Program Cycle Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Support Activity (PCMEL)

The Program Cycle Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Support Activity (PCMEL) is an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract awarded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Regional Development Mission for Asia to provide comprehensive program cycle management support services across the Asia region. The contract, valued at $38 million, focuses on delivering monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) technical assistance and capacity-building services to USAID Missions and Operating Units. Based on the original Request for Information, the vehicle was designed to strengthen program cycle systems, enhance local capacity, and improve accountability and evidence utilization in programming across Asian countries.

Task orders under this IDIQ primarily involve performance evaluations, mid-term assessments, and technical support activities for various USAID regional programs. Recent task orders range from $160,000 to $12,493,078, with performance periods typically spanning 6 months to 5 years. Prime contractors include Bixal Solutions Incorporated, Socha LLC (Wazima Solutions), and Me&A, Inc., which have been awarded delivery orders for activities in countries such as Laos, Burma, Papua New Guinea, Bangladesh, Kyrgyzstan, and Cambodia. The task orders consistently use firm fixed-price or cost-plus fixed-fee pricing models and are not set aside for any specific business classification, despite the original solicitation's initial intent to restrict competition to U.S. small businesses. The common thread across these task orders is providing monitoring, evaluation, learning, and technical assistance services to support USAID's programmatic objectives in the Asia region.