During FY 2021, USAID reported a total of 1,658 service contract actions in all product service codes (PSC) with a total obligation value of $23,450,578,979. A detailed description of each service can be found in Table 1: PSC Category Descriptions for Contract Actions Analyzed.
In accordance with guidelines from the OFPP, this analysis focuses on contract actions over $150,000 in “special interest function (SIFs)” PSCs. As required by OMB’s Memorandum regarding Service Contract Inventories, dated December 19, 2011, USAID selected Product Service Codes that have the largest percentage of obligations for services and a large cadre of contract actions for evaluation. Additionally, the selected PSCs cover critical technical functions in USAID.
In FY 2021, USAID had a total of 1,141 contract actions with an individual obligation greater than $150,000 in the six SIFs categories. The total value of these contract actions was $19,811,675,752, including all actions for any active contract in FY 2021 in these categories. For FY 2021, the PSCs with the largest contract actions include:
- R408-Support-Professional: Program Management/Support Services;
- R410-Support-Professional: Program Evaluation/Review/Development;
- R425-Support-Professional: Engineering/Technical;
- R497-Support-Professional: Personal Service Contracts; and,
- R499-Support-Professional: Other;
- R707-Support-Management: Contract/Procurement/Acquisition Support.