US Mission in Bangladesh

The U.S. Agency for International Development Bangladesh (USAID Bangladesh) is a civilian sub-agency of the U.S. State Department's broader USAID structure that funds and contracts for development assistance, humanitarian aid, and governance programs within Bangladesh through both federal contracts and grants.

USAID Bangladesh operates on both the contracting and grant-funding sides. The agency has awarded 159 federal contracts totaling $667.7 million in combined potential value since 2006, with $578.3 million obligated to date. Contract activity over the last five years remained steady, averaging roughly 10 to 12 awards per year (12 in 2020, 8 in 2021, 10 in 2022, 12 in 2023, and 11 in 2024). The most recent contract award closed in November 2024. Among prime contractors active in the last five years, the competitive landscape is highly fragmented by award count but concentrated by contract value. The top five primes by award count hold 59 percent of recent awards but are predominantly domestic awardees with undisclosed names (12 awards, $1.7 million combined potential value) and smaller foreign vendors; by contrast, the top five by potential value hold only 18 percent of combined value, led by Winrock International Institute For Agricultural Development ($38.5 million), Palladium International LLC ($34 million), Devworks International Inc. ($23.9 million), Encompass LLC ($19.6 million), and Green Powered Technology LLC ($4 million). The set-aside mix is minimal: 97 percent of awards carry no set-aside designation, with only 3 small-business awards (2 percent) and 1 woman-owned small-business sole-source award (1 percent).

USAID Bangladesh has obligated $1.23 billion in federal grant dollars across 93 grant awards since 2009, with total combined federal and non-federal dollars obligated at $1.45 billion. Grant cadence over the last five years was 9 awards in 2021, 11 in 2022, 8 in 2023, 12 in 2024, and 1 year-to-date in 2025; the most recent grant award was recorded in January 2025. Grant recipients are fragmented by award count, with the top five holding 33 percent of recent awards led by Cooperative For Assistance And Relief Everywhere Inc. (3 awards, $42.7 million), but show lower concentration by federal dollars (top five holding 13 percent), with Research Triangle Institute ($48.8 million), CARE ($42.7 million), Consortium For Elections & Political Process Strengthening ($36 million), BRAC ($14.7 million), and Winrock International ($12.9 million) leading. The grant assistance-type mix is dominated by Cooperative Agreements at 80 percent of awards; Project Grants comprise 20 percent.

No recent contract opportunities or grant opportunities are recorded in the source data.