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ACCESSING THE IQC

The Integrated Water and Coastal Resources Management IQC (IWCRM)—also known as WATER IQC II— is a simple and efficient way for USAID missions and bureaus to access expertise in a wide variety of water resource topics. 

USAID missions have the option to direct a sole-source Task Order to the ME&A Team, which because of its status as a small business prime contractor can accept noncompetitive engagements of any size of projects through the WATER IQC II.

We will work with either host country government institutions charged with management and decision-making responsibilities in water and coastal resource sectors or local NGOs, businesses, and community/civic associations that are stakeholders in water and coastal resources management.

 

USAID's goal: The preservation and environmentally sound development of the world's water and coastal resources

The US Agency for International Development (USAID)'s Integrated Water and Coastal Resources Management (IWCRM) program addresses water management-related issues and plays a crucial part in delivering high-quality services supporting mission activities in the area of increasing and improving natural resources worldwide.

Critical water and coastal resource issues covered by the IWCRM IQC contract include the following:

• Insufficient quality of the quantity and quality needed for human use
• Insufficient quality and quantity of water to support ecological functions
• Inappropriate water and coastal resources policies, institutional arrangements and structures, financial systems, legal and regulatory authorities to achieve sustainable water and coastal resources management
• Inadequate sustainable financing mechanisms for of water and wastewater utilities at the city, municipal and community levels
• Physical land use/land cover modification, conversion and development affecting riparian zones, wetlands, and other aquatic habitat, and resultant alteration of hydrologic cycles
• Contamination of surface and groundwater due to inadequate pollution prevention and control (including inadequate municipal and industrial wastewater collection and treatment)
• Negative human health impacts due to the spread of waterborne disease, vector-borne disease, and water contamination
• Depletion of groundwater aquifers and saltwater intrusion into coastal aquifers
• Soil water logging, salinization, and erosion through improper irrigation and agricultural practices

The Integrated Water and Coastal Resources Management indefinite Quantity Contract EPP-1-00-05-00010=00 award to the ME&A Team supports the USAID Office of Natural Resources, Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade (EGAT/NRM Strategic Objective (SO) 1, “Increased and Improved Protection and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources,” with special emphasis on Intermediate Result 1.4, “Increased Conservation and Sustainable Use of Freshwater and Coastal Resources.”