Assistance to Basic Education Learn to Read Now (ABE LEARN)

Added: Apr 10, 2013 3:36 pm The purpose of this amendment is to extend the due date for receipt of proposals.  Please see Amendment 01 attached for further details.

Added: Mar 15, 2013 4:34 pm

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Bureau for Economic Growth, Education, and Environment (E3) hereby issues a Request for Proposal (RFP) for technical expertise and implementation support to reach Mission and Bureau objectives, in support of Goal One of USAID's Education Strategy 2011-2015: Improved reading skills for 100 million children in primary grades by 2015. This RFP solicits technical assistance and services to improve student reading in the primary grades, particularly grades 1-3, by improving reading instruction, improving delivery systems for reading instruction, and assisting to achieve greater engagement, accountability, and transparency by national leaders, service providers, and stakeholders. The Contractor may also be required to provide support for improving teacher effectiveness; increasing the quality, availability, and use of reading materials; and strengthening classroom and school management. Additional tasks may include improving instruction through strengthening host country education systems and other delivery mechanisms to improve instructional approaches, training and supporting teachers, and providing other services required to improve student reading, such as monitoring & evaluation and applied research.

USAID anticipates awarding multiple contracts as a result of this solicitation, consisting of both unrestricted and small business set-aside. There is no guarantee on the number of contracts to be awarded, the number of task orders that any one firm will receive, or the amount of money each firm is entitled to beyond the minimum monetary amount stated in the Request for Proposal (RFP). USAID anticipates that the maximum ordering limitation of the contracts resulting from a RFP will be $500,000,000 over a 5 year ordering period. Note that this ceiling applies across all contracts and cannot be exceeded in the aggregate.