24 Mar US Government mission in Kenya and East Africa Awards ME&A Evaluation, Assessments, and Analyses IDIQ
US Government mission in Kenya and East Africa (KEA) recently awarded ME&A a five-year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to design and implement quantitative and qualitative evaluations, studies, assessments, and analyses; knowledge management; and trainings for US Government missions staff, implementing partners, community organizations, and national and regional government partners. By providing US Government Kenya and East Africa mission with performance evaluations, impact evaluations, evaluation case studies, meta-evaluations, and cross-sector and multi-country evaluations with a focus on learning, ME&A will assist US Government Kenya and East Africa mission in achieving its long-term vision of an integrated, prosperous, and resilient East Africa within the context of the journey to self-reliance. Trainings will also support US Government Kenya and East Africa mission in building the capacity of local monitoring and evaluation specialists to lead future activities. US Government Kenya and East Africa mission manages a bilateral and regional portfolio of about $560 million per year. This portfolio includes assisting Kenya in achieving objectives outlined in Kenyan Vision 2030. At the East Africa regional level, US Government Kenya and East Africa mission works with the East African Community; the Intergovernmental Authority on Development; the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa; and regional intergovernmental organizations, civil society groups, and the private sector to implement solutions to regional development challenges. East African countries included are Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. ME&A will manage the US Government mission in Kenya and East Africa (KEA) Evaluation, Assessments, and Analyses (EAA) IDIQ with a $38 million ceiling from our headquarters in Bethesda, Md. Joining ME&A in support of this IDIQ is our U.S.-based subcontractor FHI360.