Monitoring and Evaluation to Collaborate, Learn, Adapt, and Knowledge Management (MECLAK)

Award Date 7/1/2019
Last Date To Order 7/1/2024
Shared Ceiling $10M
Contract Type
Master IDIQ
Predecessor
Not listed
Successors

The Monitoring and Evaluation to Collaborate, Learn, Adapt, and Knowledge Management (MECLAK) Master Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, awarded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Regional Mission to Southern Africa, provides a centralized procurement platform for monitoring, evaluation, learning, and knowledge management services. Originally solicited in November 2017 as a Monitoring and Evaluation Services contract, this vehicle enables USAID Missions in Southern Africa to access specialized technical support for program assessment, strategic information management, and performance evaluation across various development sectors. The MECLAK IDIQ facilitates comprehensive evaluation and learning services designed to enhance USAID's programmatic effectiveness and strategic decision-making capabilities.

Task orders under this MECLAK vehicle demonstrate a consistent focus on performance evaluations across energy, health, and agricultural sectors, with contract values typically ranging from approximately $200,000 to $10 million. Frequent prime contractors include Socha LLC (Wazima Solutions), The QED Group LLC, ICF Macro Inc., and Social Impact, Inc., who have been awarded delivery orders addressing diverse program evaluations in countries such as Zimbabwe, Zambia, and across broader regional contexts. The task orders uniformly utilize firm fixed-price or cost-plus-fixed-fee pricing mechanisms, with no set-aside designations, and generally target completion within 12-24 month periods. Common evaluation objectives include assessing program implementation fidelity, measuring development intervention outcomes, and providing strategic insights to improve USAID's programmatic interventions in sectors like power, tuberculosis treatment, community agriculture, and energy infrastructure.

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