Central Asia Mechanism for Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning

Background
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is seeking proposals to provide services on monitoring, evaluation and learning in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The purpose of this seven-years Contract is to provide the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Central Asia regional and bilateral Missions with expert services to conduct independent evaluations, ad hoc assessments and analysis during program development and implementation, and support local capacity building and learning in the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) space. It is anticipated that this Contract will assist the Central Asia regional and bilateral Missions assess and develop programs, as well as foster learning and knowledge management in order to support stronger results and improve evidence-based programming.

Work Details
The Contractor is expected to provide services under each of the objectives outlined in C.3, covering various technical/program areas stated in the TOs. Given the varying needs during the program cycle, TOs may require one or more of the below tasks.
USAID reserves the right to order other tasks/services related to the Contract objectives that are not explicitly stated below. The tasks include conducting independent evaluations of USAID programs/projects/activities, carrying out ad hoc assessments throughout the program cycle to inform design and/or implementation, and providing monitoring and learning support during program implementation.

Period of Performance
The contract will be performed over a seven-year period.

Place of Performance
The geographic locations where the contract will be performed include Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.