US Mission in Sierra Leone

The US Agency for International Development Sierra Leone is a civilian field office responsible for administering bilateral development assistance and grant funding in support of U.S. foreign policy objectives in Sierra Leone.

Contract activity at USAID Sierra Leone is minimal. The agency has issued six contract awards totaling $361 thousand combined potential value since 2011, with the most recent award in September 2024. Activity has been sporadic: one award in 2011, one in 2015, three in 2017, and one in 2024. All six awards were made without set-asides, and all potential value has been obligated. Four distinct prime contractors have been awarded over the portfolio history. Intellectechs Inc. is the sole recent prime, holding the single award recorded in the last five years for $54 thousand. The contract footprint is too small to support meaningful competitive-concentration analysis or pursuit strategy.

Grant activity constitutes the primary funding mechanism. USAID Sierra Leone has obligated $30.5 million in federal grant dollars across eight awards since October 2016, with the most recent award in May 2024. Recent cadence shows one award in 2016, two in 2017, one in 2022, two in 2023, and two in 2024. Seven distinct recipients have been funded across the portfolio. Grant funding is concentrated among a small set of recipients: the top five recipients by award count account for 100 percent of recent awards, and the top five by federal dollars account for 62 percent of combined federal dollars obligated. Consortium For Elections & Political Process Strengthening leads by value at $10.7 million, followed by Institute For Governance Reform at $5 million and Trocaire at $1.7 million. Assistance is split between Project Grants (63 percent of awards) and Cooperative Agreements (38 percent of awards), reflecting a mix of discrete development projects and longer-term collaborative partnerships.

USAID Sierra Leone's contracting activity is limited and irregular, making contract pursuit unlikely to be productive. Grant opportunities represent the more active funding channel, particularly for organizations focused on governance, elections, food security, and development implementation in Sierra Leone.