Integrated Water and Coastal Resource Management  (IWCRM)

The Water IQC II is an USAID Indefinite Quantity Contract mechanism that is intended to address the Agency’s priorities related to all aspects of integrated water and coastal resources management, serving USAID field missions, regional bureaus, and Washington-based offices.

The objective of the IQC is to provide capacity to respond rapidly to requests for short, medium and long-term technical services aimed at helping carry out the integrated water and coastal resources management aspects of development assistance programs.

The ME&A Team includes the following subcontractors: Booz Allen Hamilton, DevTechSystems, Ecology & Environment, Shaw Environmental and Infrastructure; Development Associates, AIS Development, Global Environmental & Technology Foundation, The Heron Group, HydroGeoLogic, Advanced Engineering Associates International, Taylor DeJongh, Boston University Marine Program, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, and Citizens Network for Foreign Affairs. Resource organizations include Center for International Environmental Law, Projects International, Caucuses Environmental NGO Network, St Anthony Falls Laboratory, Resources for the Future, and the Pan American Development Foundation.

ME&A and five other prime contractors received IQC contracts for this five-year task order-based contract vehicle, with an aggregate ceiling $2 billion. The ME&A contract is effective through September 2010.

The small business exception to FAR 16.505 allows USAID contracting officers to directly place IWCRM task orders of any size with ME&A without competition. For more details concerning contracting with ME&A under IWCRM, contact the USAID CTO, Daniel Deely at 202-712-5255 or ddeely@usaid.gov.  At ME&A, contact Tom England at 301-652-4334 or tengland@engl.com.

For more comprehensive information concerning the ME&A Water II IQC Team, see our ME&A water web site at http://www.water-mendezengland.com