligated across all orders (85% realization rate).

World Learning Inc. and Institute of International Education Inc. dominate the contractor base, holding $102.8 million and $75.3 million in combined potential value respectively—capturing 96 percent of the vehicle's total awarded volume. Dexis Interactive LLC, Morgan Business Consulting LLC, and Encompass LLC split the remaining 4 percent. Ninety percent of awards carried no set-aside designation; two small business orders made up the remaining 10 percent. Task orders ranged from small technical-assistance awards ($25,000 ceiling) to large regional and country-based programs exceeding $40 million in potential value. Representative large orders included the Pakistan training program ($33.9 million potential), the Lebanon-based Enhancing Youth Humanitarian capacity program ($3.8 million), and the regional Community Connections program in Central Asia ($2 million). Task orders typically employed Cost Plus Fixed Fee pricing, with durations extending five to seven years.

Customer agencies funding orders spanned thirteen distinct USAID entities, though detailed funding concentration data captures only 60 percent of the order count. USAID missions in Lebanon, Ukraine, and Belarus represented the largest single-country commitments, with overseas participant training dominating the work scope alongside domestic master's degree scholarship administration and capacity-building for civil-society organizations.

The purpose of FORECAST II - PT is to provide a comprehensive package of short and long-term, degree and non-degree earning participant training, exchange visitor and education interventions, workforce development, and youth program services, from design through implementation and evaluation, promoting greater sustainability and effectiveness of all USAID assistance.