FHI 360 maintains strong relationships with leaders, innovators, and experts around the world, and our reputation for excellence in project implementation has earned the trust of governments and other partners. We manage several contract mechanisms for U.S. government agencies and other funders, allowing us to be hired quickly through a limited competitive bidding process. These contract mechanisms — blanket purchase agreements (BPAs), indefinite quantity contracts (IQCs), indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQs) contracts, and leader with associate awards (LWAs) — help streamline the contract process and speed service delivery.
For information on working with FHI 360 using these contract vehicles, please contact:
Bradi Newsome
Vice President
Business Development and Partnerships
partneringwithus@fhi360.org
Funder: U.S. General Services Administration (GSA)
Project: GSA Professional Services Schedule
Period: 2021‒2026
Through this IDIQ, FHI 360 offers creative, science-based solutions to provide clients with immediate access to state-of-the-art program support. FHI 360 provides full-service support in social marketing, public education and communication planning, market research and analysis, creative materials design and production, press and public relations, advertising, community mobilization, training and technical assistance, and comprehensive program evaluation. We support programs from conceptualization and planning through implementation and evaluation. FHI 360 is on the GSA Professional Services Schedule for the following special item numbers:
- 541214 Payroll Services
- 541611 Management and Financial Consulting, Acquisition and Grants Management Support
- 541613 Marketing Consulting Services
- 541810ODC Other Direct Costs for Marketing and Public Relations Services
- 541810 Advertising Services
- 541910 Marketing Research and Analysis
- 541820 Public Relations Services
- 541850 Exhibit Design and Advertising Services
- 531210 Financial Asset Resolution Services
- 522310 Financial Advising, Loan Servicing and Asset Management Services
Funder: U.S. Department of Education
Project: Education Grants Management Support Services (EDGMSS)
Period: 2020‒2025
This BPA focuses on grants management support services. Activities include pre-award, award and grants administration, along with post-award activities such as monitoring grantee performance and evaluating grant program results to inform future grant efforts.
Funder: U.S. Department of Education
Project: Procurement of Research Evaluation and Statistics Task Orders
Period: 2023‒2028
The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education uses research- and data-driven insights to understand what works in education, for whom it works, and under what conditions. This IDIQ contract vehicle supports IES as the independent education research, evaluation and statistics arm of the U.S. Department of Education, providing a diversified and qualified pool of vendors to meet its needs.
Funder: World Health Organization
Project: Support for Management of Data, Analysis, Design, Writing, Dissemination, and Program Implementation for Maternal, Newborn, Adolescent Health, and Aging
Period: 2022‒2025
This agreement with the World Health Organization (WHO) supports the management of data, analysis, design, writing, dissemination, and program implementation for maternal, newborn, and adolescent health and aging. The scope includes:
- Data management, collection and compilation:
- Creating and supporting data collection or compilation across multiple research study sites.
- Creating online platforms for collecting data from multiple respondents.
- Compiling data across surveys, assessments and monitoring sites.
- Creating databases for analysis.
- Statistical and analytic support:
- Analyzing data from surveys, assessments or routine/administrative data.
- Providing statistical support for research studies.
- Developing the statistical component of protocol methods sections.
- Creating and providing code in statistical software (for example, STATA, SAS, R, SPSS) for specific analyses.
- Supporting WHO staff in their analyses.
- Design and layout for technical products:
- Designing and laying out normative products (for example, guidelines and training materials).
- Designing and laying out progress reports, briefs and journal articles.
- Creating visualizations for online tools or web pages.