US Mission in Zimbabwe

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) Zimbabwe is a sub-agency of USAID that manages development and humanitarian assistance programs in Zimbabwe through contracts and cooperative agreements with implementing partners.

USAID Zimbabwe operates a modest contract portfolio of 158 total awards since 2010, with $201 million in combined potential value and $175.4 million obligated (87% utilization). Recent contract activity shows 16 awards in 2021, 13 in 2022, 13 in 2023, 19 in 2024, and 1 year-to-date in 2025, with the most recent award closing in March 2025. The contract base reaches 67 distinct prime contractors. Set-aside usage is minimal: 99 percent of awards carry no set-aside designation, with only one competitive 8(a) award on record.

Contract competition is highly fragmented among recent awards. The top five primes by count—Red Xpress P / L (6 awards), Foreign Awardees undisclosed (4 awards), Domestic Awardees undisclosed (4 awards), Sustainability Solutions PC (3 awards), and Intellectechs Inc. (3 awards)—account for 43 percent of recent awards, but their combined potential value totals only $2.93 million, reflecting small-dollar transactional work. The top five by potential value—International Development Group Advisory Services, LLC ($2.3 million), Domestic Awardees undisclosed ($1.2 million), Foreign Awardees undisclosed ($972 thousand), Socha, LLC ($490 thousand), and Field Focus, LLC ($483 thousand)—cover only 3 percent of combined potential value, indicating a highly dispersed competitive landscape with no dominant prime.

Grant activity is more substantial. USAID Zimbabwe has awarded 74 total grants since 2010, obligating $1.07 billion in federal dollars (combined total of $1.11 billion including non-federal share). Recent grant cadence shows 4 awards in 2019, 7 in 2020, 11 in 2021, 7 in 2022, and 9 in 2023, with the most recent grant award closing in October 2023. Cooperative Agreements dominate the assistance-type mix at 89 percent of awards, with Project Grants comprising 11 percent. Grant recipients number 39 distinct entities. Recipient concentration by award count is moderately concentrated, with the top five—Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees (3 awards), Family Aids Caring Trust (2 awards), Population Solutions For Health (1 award), Regional Psychosocial Support Initiative (1 award), and Youth Empowerment And Transformation Trust (1 award)—representing 50 percent of recent awards. By federal dollars, the top five recipients account for 18 percent, with Family Aids Caring Trust ($76.9 million), Population Solutions For Health ($59.9 million), Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees ($27.8 million), Mavambo Orphan Care ($19.2 million), and Bantwana Zimbabwe ($12.1 million) leading the portfolio. No recent grant opportunities are recorded in the source.