Public Financial Management Project (PFM)

The Public Financial Management (PFM) Project is an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle managed by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade. The contract vehicle supports technical assistance, advisory services, and capacity-building efforts in public financial management across multiple countries. Its primary objectives include improving macroeconomic policy, fiscal policy, public finance, monetary policy, trade policy, and institutional governance. The vehicle addresses critical areas such as public debt operations, central bank operations, labor markets, sector policy analysis, and strategic development initiatives.

Task orders under the PFM IDIQ consistently focus on public financial management reforms in developing countries, with most contracts ranging from $1 million to $40 million and durations between two to five years. Frequent prime contractors include Chemonics International, DAI Global LLC, Nathan Associates, Deloitte Consulting, and International Business Initiatives Corporation. The majority of task orders are issued without small business set-asides, though some partial or total small business set-asides are employed. Common funding sources are USAID mission offices across regions including Africa, Asia, Middle East, and Latin America. Typical task order scopes include supporting government financial systems, enhancing revenue mobilization, developing integrated financial management systems, providing technical advisory services to ministries of finance, and supporting governance and anti-corruption efforts. Performance locations are primarily in countries receiving U.S. foreign assistance, with common pricing mechanisms including time and materials, firm fixed price, and cost-plus fixed fee arrangements.