Top EuropeAid contractors for 2015

In 2015, EuropeAid, the European Commission’s development arm, awarded 909.4 million euros ($974.5 million) in contracts to private sector firms. The total figure includes budget support and financial agreements with international financing institutions and multidonor trust funds, such as 86.4 million euros for the European Emergency Trust Fund for stability and addressing root causes of irregular migration and displaced persons in Africa. These funding instruments stress private sector engagement amid the pivot toward migration as a focal point of aid funding and present potential contracting or subcontracting opportunities. The bulk of the total contract spend, or 508.5 million euros ($544.9 million), went to three types of procurements: services, works and supplies and represents a decrease of almost 25 percent since 2013 amid a tightening budget environment across the bloc. EuropeAid awarded 350 contracts to firms of which 148 were for services and spent 303.9 million euros on works — the highest amount across the three different types of procurement. The average size of a EuropeAid services contract in 2015 was 922,297 euros — about a quarter of the average size of a works contract, which was 3.2 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 2015, EU firms claimed 52 percent of EuropeAid contract spending, as well as 151 out of the 350 contracts awarded. Firms based in France received 17 percent of EuropeAid contract spending — more than any other single country. Using recently released 2015 data from the European Commission, Devex ranks EuropeAid’s top contractors for both services and works procurements based on total contract value. It is important to note that the data accounts for decentralized contracts awarded by partner countries and paid directly by the European Commission. The data does not reflect contracts directly managed by the European Commission, which are published exclusively through the Financial Transparency System.* Interestingly, while each of the 10 largest services contractors are EU firms, seven of the 10 biggest works contractors came from developing countries. Top services contractors 1. Transtec SA Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium Total contract value: 18.8 million euros Number of contracts: 3 Largest contract: 13 million euros technical assistance for the reform of the security sector (PROGRESS) defense component in the Democratic Republic of Congo 2. Egis International SA Headquarters: Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France Total contract value: 11.6 million euros Number of contracts: 5 Largest contract: 4.2 million euros technical assistance for the implementation of the transport sector support project (PAST) in Guinea 3. Ecorys Headquarters: Paris, France Total contract value: 8.5 million euros Number of contracts: 3 Largest contract: 4 million euros for improving the regulatory and doing business environment for BSOs in support of SMEs in the overseas countries and territories of the Caribbean Region 4. Business and Strategies in Europe Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium Total contract value: 7.6 million euros Number of contracts: 5 Largest contract: 8 million euros technical assistance for the security sector reform (RSS) program in Guinea 5. Agriconsulting Europe SA Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium Total contract value: 6.3 million euros Number of contracts: 3 Largest contract: 4.4 million euros for the provision of a program management unit for the implementation of the TradeCom II Program 6. SOFRECO Headquarters: Clichy, France Total contract value: 5.8 million euros Number of contracts: 4 Largest contract: 2 million euros technical assistance for the implementation of the institutional component of the program to support public finance reform (PARFIP) 7. GOPA Headquarters: Bad Homburg, Germany Total contract value: 5.5 million euros Number of contracts: 5 Contract awarded: 2.3 million euros for the support to the regional authorising officer (Ecowas Commission) in the implementation of European Development Fund projects (results 2 and 3) 8. Louis Berger SAS Headquarters: Paris, France Total contract value: 5.1 million euros Number of contracts: 4 Largest contract: 2.9 million euros technical assistance for the program to support private sector development (PSDP) in Burkina Faso 9. Linpico Headquarters: Les Arcs-sur-Argens, France Total contract value: 4.7 million euros Number of contracts: 3 Contract awarded: 3.8 million euros to support public finance management reform in Lesotho 10. NTU International AS Headquarters: Aalborg, Denmark Total contract value: 4.4 million euros Number of contracts: 3 Contract awarded: 2.3 million euros for the implementation of the support to the transport sector development program Top works contractors 1. MSF Engenharia SA Headquarters: Lisbon, Portugal Total contract value: 32.5 million euros Number of contracts: 2 Contract awarded: 17.6 million euros for the rehabilitation of the Moyamba-Moyamba Junction Roads and Construction of Gbangbama and Moyamba Bridges in Sierra Leone 2. Sogea Satom SAS Headquarters: Paris, France Total contract value: 23 million euros Number of contracts: 4 Contract awarded: 9.5 million euros for the strengthening of the Parakou-Beroubouay Road in Benin 3. Societe Moderne de Construction SAR Headquarters: N'Djamena, Chad Total contract value: 16.9 million euros Number of contracts: 2 Contract awarded: 9 million euros to construct and optimize drinking-water supply systems and hydraulic production units in the Guera Region of Chad – Lot 2 4. Inyatsi Construction Headquarters: Manzini, Swaziland Total contract value: 15.5 million euros Number of contracts: 1 Contract awarded: 15.5 million euros for the upgrading of potable water supply in Siphofaneni, Somntongo and Matsanjeni — Swaziland (SISOMA water) 5. SOBMTI (Societe Belmabrouk des Travaux et Investissement) Headquarters: Kebili, Tunisia Total contract value: 14.1 million euros Number of contracts: 1 Largest contract: 14.1 million euros for works to rehabilitate the road between Balleyara and Filingué in Niger 6. Batiments Ebenisterie Construction Headquarters: Bamako, Mali Total contract value: 13 million euros Number of contracts: 1 Contract awarded: 13 million euros for the completion of work on the Niono-Goma Coura road section (Lot 0 of the Niono-Timbuktu road) in Mali 7. SGTP (Société Générale des Travaux Publics) Headquarters: Niamey, Niger Total contract value: 11 million euros Number of contracts: 1 Contract awarded: 11 million euros for the rehabilitation of the Zinder-Nigerian border road in Niger (Zinder-Bandé section - Lot 1) 8. ASCON LDA Headquarters: Bissau, Guinea-Bissau Total contract value: 10.8 million euros Number of contracts: 3 Largest contract: 6.1 million euros for the installation of drinking water supply systems in Mali (7 DWSS in Segou and 12 DWSS in Sikasso – Lot 2) 9. CONDURIL Engenharia SA Headquarters: Ermesinde, Portugal Total contract value: 9 million euros Number of contracts: 1 Contract awarded: 9 million euros for works to improve the catchment area of Nzeng-Ayong in Libreville in Gabon 10. Societe De Commerce General Import-Export et de Construction Headquarters: N'Djamena, Chad Total contract value: 6.2 million euros Number of contracts: 2 Largest contract: 3.3 million euros to construct and optimize drinking water supply systems and hydraulic production units in the Kanem and Barh El Gazal regions of Chad – Lot 1 * Update, Dec. 5, 2016: This article has been updated to clarify the methodology. 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