Strengthening Tenure and Resource Rights II (STARR II)

USAID's Bureau for Management Office of the Assistant Administrator awarded the Strengthening Tenure and Resource Rights II (STARR II) Master IDIQ on July 20, 2018, and the vehicle's last date to order was July 19, 2025—ordering is now closed as of eleven months ago. The contract delivers land and resource governance services, including tenure rights strengthening and property-rights programs, across a global portfolio that spans agricultural development, wildlife conservation, forestry, and conflict-affected land restitution activities.

The vehicle is approaching full deployment. Of the $417.2 million combined potential value across 14 task orders, USAID obligated $391.8 million (94%). Task-order activity peaked in 2020 with six awards; the most recent award closed on July 30, 2021, making the portfolio four years and eleven months old with no new awards since. Multiple task orders show terminations for convenience with final completion dates in early 2025, signaling end-of-vehicle wind-down.

Two prime contractors dominate the vehicle by value: Ard, Inc. holds five orders worth $209.9 million combined potential value, and DAI Global LLC holds six orders worth $163.9 million. Ecodit LLC captured two orders totaling $28.4 million, and Chemonics International, Inc. received one order valued at $15 million. The competitive field is narrow—four primes across the entire vehicle—with Ard and DAI together accounting for roughly 90% of combined potential value. Thirteen distinct USAID regional programs and offices funded orders, with USAID West Africa Regional Program accounting for the largest share ($55.9 million across two orders).

Task-order pricing is predominantly cost-plus-fixed-fee; one order used time-and-materials pricing. Set-asides are minimal: 13 of 14 orders (93%) carried no set-aside, with only one small-business order. Individual order ceilings ranged from $15 million to $48.7 million, with typical durations extending to 2024–2025. The vehicle succeeded the original STARR IDIQ (awarded August 2, 2012) and has no stated successor vehicle.

The purpose of the STARR II IDIQ contract is to deliver services in the land and resource governance sector in support of Development Objective One within USAID's Office of Land and Urban in the Bureau for Economic Growth, Education, and Environment (E3). Improve land and resource governance and strengthen property rights for all members of society, especially women.