Reverse Trade Missions, Conferences, Workshops, Training, and Other Events

The United States Trade and Development Agency established a multiple-award Master IDIQ vehicle on March 21, 2022 to organize reverse trade missions, conferences, workshops, training sessions, and related events domestically and overseas, with ordering authority extending through March 20, 2027—approximately eight months remaining. The vehicle carries a partial small-business set-aside structure, though all 57 awarded task orders to date are designated unrestricted.

Activity momentum has declined sharply since establishment. The vehicle generated 11 orders in 2022, peaked at 24 in 2023, fell to 15 in 2024, then dropped to just 2 orders in 2025 and 5 in 2026 (as of April). All $35.2 million in combined potential value across task orders has been obligated, leaving no reserve against the vehicle's $75 million shared ceiling. The gap between ceiling and obligated value suggests either modest utilization relative to intent or material de-obligations through closeouts—recent task-order records show de-obligation activity across multiple delivery orders.

Competition concentrates moderately among five primes. Webster Group Inc., Business Council For International Understanding Inc., Tuatara Group LLC, Busacc, and Meridian International Center hold 65 percent of awarded task-order count and 72 percent of combined potential value, with no single firm dominating decisively. A longer tail of 13 additional primes holds the remaining activity, indicating a moderately fragmented competitive environment rather than duopoly or tight oligopoly.

The United States Trade and Development Agency is the sole customer across all task orders, eliminating customer concentration analysis. Task orders range in scope from small logistics and audiovisual-support orders under $50,000 to large regional event series exceeding $1.9 million, with typical delivery orders falling between $500,000 and $1.5 million. Recent examples include a Philippines small modular reactor reverse trade mission ($421,548), a Regional Asia smart and secure port technologies event series ($1.8 million), and a worldwide critical minerals event series ($550,000). Performance occurs worldwide—recent orders name Philippines, Indonesia, Brazil, Egypt, Nigeria, Mexico, and pan-regional Asia, Africa, and Latin America scopes—with administrative oversight remaining at USTDA headquarters in Rosslyn, Virginia.

Services include organize reverse trade missions, conferences, workshops, trainings, or other related events, in any location in the United States or overseas.