Programming for Prevention and Peacebuilding (P4P2)

USAID established this Master IDIQ on May 15, 2023 to provide programming that prevents conflict escalation, promotes peaceful societies, and expands USAID's peacebuilding and stabilization capabilities in fragile and conflict-affected countries. Ordering authority remains open through May 14, 2028—approximately 21 months of activity runway remain. The vehicle carries an $800 million shared ceiling and operates under an unrestricted competitive structure with no set-aside designations.

Through early 2025, the vehicle shows modest early-stage activity. Four task orders have been awarded with a combined potential value of $81.5 million, representing roughly 10% of the available ceiling. Only $19 million has been obligated to date (23% of combined potential). Award pace accelerated in 2024 (three orders) but slowed in 2025 (one order). The Justice and Accountability Activity in Ethiopia (awarded January 2025 at a $20 million ceiling) and the Nely Activity for economic resilience to violent extremism (July 2024, $38.2 million ceiling) anchor the portfolio. Both orders, along with the Countering Ethno-Nationalism Activity and a contractor-support task order for technical expert deployment, are structured as Cost Plus Fixed Fee delivery orders with five-year performance periods.

Competitive concentration is high. Dexis Interactive LLC holds two awards totaling $58.2 million in combined potential value—roughly 71% of the vehicle's awarded work. Democracy International, Inc. and Family Health International each hold one order. Customer distribution is dispersed geographically: USAID Benin funds the largest order ($38.2 million), followed by USAID Ethiopia ($20 million), with smaller commitments from USAID Bosnia Herzegovina and the Bureau for Management Office. All four awarded orders carry Cost Plus Fixed Fee pricing under five-year base-and-option structures.

The vehicle targets conflict mitigation, violence prevention, peacebuilding, stabilization, women and youth peace and security, justice and security, and atrocity prevention across sub-Saharan Africa and other fragile regions. Early task-order experience reflects that scope—contracting agencies are pursuing targeted regional activities (Ethiopia, Benin, Bosnia Herzegovina) alongside global capacity-building work. With ordering authority extending into mid-2028 and substantial ceiling remaining, the vehicle retains capacity for significant additional work, though the light award pace to date suggests demand development or extended procurement cycles may characterize this mechanism.

The purpose of this Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract is to provide USAID with the means to implement programs that assist with: (1) preventing the outbreak, escalation, or recurrence of conflict and violence; (2) promoting peaceful, resilient societies; (3) adapting USAID's traditional development work to account for its effects on conflicts; and (4) expanding USAID's peacebuilding and stabilization capabilities. The goal is to improve development outcomes in fragile, conflict or violence-affected countries.