US Mission in Namibia

The U.S. Agency for International Development Namibia, a sub-office of the civilian USAID agency, administers international development assistance and procurement in Namibia, managing both direct contract awards and cooperative agreements and project grants with implementing partners in the country.

USAID Namibia has awarded 67 federal contracts totaling $32 million in combined potential value since 2009, with $25.2 million obligated to date. Recent contract activity shows 3 awards in 2020, 3 in 2021, 1 in 2022, 3 in 2023, and 5 in 2024, reflecting variable but sustained procurement volume. The most recent contract award closed in July 2024. The competitive base is highly fragmented: the top five primes by award count and value hold a combined 1 percent of recent contract potential value, with JM Business Investment Solution CC leading at 4 awards worth $126 thousand. Foreign awardees account for a portion of recent awards. Ninety-nine percent of contract awards carry no set-aside designation; only one award over the last five years was designated as a small-business set-aside.

USAID Namibia has obligated $214.9 million in federal grant funding across 10 awards since 2013, supporting a combined total of $294.9 million when non-federal cost shares are included. Recent grant awards closed in June 2024. Grant activity shows 2 awards in 2018, 1 in 2019, 1 in 2020, 2 in 2023, and 2 in 2024. The agency works with a narrow recipient base: seven distinct recipients across the portfolio, with Project Hope Namibia and Intrahealth Namibia accounting for $39.4 million and $17.2 million respectively in the most recent five-year window (26 percent of all recent federal dollars obligated). Unicef and the United Nations World Food Programme are also active grant recipients. Grant funding flows predominantly through Cooperative Agreements (80 percent of awards); Project Grants comprise the remaining 20 percent.