Language services obtain journalist stringers daily to produce and report breaking news stories features longform documentaries and radio programming both domestically and across the globe.
Ended Awarded Last action
- Contract number
- 95170026K0014
- Awardee
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Paydesk LIMITED UEI X1CXFNEKVBN8
- Awarding agency
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US Agency for Global Media
- Obligated
- $250,000
Award facts
- Contract value 100% obligated
- $250,000.00 Current and potential, with all options
- Completion date 100% complete
- Current and potential, with all options
- Funding agency
- Voice of America US Agency for Global Media
- NAICS code
- 519110 News Syndicates
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
- Competition
- Competed under SAP · 1 offer Simplified Acquisition
- Pricing
- Firm Fixed Price
- Place of performance
- London W6, UK
Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.
About this award
The Voice of America (VOA), a civilian component of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, awarded a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) call order valued at $250,000 to Paydesk LIMITED, a London-based media services company specializing in global journalistic talent and multimedia services. This firm fixed-price contract, awarded on April 30, 2026, with an ultimate completion date of June 30, 2026, was issued without set-aside designation under open competition. Under this contract, Paydesk will obtain journalist stringers and produce breaking news stories, features, longform documentaries, and radio programming for VOA's language services, supporting both domestic and international operations with a place of performance in London, UK.
Paydesk LIMITED operates as a critical platform connecting the U.S. federal government with a worldwide network of freelance journalists, photographers, and videographers capable of delivering specialized reporting, translation, and production services across multiple languages and geographic regions. The company maintains a substantial federal contract portfolio exceeding $5 million in total value, primarily through multiple awards from VOA and the Office of Cuba Broadcasting. This call order supports VOA's core mission of distributing news in over 40 languages to global audiences and directly enables the agency's diverse language divisions—including Persian, Somali, Swahili, Hausa, Portuguese, French, Creole, Afghan, Urdu, Uzbek, Kurdish, Turkish, Mandarin, Indonesian, and others—to access on-the-ground reporting capabilities across Africa, South and Central Asia, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Latin America, and East Asia and the Pacific.
Quick answers
Who was awarded contract 95170026K0014?
95170026K0014 was awarded to Paydesk LIMITED by US Agency for Global Media on April 30, 2026.
How much is contract 95170026K0014 worth?
The government has obligated $250,000 on 95170026K0014.
Which agency awarded contract 95170026K0014?
US Agency for Global Media awarded 95170026K0014, with funding from Voice of America (US Agency for Global Media).
Is contract 95170026K0014 an order under another contract?
Yes. 95170026K0014 is a BPA call under 95170022A0349, a blanket purchase agreement.
Was contract 95170026K0014 competed?
The extent of competition for 95170026K0014 was competed under sap. The government received 1 offer.
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