Education in Crisis/Conflict-Affected and Fragile Environments (ECAFE): 00075

Description: The purpose of the Education in Crisis/Conflict-Affected and Fragile Environments (ECAFE) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity Contract (IDIQ) is to establish a world-wide IDIQ to support USAID Missions and Bureaus in addressing their education objectives in environments that may be or have been affected by crisis, conflict, fragility and/or lawlessness. This award will support the attainment of Goal Three of the USAID Education Strategy: Increased equitable access to education in crisis and conflict environments for 15 million learners by 2015.
ECAFE will:
- provide technical assistance and services to USAID Bureaus and Missions to help them assess, design, implement, coordinate, monitor and evaluate education programs in crisis/conflict-affected, fragile and lawless environments;
- manage and provide training services that will build the capacity of the Agency and its partners to understand the role education plays in mitigating crisis, conflict and fragility and to apply that understanding to effectively design and implement education programs in crisis/conflict-affected, fragile and lawless environments; and
- provide services in research, guidance, assessment, monitoring and evaluation, and associated data collection and analyses in order to generate and disseminate results and knowledge related to education in crisis/conflict-affected, lawless and fragile situations.

Duration: Five (5) years