Startup activities on the largest-ever U.S. Agency for International Development award are locked in a holding pattern.
The Partnership for Supply Chain Management has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in further objection to decisions surrounding a USAID award worth almost $10 billion. The Global Health Supply Chain — Procurement and Supply Management project will coordinate the supply and distribution of commodities like antiretroviral medicines for HIV and AIDS, insecticide-treated bed nets to combat malaria, condoms, contraceptives, and vaccines.
The partnership — a group of aid organizations led by John Snow Inc. that coordinates health commodities distribution on behalf of the U.S. government — protested USAID’s April 2015 decision to award the contract to a new consortium that includes Chemonics International. The Government Accountability Office denied the protest, so PfSCM is taking further legal action.
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Michael Igoe@AlterIgoe
Michael Igoe is a Senior Reporter with Devex, based in Washington, D.C. He covers U.S. foreign aid, global health, climate change, and development finance. Prior to joining Devex, Michael researched water management and climate change adaptation in post-Soviet Central Asia, where he also wrote for EurasiaNet. Michael earned his bachelor's degree from Bowdoin College, where he majored in Russian, and his master’s degree from the University of Montana, where he studied international conservation and development.
