U.s. Civilian Research And Development Foundation

The U.s. Civilian Research And Development Foundation, doing business as CRDF Global, a nonprofit organization established under the Freedom Support Act of 1992 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, delivers international scientific collaboration, capacity building, technical assistance, and training services to federal agencies as a prime contractor on 97% of its federal awards, with no set-aside designations and full-and-open competition across all vehicles. CRDF Global operates as a tax-exempt nonprofit and does not participate in SBA set-aside categories; the organization competes unrestricted across federal civilian and defense agency procurements.

CRDF Global's capability portfolio centers on international scientific exchange administration, nonproliferation and counterterrorism training and workshops, foreign visiting scientist program coordination, and technical assistance in nuclear security, strategic trade controls, cybersecurity capacity building, and global health security. The organization has executed over 80 prime federal contract awards totaling approximately $20 million and holds multiple indefinite delivery vehicles across the Department of State, Department of Agriculture, and National Institutes of Health. Representative prime work includes an $8.45 million definitive contract with USAID Ukraine to provide security information and risk-reduction resources to implementing partners through January 1, 2030; a $2.85 million International Visitor Leadership Program cooperative agreement with the State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (CFDA 19.402) extending through January 1, 2029; a $9.5 million Indefinite Delivery Vehicle with the USDA Agricultural Research Service for Foreign Visiting Scientist Program coordination (J-1 visa processing, stipends, program logistics) through May 15, 2025; and multiple delivery orders under the State Department's $8 million FIRST Initiative IDV for small modular reactor workshops, technology training, and nonproliferation study tours across international locations.

CRDF Global's customer concentration is anchored by the Department of State Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, which accounts for 79 awards and $29.7 million in combined potential value (42% of the award count across the top-five customers). The second-ranking customer by potential value is the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory (6 awards, $9.7 million), followed by the Department of Agriculture's Central Program Planning Coordination and Support (14 awards, $9.6 million), Defense Threat Reduction Agency (9 awards, $5 million), and the Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (10 awards, $4.5 million). The vendor serves 58 distinct federal agencies, reflecting broad adoption across civilian, international affairs, and defense constituencies.

CRDF Global places task orders under five primary parent vehicles: the USDA Foreign Visiting Scientist Program IDV (54 task orders, $816 thousand combined potential value); an Air Force Indefinite Delivery Contract FA865503D0001 (31 task orders, $2.9 million); a State Department Strategic Trade Control Training vehicle 19AQMM21D0123 (15 task orders, $6 million); an HHS services contract HHSD200200619078I (11 task orders, $7.2 million); and an International Security and Nonproliferation strategic trade control training vehicle (5 task orders, $14.4 million). The vendor also holds a GSA Federal Supply Schedule Multiple Award contract (awarded May 22, 2025, $16 million ceiling through May 21, 2030) with 18 labor categories spanning associate through executive roles, hourly rates from $81.75 to $329.98, education from bachelor's to master's degree, and no security-clearance positions. On the Fogarty International Center BPA ($12.5 million, awarded September 15, 2024, through September 14, 2029), CRDF Global provides strategic planning, evaluation, and programmatic support, with two task orders executed for the Local Implementation Science Network ($500,000) and the Adolescent HIV Implementation Science Alliance ($420,000).

Activity has remained relatively stable, with 44 awards in 2022, 37 in 2023, 37 in 2024, and 12 year-to-date awards through October 2026 (reflecting a partial-year snapshot). The combined potential value across all 395 awards is $175.4 million, with $618 million in combined obligated dollars representing 352% of potential value — a pattern reflecting firm fixed-price and labor-hour task orders where invoiced amounts exceed ceiling values over multi-year performance periods. Twelve awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, carrying combined potential value of $1.7 million.

From a service contract inventory perspective, CRDF Global reported $1.5 million in invoiced revenue in FY2024 across 4.0 FTEs, with derived government-paid hourly rates at the median of $152.18 per hour, ranging from $132.79 at the 10th percentile to $191.53 at the 90th percentile. SCI covers only service contracts above the $150,000 reporting threshold; CRDF Global's broader federal revenue base extends well beyond these reportable records and includes grants, goods procurement, and sub-150k micro-purchases. The vendor self-performs across its prime contracts with no reported subcontractor hours; across the 10 sub-awards in the source data, CRDF Global subcontracts to Salient CRGT Inc. and Parsons Government Services International Inc. on state-led security and biosecurity programs under Department of State and other agency primes.

CRDF Global operates through two named for-profit subsidiaries: Development Innovations Group LLC and CRDF Global Government Services LLC, both limited liability companies. The corporate structure allows the nonprofit to house commercial contracting operations and ancillary service delivery while maintaining the parent organization's tax-exempt status and statutory mission under the Freedom Support Act.