Program Development Quickly III

The US Agency for International Development Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance established the Program Development Quickly III Master IDIQ on October 26, 2012, with a shared ceiling of $15 million, but ordering closed on October 25, 2017—more than eight years ago. This vehicle is no longer active for new task orders.

The program provides field and Washington logistical support and short-term technical assistance to the Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) in support of U.S. foreign policy objectives in countries experiencing transition, instability, or crisis. Task-order work includes facilitation and training support, monitoring and evaluation services, digital media support, program evaluations, and management specialist placement. All work is delivered cost-plus-fixed-fee.

The vehicle issued 12 task orders across the five-year ordering window. Training Resources Group, Inc. dominated awards with 8 orders totaling $13.8 million in combined potential value (73% of the portfolio). A second domestic contractor (undisclosed) received 4 orders worth $5.1 million. Task orders typically ranged from roughly $250,000 to $5 million in ceiling value, with durations spanning one to three years. The largest award was a June 2017 training and facilitation task order to Training Resources Group with a ceiling of $5.1 million.

All 12 task orders carried no set-aside designation. Ordering activity peaked in 2013 with five awards, then declined to one award by 2017. The combined task-order potential value of $18.9 million slightly exceeded the vehicle's $15 million shared ceiling. USAID's Bureau for Management Office of the Assistant Administrator drove 75% of orders (9 awards, $9.2 million potential value), while the parent USAID agency placed the remaining 3 orders worth $9.8 million. As of the latest data, $11.3 million (60% of combined potential value) has been obligated; most task orders have since closed out administratively or reached completion dates between 2014 and 2024.

The purpose of the resulting PDQ III IQC is to provide services for the Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) that fall under the broad categories of field and Washington logistical support and programmatic short term technical assistance. The Program Development Quickly (PDQ) Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC) provides the Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) with the means to support U.S. foreign policy objectives via targeted, short-term technical assistance in priority countries experiencing recent transition, instability, or crisis. OTI's country program team, comprised of OTI and Contractor personnel, will work on the ground and in Washington, DC to provide fast, flexible program performance support targeted at key political transition and stabilization needs.