International Rule of Law Technical Services (ROL)

USAID's Bureau for Management established a multiple-award indefinite-quantity contract (Master IDIQ) on February 8, 2013, to provide international rule of law technical assistance services worldwide, with the ordering period closed as of February 7, 2019. This vehicle is no longer active; no new task orders may be placed against it.

The vehicle funded 41 delivery orders totaling $568.8 million in combined potential value, with $544.1 million obligated (96% of potential). Activity peaked in 2018 with 12 orders before declining to a single order in 2019 as the vehicle approached its ordering deadline. The most recent task order was issued on February 14, 2019.

Task orders contracted rule of law development and justice-sector strengthening activities, including institutional capacity building, legislative reform, judicial efficiency improvements, human rights protection programs, and case-management system implementation. Representative scope includes the Justice for a Sustainable Peace Activity in Colombia ($45.7 million obligated), the Justice, Human Rights and Security Strengthening Activity ($52.9 million obligated), youth and gender justice programming ($25.2 million obligated), and rule of law projects in Albania, Kosovo, Mali, Jordan, Liberia, and Burma. Smaller orders supported assessments, guidance development, and indicator frameworks.

Chemonics International dominated the vehicle, holding 11 orders and $209.3 million in combined potential value—37% of all awards. The next-largest primes were Ard, Inc. ($105.5 million across 6 orders), Dexis Interactive LLC ($100.5 million across 3 orders), and DAI Global LLC ($54.2 million across 2 orders). These four firms captured 92% of combined potential value. The remaining five awardees—Millennium DPI Partners, Democracy International, Amex International, and smaller players—held the balance.

Task orders were overwhelmingly unrestricted (93%), with only three small-business set-asides. Typical orders ranged from $25,000 firm-fixed-price deliverables (assessments and guidance documents) to $45+ million cost-plus-fixed-fee multi-year implementations. Most substantive work was cost-reimbursable. Customer concentration was dispersed across USAID missions and central bureaus, with no single funding entity dominant beyond DCHA's Democracy and Governance Office. Work locations spanned Africa, Europe, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) anticipates award of a multiple-award Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC) to provide International Rule of Law Technical Assistance services for the Office of Democracy and Governance in the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA). The purpose of these contracts is to support the development of the rule of law, and the promotion and protection of human rights throughout the world.