Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance

The US Agency for International Development Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, a civilian sub-agency within USAID, procures logistics, relief services, and operational support for emergency response and humanitarian programs worldwide, and funds nonprofit, academic, and international organizations working in humanitarian assistance, health, food security, and development.

The Bureau has awarded 1,766 federal contracts totaling $5.17 billion in combined potential value since 2003, with $2.18 billion obligated to date. Recent contract activity has declined sharply: 150 awards in 2020, 27 in 2021, 24 in 2022, 12 in 2023, and 10 in 2024. The most recent contract award closed on August 2, 2024. Fifteen percent of recent awards (seven of the last 46) carry no reported potential value, indicating heavy use of Schedule task orders, BPA calls, modifications, and below-threshold purchase orders typical of logistics procurement. Contract competition is moderately concentrated: the top five primes by award count hold 52 percent of recent awards, with Domestic Awardees (Undisclosed) leading at nine awards ($816 thousand combined potential value), followed by Diplomat Freight Services, LLC (five awards, $2.5 million) and APL Ceva Government Logistics (four awards, $2.6 million). Sealift Holdings Inc. commands the largest recent deal at $6.4 million across two awards. Ninety-nine percent of awards carry no set-aside designation; small-business and 8(a) sole-source awards together represent 1 percent of the portfolio.

Parallel grant activity is substantially larger by dollar volume but declining in award frequency. The Bureau has awarded 1,388 grants totaling $11.49 billion in combined federal dollars since 2003. Annual grant awards have fallen sharply: 175 in 2020, 52 in 2021, 30 in 2022, 6 in 2023, and 2 in 2024 (the most recent grant closed on October 1, 2024). Grant competition is highly fragmented: the top five recipients by award count hold 18 percent of recent awards, with Salesian Missions, Inc. leading at two awards ($5.6 million federal dollars), followed by Organis Cooperation Developp Economique (two awards, $1.6 million). Cooperative Agreements dominate the assistance mix at 63 percent of awards; Project Grants represent 37 percent, with Block Grants comprising 1 percent of the portfolio. The recipient base spans 276 distinct organizations, predominantly faith-based nonprofits, international NGOs, and academic institutions.

No recent contract opportunities or grant opportunities are present in the source data. The sharp decline in both contract and grant award frequency since 2020—particularly the single-digit annual awards in 2023 and 2024—signals materially reduced procurement and grant-making activity at the Bureau tier.