Overseas Private Investment Corporation

The Overseas Private Investment Corporation, a civilian independent agency that finances and insures private sector investments in emerging markets, has awarded 811 federal contracts totaling $262.1 million in combined potential value since 2004, with $161.9 million obligated to date. The agency's contracting activity has declined markedly in recent years: 79 awards in 2015, 125 in 2016, 104 in 2017, 66 in 2018, and 17 in 2019, with the most recent award closing on December 31, 2019. No subsequent contract awards are recorded in the portfolio.

Among 417 distinct prime contractors awarded over the agency's contracting history, competitive concentration remains highly fragmented. The portfolio does not identify top-by-count or top-by-value prime contractors, signaling that no single vendor or small cohort has dominated OPIC's contracting spend. This distribution reflects the agency's transactional model: individual financing and insurance deals drive procurement of advisory, legal, financial, and risk-management services from a broad vendor base rather than a few repeat primes.

The overwhelming majority of OPIC's awards—753 of 811, or 93 percent—carry no set-aside designation. Small business set-asides account for 37 awards (5 percent); service-disabled veteran-owned small business, woman-owned small business, 8(a) sole source, HUBZone, and partial small-business set-asides together represent less than 2 percent of the portfolio. The set-aside mix reflects OPIC's focus on unrestricted contracting for specialized expertise in emerging-market investment and risk assessment.

The agency is not currently active in federal contracting. The portfolio records no awards after December 2019, and no open contract solicitations are present in the source data. OPIC underwent significant structural changes beginning in 2020, culminating in the agency's merger with the U.S. Agency for International Development's Development Finance Corporation to form the International Development Finance Corporation in December 2023. Any current procurement activity would be tracked under the successor agency rather than under OPIC's legacy contracting account.

For firms pursuing work in emerging-market advisory, political-risk insurance claims support, or investment-due-diligence services, the closed contracting portfolio and lack of current opportunities indicate this avenue is not presently viable; prospects should monitor IDFC procurement activity instead.

The Overseas Private Investment Corporation works with the U.S. private sector to help solve critical world challenges.