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USAID / international development aid government contracting could improve

By Hicbd
Wed Feb 8 2023 9:59 am

"One contract to provide in-country logistics services actually directs firms to budget just 25 percent of the total contract value for any in-country supply chain providers; the winning government contractor can take the rest....Another technology-focused contract restricts eligibility to apply to pre-approved government vendors, precluding the world’s best tech firms from even submitting a bid...Seventy-three percent of firms that have tried to work with USAID’s largest contractors report that big aid contractors routinely cut them out of promised work...Worse, the vast majority of this $17 billion taxpayer-funded project will pay contractors to perform activities instead of deliver results."

URL:
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/3836620-usaids-largest-ever-foreign-assistance-package-doubles-down-on-colonial-aid/
https://unlockaid.org/our-vision/
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/05/04/usaid-is-changing-the-way-it-tries-to-do-good-in-the-world

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International Development / Foreign Aid / NGOs U.S. Foreign Policy / International Relations U.S. Government Contracting / Procurement Global Supply Chain Management Global Health U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

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