US Mission in Armenia

USAID Armenia, the civilian agency's sub-office administering U.S. development and assistance programs in the Armenia region, manages development contracting and grant-making to support humanitarian, economic, and governance priorities. The office operates through both contracts and cooperative agreements with implementing partners spanning domestic and international organizations.

USAID Armenia awarded 121 federal contracts totaling $312.9 million in combined potential value since 2005, with $153.6 million obligated to date. Contract award velocity over the last five years ran at 9 awards in 2021, 14 in 2022, 6 in 2023, 10 in 2024, and 1 year-to-date in 2025. The competitive base spans 47 distinct prime contractors. Contract competition is fragmented by award count, with the top five primes holding 48 percent of recent awards; Tetra TECH ES, Inc. leads by count with 3 awards worth $20.2 million combined. By potential value over the same window, however, concentration is highly fragmented—Chemonics International, Inc. ranks first with 2 awards valued at $49.6 million, followed by Tetra TECH ES, Inc. at $20.2 million, but the top five account for only 30 percent of combined potential value across recent awards. Ninety-nine percent of contracts carry no set-aside designation; a single award includes a Partial Small Business set-aside.

USAID Armenia obligated $258.7 million in federal grant dollars across 42 grant awards since 2009, with total project value reaching $284.2 million when non-federal shares are included. Grant award velocity ran at 4 awards in 2020, 3 in 2021, 6 in 2022, 7 in 2023, and 2 in 2024. Thirty-six distinct recipients have been funded. Grant recipients are fragmented by both award count and federal dollars—the top five by count hold 31 percent of recent awards, while the top five by dollars hold 29 percent of obligated federal funding. Democracy International, Inc. leads by federal dollars with $29.4 million obligated across a single award; by award count, no single recipient dominates significantly. Eighty-six percent of grant awards are structured as Cooperative Agreements, with the remainder as Project Grants. The most recent grant award closed on 2024-10-31, and the most recently recorded contract award date is 2025-01-15.