Interactive: IDB trends and top consultant contractors 2016-2018
Devex analyzes the Inter-American Development Bank's top consultant contractors over the past two years.
The Inter-American Development Bank is one of few donors to publish comprehensive data on its contract awards. But what key trends and takeaways are in its database? Devex has analyzed IDB consultant contract awards since 2016 to find out more about funding landscape and key partners. Keep reading for a list of the top 15 contractors and access to our interactive data visualization. Local and individual contractors Between January 2016 and September 2018, IDB awarded 15,088 contracts for consulting services worth $1.3 billion. Of those, just 516 were awarded to firms and individuals based outside of Latin America and the Caribbean. The rest were awarded to local consultants, or local branches of international consultants, amounting to more than $1 billion in value. Although nearly 85 percent of contracts were awarded to individual contractors, these contractors only accounted for a quarter of consultant contracts by value. Firms led the way on high-value consultant contracts — the average firm contract was worth around $350,000, compared to approximately $25,000 for individual contractors. Except for the “miscellaneous” category, the sectors boasting the highest number of awarded contracts were government (3,765 contracts), education (1,099), and agriculture and rural development (938). Key activities of these contracts were related to technical assistance and advisory services, accounting and auditing, sector studies, and institutional strengthening. Devex’s recent analysis of IDB’s project pipeline May-August 2018 showed that the number of projects and level of funding had increased. In addition, there seemed to be a surge in the number of contracts awarded in the first quarter of each year, potentially linked to an increased number of opportunities posted by IDB in the third quarter. However, the overall trend between 2016 and 2018 in the number and value of awarded contracts has been downward. Who were the top consulting firms for IDB? Based on the number of contracts awarded in the published data, Devex has identified the top 15 consulting firms since 2016. In case of a tie, we looked at the total value of contracts. Collectively, the 15 firms below won 310 contracts worth $42.8 million. Read on for details of our methodology, or jump straight to the list. Analyze the data yourself, to understand trends or identify key partners related to your work, use Devex’s interactive visualization. Our ranking considers entities that have a legal presence in Latin America and the Caribbean — local contractors or local branches of international contractors — that won at least $500,000 worth of contracts, excluding any contractors that won a large number of very small contracts. Three local government bodies that acted as contractors were also excluded: Mancomunidad Mambocaure Concepcion de Maria; Mancomunidad Mamsurpaz; and Alcaldía de Lepaera. Furthermore, some international firms with several local branches won IDB contracts; or, in the case of BDO Global, several companies within its network; they have been merged under one name for the purposes of the ranking, but the main awarded country offices are listed for each. 1. PwC Headquarters: London, United Kingdom Total number of consultant contracts: 79 Total value of contracts: $6,196,102 Main awarded country offices: Honduras (18), Bolivia (16), and Brazil (8) 2. KPMG Headquarters: Amstelveen, Netherlands Total number of consultant contracts: 56 Total value of contracts: $5,509,520 Main awarded country offices: Bolivia (17), Honduras (9), and Dominican Republic (6) 3. Deloitte Headquarters: New York City, United States Total number of consultant contracts: 36 Total value of contracts: $4,547,401 Main awarded country offices: Brazil (8), Colombia (6), and Costa Rica (4) 4. BDO Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium Total number of consultant contracts: 34 Total value of contracts: $1,304,924 Main awarded country offices: Paraguay (9), Colombia (7), and Brazil (5) 5. Ernst & Young Headquarters: London, United Kingdom Total number of consultant contracts: 33 Total value of contracts: $5,828,539 Main awarded country offices: Brazil (8), Colombia (6), and Peru (4) 6. Grant Thornton Headquarters: Chicago, United States Total number of consultant contracts: 16 Total value of contracts: $660,991 Main awarded country offices: Nicaragua (7) and Belize (5) 7. Management Institute for National Development Headquarters: Kingston, Jamaica Total number of consultant contracts: 9 Total value of contracts: $1,394,706 Main awarded country offices: Jamaica (9) 8. Predisan Headquarters: Marietta, United States Total number of consultant contracts: 7 Total value of contracts: $2,655,648 Main awarded country offices: Honduras (7) 9. Red Nacional de Grupos Gestores Headquarters: Quetzaltenango, Guatemala Total number of consultant contracts: 7 Total value of contracts: $636,358 Main awarded country offices: Guatemala (7) 10. Cacisa SA Headquarters: Santo Domingo, Costa Rica Total number of consultant contracts: 6 Total value of contracts: $4,023,782 Main awarded country offices: Costa Rica (6) 11. Hombro A Hombro Headquarters: Intibucá, Honduras Total number of consultant contracts: 6 Total value of contracts: $3,354,022 Main awarded country offices: Honduras (6) 12. Camara de Comercio de Guatemala Headquarters: Guatemala City, Guatemala Total number of consultant contracts: 6 Total value of contracts: $606,700 Main awarded country offices: Guatemala (6 contracts) 13. Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica Headquarters: Cuernavaca, Mexico Total number of consultant contracts: 5 Total value of contracts: $2,391,739 Main awarded country offices: Mexico (5) 14. Fundages Hospital Enrique Aguilar Cerrato Headquarters: Intibucá, Honduras Total number of consultant contracts: 5 Total value of contracts: $1,990,358 Main awarded country offices: Honduras (5) 15. LGC Ingenieria de Pavimentos Headquarters: San José, Costa Rica Total number of consultant contracts: 5 Total value of contracts: $1,742,666 Main awarded country offices: Costa Rica (5) Want to know more? Explore the data and analyze potential partners with Devex’s interactive visualization of the Inter-American Development Bank consultants.
The Inter-American Development Bank is one of few donors to publish comprehensive data on its contract awards. But what key trends and takeaways are in its database? Devex has analyzed IDB consultant contract awards since 2016 to find out more about funding landscape and key partners.
Keep reading for a list of the top 15 contractors and access to our interactive data visualization.
Between January 2016 and September 2018, IDB awarded 15,088 contracts for consulting services worth $1.3 billion. Of those, just 516 were awarded to firms and individuals based outside of Latin America and the Caribbean. The rest were awarded to local consultants, or local branches of international consultants, amounting to more than $1 billion in value.
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Maja Wisenberger works in Devex's Analytics team in Manila, assisting in expanding data content and analyzing global funding trends. She has a master's degree in Public Policy from China and she brings experience from UNOPS, UN Women and the nonprofit sector. Her main areas of interest are poverty alleviation, economic and gender equality, and Chinese philanthropy.
