The U.S. Agency for International Development plans to make one of the largest and most important award decisions in its history later this year — a 10-year, $17 billion suite of nine contracts that collectively fund the procurement and distribution of lifesaving health commodities to dozens of countries around the world.
Together, these are known as USAID’s “NextGen Global Health Supply Chain.” The contracts will form the backbone of global health initiatives such as the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief and the President’s Malaria Initiative. The suite of contracts will replace the existing eight-year, $10.5 billion Global Health Supply Chain contract, including a $9.5 billion contract currently run by Chemonics.
Rather than offering the majority of the business to a single prime contractor, nine prime contracts will be issued this round, according to the latest information on the NextGen home page, ranging in size from less than $50 million to more than $5 billion.