Central Asian Republics Regional Program

The US Agency for International Development Central Asian Republics is a civilian sub-agency that funds and contracts for development, governance, and humanitarian work in Central Asia through direct contracting with implementing partners and cooperative agreements with recipient organizations.

The agency has awarded 179 federal contracts totaling $384.2 million in combined potential value since 2010, with $368.1 million obligated. Contract activity has slowed substantially in recent years: the agency issued 13 awards in 2021, 10 in 2022, 14 in 2023, 7 in 2024, and 2 year-to-date in 2025. Competitive concentration among primes is highly fragmented—the top five contractors by award count hold 70 percent of recent awards, but the largest identified awardee is Domestic Awardees (Undisclosed) with 12 awards totaling $1.2 million in combined potential value. Intellectechs Inc., Osoo Experts Of Central Asia, and Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees round out the identified portfolio, each holding minimal individual value. By potential value, top-five concentration drops to 1 percent, reflecting the small average contract size and the prevalence of awards below typical reporting thresholds. Nearly all awards (99 percent) are unset-aside; only 1 percent carry small-business designation.

The agency has also obligated $83.4 million across 8 federal grant awards to 7 distinct recipients since 2014. Grant activity is episodic: two awards in 2014, one in 2016, one in 2019, two in 2022, and two in 2023, with no recorded grants awarded since. Among recent recipients, Consortium For Elections & Political Process Strengthening leads with $18 million federal dollars obligated on one award; Internews Network, Agence D'aide A La Cooperation Technique Et AU Developpement, and Decenta Public Foundation together account for $11.6 million across three awards. Top-four recipients by federal dollars represent 35 percent of the $83.4 million total, indicating a highly fragmented recipient base. Grants are structured predominantly as Cooperative Agreements (88 percent of awards) with one Project Grant.

Recent contract and grant activity has effectively stalled. The most recent contract award is recorded as April 2025, and the most recent grant award closed in October 2023. No recent contract opportunities or grant opportunities are documented in the active solicitation pipeline. Pursuit at this agency requires either identification of discrete near-term funding windows or direct engagement with the agency's contracting and program offices to surface unadvertised work.