Working with Constella
TASC2 Media/Public Relations IQC
IQC No. GHS-I-00-03-00035-00
USAID missions and bureaus can obtain Constella Futures' services under the
Technical Assistance Support Contract 2 Media/Public Relations Indefinite Quantity
Contract (TASC2 Media/PR IQC) to meet their requirements in population, health,
and nutrition.
Services include:
- public opinion polling
- public relations
- advocacy across wide subject areas (health, democracy, environment)
- media relations and monitoring
- strategy design/planning
- IT/web-based design
- research
Advantages for using this contractual mechanism:
- allows for an expansion or enhancement to an existing program
- provides continuity for programs that have a funding gap
- missions retain control and ownership of the program
Constella Futures TASC2 team members include:
Constella Futures and a local subcontractor, IMAGCOM, are currently implementing
a public relations/media development program geared toward positive development
in the northern border of Ecuador focused on a prevention program toward positive
development, helping to promote licit involvements and economies.
Other potential uses of this IQC mechanism include:
- Conducting an opinion poll to determine a community's attitudes and behaviors
regarding stigma and discrimination against HIV/AIDS-positive persons
- Conducting public relations to create public goodwill and community support
for hospices for AIDS orphans
- Implementing advocacy initiatives among parliamentarians to generate budget
and support of politicians for programs to prevent violence and abuse of
youths (especially females)
- Designing/implementing media strategies to improve the empathy, accuracy,
and technical knowledge of journalists addressing issues of adolescent sexuality
