Integrated Water and Coastal Resources Management (Water IQC II)

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) established the Integrated Water and Coastal Resources Management IDIQ (Water IQC II) on September 30, 2004, with a shared ceiling of $2 billion and a last date to order of November 23, 2013. Ordering under this vehicle closed 12 years and 7 months ago; the vehicle is no longer active. USAID replaced Water IQC II with the Water and Development IDIQ, awarded August 19, 2014.

During its active life, USAID issued 47 task orders under Water IQC II, with combined potential value of $1.01 billion and $537.4 million obligated (53% of potential). Ordering activity peaked in 2009–2011, averaging 8.7 orders per year, then dropped sharply: only 1 order in 2012 and 1 in 2013, the final award on September 30, 2013.

Water IQC II funded technical assistance and capacity-building for integrated water resource management, water supply and sanitation, coastal resource management, and climate adaptation across USAID missions worldwide. Recent task orders illustrate the scope: architectural and engineering services for Lebanon's water infrastructure program ($21.8 million), clean energy and water sector support in Armenia ($5.7 million), regional environmental management in Central America ($13.6 million), and water infrastructure assessment in the Philippines ($1.7 million). Most task orders carried Cost Plus Fixed Fee pricing; one Haiti-focused order used Fixed Price Award Fee.

Chemonics International dominated by potential value, holding 9 orders worth $544.3 million (54% of combined potential), while International Resources Group and undisclosed domestic awardees held the next largest portfolios at $156.1 million and $155.7 million respectively. DAI Global LLC and Me&A, Inc. rounded out the top five. Together these five primes captured 91% of task-order count and 98% of combined potential value. All 47 orders were issued unrestricted; no set-asides applied.

USAID itself placed roughly 64% of orders by count, with regional missions in Lebanon, Philippines, and El Salvador among the leading customers. Typical task-order ceilings ranged from under $1 million to over $30 million; the largest single award, a Haiti watershed and natural resource management order, carried a ceiling of $425.1 million.

The Integrated Water and Coastal Resources Management IQC (IWCRM) - also known as WATER IQC II - is a simple and efficient way for USAID missions and bureaus to access expertise in a wide variety of water resource topics. The objective of the Water IQC II is to provide capacity to respond rapidly to requests for short, medium and long-term technical services aimed at helping carry out the integrated water and coastal resources management aspects of development assistance programs.