US Mission in Malawi

USAID Malawi, a sub-office of the U.S. Agency for International Development, administers foreign development assistance and humanitarian programs in Malawi through both direct contracts and cooperative funding arrangements with implementing organizations. The office manages bilateral development initiatives covering health, agriculture, food security, education, and governance capacity-building aligned with U.S. foreign policy objectives in the region.

USAID Malawi has awarded 536 federal contracts totaling $658.3 million in potential value since 2004, with $602.9 million obligated. Recent contract volume has averaged 45 awards annually over the last five years—35 in 2021, 45 in 2022, 51 in 2023, 50 in 2024, and 8 year-to-date in 2025. The competitive landscape is highly fragmented; the top five prime contractors by award count hold 48 percent of recent awards but the by-value rankings show only 3 percent concentration. The top awardees by count are Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees (23 awards, $734 thousand), Domestic Awardees Undisclosed (23 awards, $5.2 million), and Intellectechs Inc. (6 awards, $332 thousand). By potential value, Kris Offset & Screen Printers LIMITED leads with $10.4 million across two awards, followed by Domestic Awardees Undisclosed at $5.2 million. The extreme gap between by-count and by-value concentration reflects the agency's transaction structure: 7 percent of recent awards carry no reported potential value, typical of Schedule task orders, BPA calls, modifications, or below-threshold purchase orders. All 535 reported awards carry no set-aside designation; only one award is recorded as small business.

USAID Malawi has obligated $1.25 billion across 72 federal grant awards to 52 distinct recipients since 2007. Grant volume has declined in recent years—6 awards in 2020, 15 in 2021, 10 in 2022, 6 in 2023, and 4 in 2024, with the most recent award closed on 2024-10-18. Grant recipients show moderate fragmentation by count but high fragmentation by federal dollars. The top five recipients by award count hold 40 percent of recent awards; Palladium International LLC leads with 2 awards and $131.2 million in federal dollars, followed by Catholic Relief Services – USCCB (2 awards, $1.5 million) and Michigan State University (2 awards, $24.1 million). By federal dollars, the top five hold only 22 percent, with Palladium International LLC ($131.2 million), Feed The Children Inc. ($39 million), Project Hope Namibia ($37 million), Amref Health Africa ($33.8 million), and DAI Global LLC ($29.9 million) accounting for the largest shares. Cooperative Agreements dominate the assistance mix at 90 percent of awards; Project Grants represent 10 percent.

The most recent recorded award date is 2025-07-29 on the contract side and 2024-10-18 on the grant side. No current contract opportunities or grant opportunities are recorded in the source.