Power Africa

The Power Africa Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, administered by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is designed to support electricity access and generation initiatives across sub-Saharan Africa. The master contract enables transaction advisory services, technical assistance, and professional support across 14 technical areas including generation, transmission, distribution, finance, legal, engineering, utility reform, electricity access, power trading, energy efficiency, and governance. The overarching goal of the contract is to facilitate the addition of 30,000 megawatts of new generation capacity and create 60 million electricity connections in sub-Saharan Africa by 2030.

Task orders under this IDIQ demonstrate significant variation in scope and value, typically ranging from approximately $700,000 to over $109 million, with performance periods spanning two to five years. Deloitte Consulting LLP has been a frequent prime contractor, winning multiple large task orders focusing on regional energy programs in West Africa, Nigeria, and Southern Africa. Research Triangle Institute (RTI) International and Ecodit LLC have also been successful prime contractors, with task orders commonly set aside for small businesses or issued with no specific set-aside designation. The contract supports work across multiple African countries including Nigeria, Uganda, Niger, Namibia, Botswana, and others in West, East, and Southern Africa. Most task orders are structured as cost-plus-fixed-fee or firm fixed-price contracts, with the U.S. Agency for International Development Bureau for Africa serving as the primary funding agency.