M/CIO - Development Information Solution (DIS)

USAID has determined a need for an information technology solution to more effectively access, manage, and manipulate its data, to strengthen strategic planning, design, budgeting, procurement, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting of USAID's portfolios of projects, activities, and operations. The DIS will enable USAID to have a comprehensive picture of program, financial, and procurement data in a way not currently possible. USAID currently has an estimated 34 off-the-cuff, program portfolio management systems, none of which are Agency-wide, and all of which were developed by operating units to respond to their specific needs. The DIS proposes to improve standards for systems with centralized oversight that will also meet new transparency and open data requirements. The DIS will also incorporate functionality currently captured in cuff systems that will result in eventual phasing out of such systems. The continued proliferation of cuff systems poses significant risks and will cost the Agency an estimated $90.5M every five years, based on the DIS ROI analysis revalidation in 2018. These legacy systems do not provide a corporate view of USAID's portfolio, and none have been aligned with USAID's Program Cycle. A summary of the ROI figures is below: As-Is Projected Costs (without DIS) (five years): $146.6M; Estimated DIS Lifecycle Cost (five years, including costs to develop, operate and upgrade): $56.1M; Total Estimated Cost Savings (Tangible & Intangible total, five years): $90.5M. Estimated Return on Investment (year five): 161%.

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