USAID Mali Performance M&E Platform

The USAID Mali Performance M&E Platform is a Master Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract designed to support performance monitoring, evaluation, and capacity-building activities for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Mali. The contract's primary objective is to establish a robust monitoring and evaluation (M&E) platform that enhances the performance assessment capabilities of USAID Mali Acquisition and Contracting Officer's Representatives (A/CORs) and selected implementing partners. Through this vehicle, contractors are tasked with designing and conducting performance evaluations, assessments, special studies, and surveys that provide critical insights to inform the design and implementation of individual activities and larger development projects.

The task orders under this IDIQ consistently demonstrate a focus on technical assistance, program evaluation, and sector-specific assessments across development domains such as democracy and governance, nutrition, education, and agricultural value chains. The delivery orders have typically been awarded to Management Systems International, Inc. (MSI), with contract values ranging from approximately $170,000 to $433,569, and completion periods spanning several months to a few years. Notable task order scopes have included a Democracy, Human Rights and Governance assessment, evaluation of the Nutrition Integrated Rural Program, mid-term performance evaluation of agricultural value chain initiatives, and assessment of bilingual curriculum development. None of the task orders utilized specific small business set-aside provisions, and all were awarded on a competitive basis with firm fixed-price or cost-plus fixed-fee pricing mechanisms. The contract's shared ceiling was established at $21 million, with the primary place of performance being Mali, supporting USAID's development objectives in the region.