Deputy Administrator Global Programs

The Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service Deputy Administrator Global Programs is a civilian sub-agency within USDA that contracts for agricultural development, trade support, and food security initiatives conducted overseas and across multiple international regions. The office administers contracts for technical assistance, program implementation, and capacity-building activities aligned with USDA's foreign agricultural development and food aid mission.

The office has awarded 77 contracts since September 2013, with combined potential value of $22.7 million and $19.4 million obligated as of the most recent award dated September 25, 2026. Recent activity has fluctuated: the office closed 11 awards in 2022, 18 in 2023, 19 in 2024, 5 in 2025, and 8 so far in 2026. Activity cadence slowed considerably in 2025 and has remained modest through mid-2026 relative to the 2023–2024 peak. Across the portfolio lifetime, 43 distinct prime contractors have been awarded.

Competitive concentration is moderately concentrated among recent awardees. The top five award recipients account for 57 percent of recent awards over the last five years. GDA Corp leads by potential value with one award worth $4.5 million, followed by Foodchain Id Group Inc. with one award valued at $1.6 million. The remaining portfolio consists almost entirely of miscellaneous foreign awardees—entities receiving multiple small awards that collectively hold $6.2 million across 32 awards. Foreign awardees dominate the competitive landscape, reflecting the office's focus on overseas program implementation and development work conducted in foreign jurisdictions.

The set-aside mix is nearly flat: 96 percent of awards carry no set-aside designation, while 4 percent are small-business set-asides. The office conducts minimal set-aside activity relative to civilian-sector peer agencies, which typically distribute 20–40 percent of contract volume across various small-business and socioeconomic categories.

No recent federal contract opportunities are recorded in the source data. The most recent awarded contract closed in late September 2026, but no open solicitations or notices of funding opportunity are present in the current portfolio. Business development professionals should monitor USDA's electronic contracting systems and the FedBizOpps portal for future notices from this office, as award cadence has been intermittent and recent volume remains below 2023–2024 levels.