Management Systems International, Inc.

Management Systems International, Inc., a subsidiary of Tetra Tech, Inc., is a prime federal contractor delivering monitoring, evaluation, learning, and technical assistance services to U.S. foreign policy and international development programs across more than eighty federal agencies, with $18.71 billion in combined potential value across 809 awards (98% prime, 2% sub) and competes full-and-open across all contract vehicles without set-aside designation.

MSI's capability footprint centers on international development program evaluation, adaptive programming, democracy and governance support, and crisis stabilization. Representative recent work includes a $49.1 million cost-plus-fixed-fee task order from USAID Office of Transition Initiatives under the $5 billion SWIFT 6 IDIQ to support U.S. foreign policy priorities through limited-term programming in Asia (ultimately terminated in February 2025); a $37.8 million cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order from the U.S. Mission in Mexico under the $5 billion SWIFT 5 IDIQ to establish and manage flexible, quick-response mechanisms promoting democracy and stability in Guatemala (also terminated for convenience in March 2025); a $21.7 million definitive contract from the U.S. Mission in Philippines for Philippines, Pacific Islands, and Mongolia Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Activity (PIMMELA) with ultimate completion in January 2028, which in FY2024 invoiced $2.8 million across 9.3 FTEs at a derived $142.48/hr government-paid rate; and a $7 million delivery order from the Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs for humanitarian and disaster response programs in the West Bank and Gaza under the GSA Multiple Award Schedule. SCI-reported invoiced revenue on federal service contracts above the $150,000 threshold totaled $125.5 million across FY2022–FY2024: $7.4 million in FY2022, $51 million in FY2023, and $67.2 million in FY2024, representing delivery of roughly 598 FTEs across those three fiscal years. On GSA Schedule labor, MSI offers four active categories spanning support staff at $107.18/hr through senior roles at $323.28/hr, with no security clearance requirements.

Customer concentration skews heavily toward USAID, which accounts for the top two ranks by dollar value. USAID Bureau for Management Office of the Assistant Administrator leads with 29 awards worth $9.26 billion in combined potential value, followed by USAID mission-level and country-specific awards: USAID/Mexico (7 awards, $2.62 billion), USAID (418 awards, $1.11 billion), USAID/Kenya (23 awards, $48 million), and others. The Department of State Bureau of the Comptroller and Global Financial Services (8 awards, $300 million) and the Department of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs (27 awards, $49.3 million) round out the top five by potential value. The portfolio covers 63% of awards and 72% of potential value across these five customer clusters, indicating high concentration in civilian international-affairs missions.

MSI's vehicle position anchors primarily on two high-value IDIQs: Federal Supply Schedule GS23F8012H (105 task orders, $2.89 billion combined potential value) and the SWIFT 5 IDIQ from USAID/OTI ($5 billion multiple-award vehicle), alongside smaller IDIQs including the $800 million Programming for Prevention and Peacebuilding (P4P2) mechanism, a $20 million single-award IDC with the U.S. Mission in Kosovo for Western Balkans program support, and multiple agency-specific indefinite delivery contracts with USAID missions. MSI also holds a GSA Multiple Award Schedule seat (16 task orders, $44.9 million). Award activity remained modest in recent years (5 in 2022, 6 in 2023, 11 in 2024, 1 in 2025, 1 in 2026), though several major contract completions face recompete: six awards with ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months carry $79.6 million in combined potential value, including terminations for convenience on Guatemala and Moldova programs already marked for completion in early 2025.

MSI operates predominantly through direct delivery: across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors accounted for only 2% of total contractor hours, with eight named subs appearing sporadically across the invoice portfolio. Government-paid hourly rates on federal service contracts ran at a median of $106.10/hr (10th percentile $67.71/hr, 90th percentile $160.26/hr). On subcontract work, MSI subcontracts to larger primes including Encompass LLC (data ecosystems work in education, health monitoring in Bangladesh), The Kaizen Company LLC (learning analytics and evidence staffing in Ethiopia), Development Professionals Inc. (justice sector technical assistance), Making Cents International (inclusive development and mission support), Caci Nss LLC (administrative updates and incremental funding), and ARD Inc. (wage technical assistance in Dominican Republic), working in supporting roles on USAID-funded monitoring, evaluation, and learning activities. In its grant role, MSI serves as lead implementing partner for student assessments, social-emotional learning data analysis, and capacity building under World Learning Inc. sub-awards for the QITABI 2 education program in Middle East countries (2024 and 2023 sub-awards).

MSI's top NAICS categories reflect its evaluation and advisory posture: Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (274 awards), All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (104 awards), and Other Management Consulting Services (42 awards). The parent company, Tetra Tech, Inc., is a global engineering and consulting firm headquartered in Pasadena, California, with broad technical and environmental capabilities that extend MSI's reach across international development, infrastructure, and technical domains; MSI operates as a distinct international-development-focused subsidiary within Tetra Tech's portfolio.