Top EuropeAid contractors: A primer

In 2013, EuropeAid, the European Commission’s development arm, awarded 677.6 million euros ($893.1 million) in contracts. That figure is down 6 percent from 2012, which isn’t all too surprising amid intense pressures on Brussels’ foreign aid spending. EuropeAid awards contracts for three types of procurements: services, works and supplies. Of the 445 contracts EuropeAid awarded last year, 237 were for services. In terms of contract value, however, EuropeAid awarded the majority (56 percent) of its contract spending to works procurements. The average size of a EuropeAid services contract in 2013 was 933,043 euros — a fifth of the average size of a works contract, which was 4.8 million euros. While the European Union reports that it has untied nearly two-thirds of its aid spending, EuropeAid awards the bulk of its contracts, in terms of both number and total value, to firms from EU member states. In 2013, EU firms claimed 58 percent of EuropeAid contract spending, as well as 218 out of the 445 contracts awarded. Firms based in France received more than a fifth of EuropeAid contract spending — more than any other single country. (See chart above). Using recently released 2013 data from the European Commission, Devex ranks EuropeAid’s top contractors for both services and works procurements based on total contract value. Strikingly, while each of the 10 largest services contractors are EU firms, six of the 10 biggest works contractors were from developing countries, including Colas Afrique SA, which is affiliated with the French-based engineering firm Colas Group. Top services contractors 1. Safege SA Headquarters: Paris, France Total contract value: 20.4 million euros Number of contracts: 4 Largest contract: 13.8 million euros technical assistance for the water and sanitation component of the EU Niger Delta Support Program 2. Hulla & Co. Human Dynamics KG Headquarters: Vienna, Austria Total contract value: 19.9 million euros Number of contracts: 5 Largest contract: 8 million euros technical assistance for the Monitoring for Environment and Security in Africa project 3. Planet SA Headquarters: Athens, Greece Total contract value: 12 million euros Number of contracts: 3 Largest contract: 8.8 million euros technical assistance for component 4 of the EU Niger Delta Support Program 4. Agriconsulting Europe SA Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium Total contract value: 11.1 million euros Number of contracts: 6 Largest contract: 3.4 million euros technical assistance for the implementation of the EU–Africa Partnership on Cotton 5. Louis Berger SAS Headquarters: Paris, France Total contract value: 10.6 million euros Number of contracts: 5 Largest contract: 3.9 million euros for training and study tours for Algeria’s national employment agency 6. Egis International SA Headquarters: Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France Total contract value: 9.1 million euros Number of contracts: 6 Largest contract: 2.7 million euros for overseeing the rehabilitation of Adzopé-Agnibilékrou road in Ivory Coast 7. W.S. Atkins plc Headquarters: London, United Kingdom Total contract value: 9.1 million euros Number of contracts: 1 Contract awarded: 9.1 million euros technical assistance for the Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Reform Program II (WSSSRP II) In Nigeria 8. EPOS Health Management GmbH Headquarters: Bad Homburg, Germany Total contract value: 7.7 million euros Number of contracts: 1 Contract awarded: 7.7 million euros technical assistance in support of the health sector in Angola 9. ACE International Consultants SL Headquarters: Madrid, Spain Total contract value: 6.4 million euros Number of contracts: 3 Largest contract: 4.8 million euros technical assistance in support of the higher education and scientific research sectors in Algeria 10. Apple Tree Communications SL Offices: Madrid, Spain and Barcelona, Spain Total contract value: 5.2 million euros Number of contracts: 1 Contract awarded: 5.2 million euros for a marketing and communications campaign to promote Caribbean rum branding Top works contractors 1. Arab Contractors Equatorial Guinea Ltd. Headquarters: Malabo, Equatorial Guinea Total contract value: 81.4 million euros Number of contracts: 1 Contract awarded: 81.4 million euros for rehabilitation work on the road between Batshamba and Tshikapa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 2. Sogea Satom SAS Headquarters: Paris, France Total contract value: 53.3 million euros Number of contracts: 1 Contract awarded: 53.3 million euros for tarring the Sarh-Kyabé Road in Chad 3. Colas Afrique SA Headquarters: Cotonou, Benin Total contract value: 50.4 million euros Number of contracts: 1 Contract awarded: 50.4 million euros for rehabilitation work on sections of the Adzopé-Agnibilékrou road in Ivory Coast 4. MonteAdriano Engineering and Construction SA Headquarters: Oporto, Portugal Total contract value: 44.5 million euros Number of contracts: 1 Contract awarded: 44.5 million euros for the reconstruction of the Nouakchott-Rosso road in Mauritania 5. Mota-Engil Engineering and Construction SA Headquarters: Oporto, Portugal Total contract value: 36 million euros Number of contracts: 3 Largest contract: 13.2 million euros for the rehabilitation of the Great East Road in Zambia (T4) – Lot 2 6. Reynolds Construction Company (Nigeria) Ltd. Headquarters: Abuja, Nigeria Total contract value: 28 million euros Number of contracts: 1 Contract awarded: 28 million euros for the construction of missing link roads and nonmotorized transport facilities in Nairobi, Kenya 7. DTP Terrassement SA Headquarters: Guyancourt, France Total contract value: 14 million euros Number of contracts: 1 Contract awarded: 14 million euros for the reinforcement of the Magada-Maroua road in Cameroon 8. Societe Africaine De Construction Au Congo SPRL Headquarters: Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo Total contract value: 12.3 million euros Number of contracts: 3 Largest contract: 6.3 million euros for works on roads connecting Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda Lot 3 9. H Young & Company East Africa Ltd. Headquarters: Nairobi, Kenya Total contract value: 7 million euros Number of contracts: 1 Contract awarded: 7 million euros for the upgrading of roads to and within the Mt. Kenya National Park and Aberdare National Park in Kenya 10. Teichroeb & Sons Ltd. Headquarters: Ladyville, Belize Total contract value: 6.2 million euros Number of contracts: 2 Largest contract: 3.3 million euros for the feeder road rehabilitation project in Belize See our 2012 ranking of top EuropeAid consultancy partners. Check out more funding trends analyses online, and sign up as an Executive Member to receive the information you need for your organization to thrive.