The U.S. Agency for International Development is currently working on its largest ever suite of contracts: nine 10-year agreements, some of which have multiple awards, collectively known as the NextGen Global Health Supply Chain.
It’s a massive undertaking, with an overall value of $17 billion. However, the contracting process appears to have been hit by delays.
Requests for proposals on all contracts were due to be issued by last week at the latest, according to a USAID business forecast in December, with all contracts to then be awarded by November. But so far, only four calls have been published, with two of those in draft form. And on Monday, USAID published a new business forecast, pushing back the dates that RFPs will be published and moving some final award dates into late 2023.