US Mission in Sudan

US Agency for International Development Sudan, a civilian sub-agency of USAID, manages humanitarian and development assistance programs in Sudan through both direct contracting and grant-making to implement relief, stabilization, and capacity-building activities. The agency administers its programs through contracting and cooperative arrangements with implementing partners, both foreign and domestic.

The agency has awarded 56 federal contracts totaling $154.6 million in combined potential value, with $115.5 million obligated, since 2007. Contract activity has accelerated over the last five years: 3 awards in 2021, 5 in 2022, 8 in 2023, 8 in 2024, and 1 year-to-date in 2025. The competitive landscape is highly fragmented by count (top five account for 77% of recent awards) but more so by value (top five represent only 10% of combined potential value). Over the last five years, foreign awardees (undisclosed) lead by count with 6 awards ($2.1 million combined potential value), followed by domestic awardees (undisclosed) with 5 awards ($1.5 million), and Panagora Group Inc. leads by potential value at $11.8 million from a single award. The remaining 21 contractors in the portfolio hold dispersed smaller awards. Nearly all contracts carry no set-aside designation (55 of 56 awards, 98%), with a single small-business set-aside. Fourteen percent of recent awards (3 of 22) carry no reported potential value, typical of Schedule task orders, BPA calls, modifications, or below-threshold purchase orders.

Grant activity reflects the agency's primary funding mechanism: 19 federal grants totaling $189.2 million in federal dollars obligated (plus $5.6 million non-federal cost-share) since 2011. Grant awards were heaviest in 2020 and 2022 (3 and 5 awards respectively); the most recent grant award closed in October 2022. Grant recipients are concentrated by dollar value: the top two recipients—Pact, Inc. ($40.6 million) and Catholic Relief Services–United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ($38.9 million)—together account for 45% of federal dollars obligated over the last five years, with 16 distinct recipients across the portfolio. The grant assistance mix splits between Project Grants (11 awards, 58%) and Cooperative Agreements (8 awards, 42%), reflecting the agency's reliance on both direct project funding and collaborative implementation partnerships.

The agency shows active contracting momentum but dormant grant-making since late 2022. No recent contract opportunities or grant opportunities are recorded in current solicitation blocks.