USAID Program Evaluation Services IDIQ

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) Bureau for Management Office of the Assistant Administrator established the USAID Program Evaluation Services Master IDIQ on September 30, 2009, with a shared ceiling of $125 million and a final ordering date of August 16, 2018—now closed to new task orders. The vehicle is no longer active: ordering authority expired more than seven years ago, and the most recent task order award dates to January 2015, making this a legacy contract vehicle appropriate only for tracking existing commitments or reference in historical analyses.

The IDIQ contracted technical and advisory services for evaluation activities worldwide at USAID mission, bureau, and agency-wide levels. Awarded task orders reflect a portfolio heavily concentrated in performance evaluations, mid-term assessments, final project evaluations, and impact assessments across USAID's global programs in agriculture, health systems, education, economic growth, democracy and governance, and humanitarian response. Evaluation work spanned from East Africa to Southeast Asia, the Caucasus, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

Two firms—Integrated Business & Technical Consultants, Inc. (47 orders; $38.6 million combined potential value) and Social Impact Inc. (41 orders; $35.1 million combined potential value)—captured roughly 54% of all awarded task orders and 71% of combined potential value. Development & Training Services, Inc. placed third with 22 orders ($20 million). The remaining two awardees and a small tail of other firms held substantially smaller portfolios. Customer funding concentrated heavily within USAID itself: the agency's main organization placed 107 orders ($40.7 million), while USAID Bureau for Management contributed 20 orders ($21.8 million); other USAID regional missions and bureaus accounted for the remainder.

The vehicle shows minimal set-aside utilization: 158 of 162 task orders (98%) carried no set-aside designation, with only three small business awards and one 8(a) sole-source order. Task orders ranged from under $47 thousand to $1.38 million (MYAP Program Evaluation), with typical values between $150 thousand and $450 thousand. Combined task-order potential value reached $103.5 million, of which $87.6 million (85%) was obligated. Ordering activity peaked in 2012 (49 orders) and declined sharply thereafter, falling to just two awards by 2015. This is a closed, fully executed vehicle with minimal remaining BD relevance.

The purpose of this contract is to provide USAID with technical and advisory services for evaluation activities worldwide, at the mission (operating unit), bureau, and agency-wide levels.