Peace Corps

Peace Corps, an independent civilian agency that administers international volunteer service and development programming, procures supplies, services, and communications support to operate field operations and training activities worldwide. The agency has awarded 5,852 federal contracts since 1982, with a combined potential value of $1.66 billion and combined dollars obligated of $1.7 billion.

Recent award activity has declined: Peace Corps issued 156 awards in 2022, 201 in 2023, 224 in 2024, 136 in 2025, and 73 year-to-date in 2026, indicating a slowdown in contract volume. The most recently recorded award date is in November 2026. Across its portfolio history, the agency has awarded contracts to 1,700 distinct prime contractors, reflecting a highly fragmented competitive base.

Over the last five years, McKesson Corporation leads by award count with 248 awards and $4.7 million in combined potential value, followed by B. David Co Inc. with 32 awards and Govsmart, Inc. with 31 awards. These top three account for 45 percent of recent awards by count. By combined potential value, however, the competitive landscape shifts significantly: Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees (two separate rows) hold $159.1 million and $64.1 million respectively across 46 combined awards, dwarfing the by-count leaders and reflecting Peace Corps' reliance on foreign-based vendors for field operations and localized services. Crosby Marketing Communications Inc. ranks third by value with $35.8 million across 20 awards. Notably, the top five primes by potential value account for only 18 percent of combined potential value over the last five years, indicating moderately concentrated value distribution alongside a highly fragmented award-count structure — many small vendors sustain the portfolio.

Set-aside utilization is minimal: 90 percent of awards carry no set-aside designation. Small-business set-asides account for 7 percent of awards, while Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, 8(a) Sole Source, HUBZone, Woman-Owned Small Business, and other targeted designations each represent 1 percent or less of the portfolio. This concentration of open unrestricted awards reflects Peace Corps' operational need for specialized vendors and foreign-based providers that fall outside traditional small-business carve-outs.

No recent contract opportunities are recorded in available source data.

Peace Corps volunteers travel to developing countries all over the world to assist with many ongoing efforts including AIDS education, business training, and information infrastructure development.