US Mission in Jamaica

US Agency for International Development Jamaica, a civilian sub-agency within USAID's country mission structure, administers bilateral development assistance and technical-cooperation funding for Jamaica. The office manages both direct contracts for goods and services required to support USAID programming and grants to partner organizations executing development activities in health, agriculture, education, and humanitarian response.

Contract activity is modest and highly fragmented. USAID Jamaica has awarded 54 contracts totaling $34.4 million in combined potential value since 2013, with $33.1 million obligated to date. Award cadence across the last five years runs 7 contracts in 2020, 7 in 2021, 3 in 2022, 7 in 2023, and 5 in 2024. Among primes awarded work over the last five years, competitive concentration is highly fragmented by potential value; the top vendor by dollars, Me&A, Inc., holds only $2.3 million across a single award, representing roughly 9 percent of recent-window combined potential value. Linc LLC ranks second with $568 thousand across two awards, followed by three other vendors with sub-$100-thousand portfolios. Countertrade Products, Inc. leads by award count with 3 contracts but carries only $51 thousand in potential value. Ninety-eight percent of all awards carry no set-aside designation; the remaining awards represent undisclosed foreign awardees and small purchases. The office transacts heavily through direct contracts with minimal use of GSA Schedules, IDIQ vehicles, or small-business set-asides; most awards appear to be definitive contracts or purchase orders for discrete goods or services supporting operations or program delivery.

Grant activity is similarly modest and highly fragmented. USAID Jamaica has obligated $82.6 million across 15 grant awards since 2012, with the most recent award closed on 2024-07-11. Awards per year fluctuate significantly: 3 in 2017, 1 in 2019, 3 in 2021, 2 in 2023, and 1 in 2024. No single recipient dominates; the top three recipients by both award count and federal dollars—Winrock International Institute For Agricultural Development ($3.8 million), Education Development Center, Inc. ($3 million), and Fédération Internationale DES Sociétés De La Croix-Rouge Et DU Croissant Rouge ($400 thousand)—collectively account for only 9 percent of combined federal dollars obligated over the last five years, reflecting a highly fragmented recipient base across 15 distinct organizations. Cooperative Agreements dominate the assistance-type mix at 73 percent of awards, with Project Grants comprising 27 percent. No recent contract or grant opportunities are recorded in the digest.