Hey, MISTA, Can You Spare Some Motivation? (News Brief)

The 140 staff members of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)/Mozambique are getting a boost of professional motivation to perform their jobs with greater creativity -- and the agency is hiring outside help to accomplish that task. USAID today issued a Request for Quotations (#RFQ-656-12-008) to enlist the assistance of vendors capable of carrying out the Mission Innovation Synthesis Training Activity, known as MISTA for short. According to the RFQ, the agency is "seeking assistance to inspire, demonstrate, and train USAID/Mozambique staff to think and act more creatively and to find innovative approaches to the challenges they face in planning, implementing, and managing the U.S. Government's $270 million per year program of development assistance to Mozambique." A task order worth $45-$50,000 is expected to be issued to a selected contractor.