Contract Mechanisms

Democracy and Governance Analytical Services (DGAS III)

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded Democracy International, along with four other organizations, a five-year Indefinite Quantity Contract with a combined ceiling of $75 million to support the Agency’s democracy and governance work worldwide.

Democracy International (DI) supports USAID’s central bureaus, field missions, regional bureaus, and other USG agencies around the world by conducting democracy and governance assessments and evaluations in specific countries, designing democracy and governance programs and strategies, and carrying out applied research and writing projects. The evaluations cover the full scope of USAID’s programs in democracy and governance and will inform the design and implementation of USAID-funded democracy and governance strategies and programs. Such services will ensure that USAID’s democracy and governance strategies, programs and activities, and monitoring and evaluation plans are based on in-depth and well-informed analysis, cutting-edge research, valid data, and best practices in the field of democracy and governance.

DI’s approach focuses on bringing innovative ideas and fresh perspectives of practitioners and opinion researchers to the new challenges of effective impact evaluation, use of technology, security sector reform, and disarmament, demobilization and reintegration. DI’s team includes The Carter Center, Charney Research, Chemonics International, Global Business Solutions, and Planning and Learning Technologies (Pal-Tech).

Elections and Political Processes (EPP)

In September 2005, USAID awarded the firm a five-year IQC for Elections and Political Processes. Under the contract, Democracy International can provide a full range of technical assistance in support of election administration, political party development, citizen participation in political processes and technical leadership in elections and political processes. DI leads a team comprising RTI International, the League of Women Voters, the QED Group, Charney Research, Civic Action Strategies and the Pollworker Institute. The combined ceiling on this contract is $400 million.

Mission Oriented Business Integrated Services (MOBIS)

DI holds U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Schedule 874 for Mission Oriented Business Integrated Services (MOBIS). We hold the SIN 874-1 for MOBIS Consulting Services and SIN 874-3 for MOBIS Survey Services.

Regional Democratic Initiatives (REDI)

DI is a subcontractor to DPK Consulting on an IQC for Regional Democratic Initiatives (REDI) from USAID Egypt. This IQC serves to provide technical expertise and implementation support in democracy and governance programming to missions in Egypt and the Middle East, including missions in Lebanon, Morocco, and Yemen. Service areas under the IQC include: strengthening the justice sector, protecting human rights, strengthening the legislative function and legal frameworks, and promoting and supporting anticorruption reforms.

Building Reform through Democratic Governance (BRDG)

Democracy International is part of a team led by ARD that holds an IQC for Building Reform through Democratic Governance. The BRDG program is intended to support three USAID initiatives: (1) promotion of democratic governance across all sectors of Agency programming; (2) developing effective assistance strategies for fragile states; and (3) assisting countries to qualify for potential funding from the Millennium Challenge Account.

Instability, Crisis and Recovery Programs (ICRP)

DI is part of a team led by ARD that holds an IQC for Instability, Crisis and Recovery Programs. This IQC supports the efforts of USAID’s Office of Conflict Management and Mitigation in three broad areas: (1) early warning and analysis of conflict, fragility and state failure; (2) the development of new assistance models and program options that are better able to deal with the causes and consequences of conflict, instability, and fragility; and (3) technical leadership and Agency-wide field support, training and outreach in conflict management and mitigation.