Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement

The Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) is a civilian sub-agency that procures contracts and awards grants to support law enforcement capacity-building, counternarcotics operations, and justice-sector strengthening globally, with heavy emphasis on transnational organized crime, corruption, and cyber-enabled crime.

INL has issued 31,863 federal contract awards totaling $19.96 billion in combined potential value since 2001, with $15.85 billion obligated to date. Contract volume has declined notably in recent years: 1,329 awards in 2022, 1,470 in 2023, 1,348 in 2024, 397 in 2025, and 427 year-to-date in 2026. The contracting footprint is highly fragmented, with 3,509 distinct prime contractors across the portfolio. By award count over the last five years, miscellaneous foreign awardees collectively hold 30 percent of recent awards; U.S.-based primes dominate the top-value positions, with Human Technologies Corp leading at $95.6 million combined potential value across 46 awards, followed by Us21 Inc. at $38.8 million across 39 awards and Universal Strategy Group, Inc. at $31.1 million across 32 awards—these three hold only 1 percent of combined potential value by value, indicating heavy transaction volume through lower-dollar awards. Ninety-four percent of awards carry no set-aside designation; small-business set-asides (total small business, service-disabled veteran-owned, and 8(a)) account for approximately 6 percent of awards.

INL has awarded 4,189 federal grants totaling $2.73 billion in federal dollars obligated since 2009, with 485 distinct recipients. Grant volume has also declined: 386 awards in 2022, 387 in 2023, 327 in 2024, 72 in 2025, and 85 year-to-date in 2026. The most recent grant award closed on today's date. Grant recipients are moderately concentrated, with the National Center for State Courts leading at 39 awards and $170.2 million federal dollars obligated, followed by International Organization for Migration at 24 awards and $40.1 million, and Wildlife Conservation Society at 17 awards and $30.8 million. The top five recipients hold 11 percent of federal dollars obligated. Grants are predominantly Project Grants (84 percent) with Cooperative Agreements comprising 16 percent.

Recent grant opportunities include a competition for organizations to develop a software-based weighted random case-allocation system to prevent selective prosecution of transnational organized crime cases in Serbia (due November 9, 2026), a Cooperative Agreement for logistical and operational support to Honduras law enforcement and justice-sector institutions addressing narcotics trafficking and organized crime (due October 16, 2026), and a Project Grant competition for cybercrime and cryptocurrency intelligence-gathering focused on cyber intrusions, online fraud, and digital asset misuse (due August 31, 2026).