International Organization For Migration

International Organization for Migration, an intergovernmental organization headquartered in Washington, DC, operates as a federal grant recipient and prime contractor delivering refugee resettlement services, humanitarian assistance, migration management, counter-trafficking programming, and border security capacity building to civilian federal agencies worldwide. IOM operates exclusively as a prime recipient or contractor (100% of recent awards) with no subcontractor footprint; it does not compete for federal work under small business set-asides and receives no set-aside designations across its portfolio.

IOM's federal footprint is overwhelmingly grant-based. Of 805 total awards in the source (first dating to 1997), 804 are prime grants or cooperative agreements; a single sub-grant award appears in FY2024. The vast majority of recent activity originates from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Department of State, and the Department of Homeland Security. USAID accounts for approximately 60% of award count across its bureaus—the parent USAID agency carries 278 awards with nominal potential value ($21 thousand) while the Bureau for Management Office of the Assistant Administrator holds 143 awards with no stated ceiling. The State Department's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement (70 awards) and Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (77 awards) represent the next-largest federal customers by volume. The Department of Homeland Security U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, though ranking fifth by award count (35 awards), anchors 88% of the portfolio's combined potential value ($4.9 million), dominated by a $36.4 million ICE contract for family reunification services under the zero-tolerance policy (awarded August 2021, ultimate completion August 2026). Recent USCIS awards include $1.99 million for a Central American Unaccompanied Minors Parole Program (May 2023, closeout July 2025) and $134 thousand for temporary lodging and transport at refugee camps in Africa (July 2023, closeout May 2025).

USAID grant work dominates the recent activity landscape. IOM delivers humanitarian assistance across multiple sectors: shelter, water/sanitation/hygiene (WASH), protection, health, non-food items, and camp coordination to conflict-affected and disaster-impacted populations. Recent named grants include $157.2 million for humanitarian assistance in Ukraine (July 2024–July 2025), $41.2 million for shelter and WASH services in the Democratic Republic of Congo (September 2024–February 2026), $34 million for shelter and non-food items in Gaza (March 2024–June 2025), $20 million for humanitarian coordination and shelter in the Central African Republic (April 2024–September 2025), and $15 million for multisectoral assistance in Sudan (April 2024–April 2025). The State Department's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement funds counter-trafficking initiatives across Southeast Asia, East Africa, and Latin America, including five $2.5 million cooperative agreements (October 2025–September 2030) supporting anti-trafficking capacity in Malaysia, Uruguay, Laos, the Thailand-Cambodia border region, and Solomon Islands. The Bureau of Counterterrorism has awarded IOM cooperative agreements for border security systems (including deployment of IOM's proprietary Migration Information and Data Analysis System, MIDAS) in Ethiopia ($3.95 million, September 2025–October 2028), Somalia ($4.94 million, September 2022–September 2024), and multiple West African nations.

Activity has declined sharply in recent years. The source shows 40 awards in 2022, 49 in 2023, 35 in 2024, 14 in 2025, and 3 to date in 2026. Twenty awards (combined potential value $36.4 million) face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and constitute recompete exposure. Service Contract Inventory data, which captures federal service contracts above the $150,000 threshold and excludes goods and grants, shows $22.1 million in SCI-reportable invoiced revenue across FY2022–FY2024 ($5.6 million FY2022, $10 million FY2023, $6.5 million FY2024). The SCI dataset captures 11 prime records with zero FTEs reported and zero named subcontractors, reflecting IOM's structure as a grant recipient and direct-service delivery organization rather than a federal services contractor. The single named parent vehicle in the source—a Blanket Purchase Agreement (HSSCCG12A00001) with 21 task orders valued at $774 thousand—appears to relate to temporary lodging and refugee services within the USCIS domain. IOM's NAICS concentration reflects its operational footprint: hotels and motels (31 awards), office administrative services (4 awards), and translation/interpretation services (1 award), with PSC coding heavily weighted toward lodging and travel services (27 awards under hotel/motel lodging, 9 under other transportation/travel).

IOM is a major international humanitarian organization with established capacity across more than 100 countries and 172 member states. Its federal relationship spans refugee processing, family reunification, humanitarian response to conflicts and natural disasters, migration data systems, counter-trafficking victim support and law enforcement training, and border security systems integration. The organization operates as a direct service deliverer and capacity builder for foreign governments, not as a federal IT contractor or defense prime. All work is performed internationally except for discrete administrative functions in Washington, DC, and USAID mission locations.