US Mission in Tunisia

USAID Tunisia, a civilian sub-agency of the U.S. Agency for International Development, administers bilateral development assistance programs in Tunisia, including health, governance, economic opportunity, and humanitarian interventions funded through a mix of direct contracts and cooperative agreements with implementing partners.

USAID Tunisia's contract portfolio totals 21 awards with a combined potential value of $97.5 million since 2016. Recent contract activity shows 2 awards in 2019, 2 in 2021, 1 in 2022, 5 in 2023, and 2 in 2024. The competitive base is highly fragmented: the top five award recipients over the last five years account for 75 percent of recent awards but only 1 percent of combined potential value by dollars. No single prime contractor dominates; Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees, Orchadis, Patterson William M, Demenagements JAF, and Franklin Covey Client Sales Inc. each hold one to two awards in the low six-figure range. One recent award carries no reported potential value, consistent with Schedule task orders or BPA calls. Ninety-five percent of awards are issued without set-aside designation; one award is Competitive 8(a). Across the 14 distinct prime contractors awarded, transaction sizes and vendor names suggest a mix of international and domestic vendors executing localized or specialized support functions.

USAID Tunisia's grant portfolio totals 7 awards obligating $283.2 million in federal dollars since September 2018. Grant activity shows 1 award in 2018, 1 in 2020, 1 in 2021, 2 in 2022, and 2 in 2023; no grant awards are recorded since April 2023. The grant recipient base is moderately concentrated: the top four recipients over the last five years account for 100 percent of recent awards and 58 percent of federal dollars obligated. UNICEF leads by federal share at $120 million, followed by Democracy International, Inc. at $25.7 million, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development at $12 million, and The Carter Center, Inc. at $6.9 million. Cooperative Agreements comprise 71 percent of awards; Project Grants comprise 29 percent.

Contract activity has been intermittent and low-volume; recent grant activity has stalled since 2023. Business development focus should align with USAID Tunisia's country strategy priorities and implementing-partner qualification requirements, particularly for organizations with established presence or relationships in Tunisia's governance, health, or economic sectors.