DevTech is a member of a joint venture consortium led by Checchi and Company Consulting and The Louis Berger Group that provides USAID with technical assistance in program evaluation and performance monitoring support for its Washington, DC offices and overseas field missions. DevTech’s evaluation and monitoring support spans USAID program areas:

• Democracy and governance
• Economic growth, agriculture, and trade
• Environment and natural resources
• Human capacity development
• Health and population
• Humanitarian assistance

To date, DevTech’s participation in Evaluation Support Services IQC task orders includes:

• Dominican Republic—Civil Society Program Assessment (2002)
• Ethiopia—Evaluation of the Impact of Food Aid on Food Security (2002)
• Ethiopia— Preparation of a Performance Monitoring Plan (2002)
• Honduras—Education Evaluation (2002)
• Honduras—Evaluation of Microfinance Technical Assistance (2002)
• Jordan—Evaluation of Improved Water Resources Management (2002)
• Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan—Evaluation of the Initiative for Social Action and Renewal (2001)

To procure DevTech's services under the Evaluation Support Services IQC:

1. USAID Missions or Bureaus should prepare and submit a task order scope of work (SOW) to the PPC/DEI Cognizant Technical Officer (CTO) who will advise if the contemplated activities are consistent with the Evaluation IQC scope and objectives. 

2. After CTO approval, USAID Missions or Bureaus should finalize the Task Order SOW and budget for their cognizant Contracting Officer (CO) approval. (Note: To assist in constructing IQC task order budgets, USAID has negotiated fixed hourly rates for senior, mid-level, and junior consultants for each of several development assistance technical fields.)

3. The CO will submit the approved Task Order to all participating IQC firms and invite them prepare proposals for review and approval by the originating USAID Bureau or Mission Office. The firm with the most technically and financially competitive proposal will be awarded the Task Order contract. 

To take advantage of this mechanism to access DevTech’s services, please contact us .