East Africa Regional Construction IDIQ

Over the past several years, the need for construction activities in the East Africa region has increased. Normally, USAID has combined construction activities with traditional development requirements. Construction and construction contracting are extremely specific and highly technical fields of work. When construction is combined with traditional development work, some recipients/contractors do not normally have the capacity to adequately manage these services. Extensive problems with these activities could occur, for example, design flaws, no adherence to international building codes, inadequate site supervision, lack of proper warranties, and inadequate legal remedies.

In accordance with USAID's Construction Policy, this IDIQ seeks to prevent the aforementioned issues via issuing discrete, firm fixed-price task orders for construction services which adhere to proper designs, codes, safety procedures, quality requirements, etc.

For purposes of this IDIQ, "construction" and "construction services" are interchangeable terms and mean construction, alteration, or repair (including dredging and excavation) of buildings, structures, or other real property and includes, without limitation, improvements, renovation, alteration and refurbishment. The term includes, without limitation, roads, power plants, buildings, bridges, water treatment facilities, and vertical structures.