Assistance to Basic Education (ABE)

IDIQ

Description

Provide technical assistance and services to improve student reading in the primary grades, particularly grades 1-3. Tasks include improving teacher effectiveness; strengthening student assessment at different levels of the education system and for different purposes, increasing the quality, availability and use of reading materials; and strengthening classroom and school management, among other reading-related activities.

Overview

Ceiling

None

Primary Sponsoring Agency

USAID Office of Acquisition and Assistance (OAA) [USAID - HQ - BM]

Who Can Use

One Agency

Primary NAICS

541990 - All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

Primary PSC

R421 - Technical Assistance

Primary Set Aside

None

Extent Competed

Full And Open Competition

Successor

Assistance to Basic Education Learn to Read Now (ABE LEARN)

Assistance to Basic Education (ABE) awarded by USAID Office of Acquisition and Assistance (OAA) in September 2005 accepts orders through March 2012. The IDIQ has no ceiling, and as of today, $250,533,690 has been obligated through the vehicle with a total reported backlog of $485,820,793 and funded backlog of $403,671,552 from all task orders, though the ordering period has ended so backlog may not be realized. The IDIQ was awarded full & open and has a primary NAICS code of 541990.

Award Hierarchy

Vehicle

Assistance to Basic Education (ABE)

Indefinite Delivery Vehicles

Prime Contracts

Subcontracts

Status

Period of Performance

9/26/05

Start Date

3/20/12

Ordering Period End Date

100% Complete

Task Order Obligations and Backlog

$250.5M

Total Obligated

$654.2M

Current Award

$736.4M

Potential Award

34% Funded

$403.7M

Funded Backlog

$485.8M

Total Backlog

Vehicle Award Share

Contractors with greatest percentage of obligations for Assistance to Basic Education (ABE)

Vehicle Award Share

Federal Award Analysis