Prosperity Livelihoods and Conserving Ecosystems (PLACE)

The US Agency for International Development Bureau for Management Office of the Assistant Administrator awarded the Prosperity Livelihoods and Conserving Ecosystems (PLACE) Master IDIQ on September 30, 2006, with ordering authority that closed on March 31, 2013. This vehicle is no longer active; the ordering period ended 13 years and 3 months ago.

During its seven-year ordering window, PLACE supported USAID's Natural Resources Management Office with 53 task orders totaling $665.1 million in combined potential value, of which $348 million (52%) has been obligated. Task orders funded ecosystem management and conservation across diverse landscapes, equitable natural resources governance, sustainable production and trade of natural resource-based products, and technical leadership and knowledge management. The work spans country-specific environmental assessments, biodiversity and tropical forestry analyses required under Sections 118 and 119 of the Foreign Assistance Act, land reform and property rights projects, marine and forestry climate-support programs, and protected-area co-management initiatives.

Ard, Inc. and Chemonics International, Inc. dominate the vehicle by combined potential value, holding $384.1 million and $168.5 million respectively across 13 orders each. A cohort of undisclosed domestic awardees captured 17 orders worth $78.6 million combined, with DAI Global LLC and International Resources Group LTD. accounting for smaller shares. All 53 task orders were awarded without set-aside designation.

USAID itself placed roughly 72 percent of task orders by count. The largest individual orders funded multi-year field programs: the Indonesia Forestry and Climate Support (IFACS) program peaked at $40.8 million potential value, the Indonesia Marine and Climate Support (IMACS) program reached $21.9 million, and the Property Rights and Resource Governance program hit $237.1 million ceiling value. Typical task orders ranged from assessments under $150,000 to multi-year Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee engagements in the low millions. Performance occurred worldwide, with regional concentrations in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East corresponding to USAID mission portfolios.

The Prosperity Livelihoods and Conserving Ecosystems (PLACE) Master IDIQ will support the Natural Resources Management Office's (EGAT/NRM) Strategic Objective (SO), "Increased social, economic and environmental benefits through healthy ecosystems and sustainable resource management." The Intermediate Results (IRs) associated with this SO include: IR1-Improving management and conservation across diverse landscapes through science, interdisciplinary approaches and the adoption of best practices; IR2-Promoting equitable natural resources governance and management of natural resource conflicts; IR3-Increasing economic opportunities through sustainable production, marketing and trade of natural resource-based products and services; and IR4-Strengthening USAID operating units and partners through field support, technical leadership and knowledge management.