Dig on USAID #1 Vendor which is the World Bank Group
https://2012-2017.usaid.gov/results-and-data/budget-spending/top-40-vendors
Top 40 Vendors
USAIDworks with a diverse group of partners worldwide. Following is a list of the top 40 vendors, based on amounts obligated. (Data is current as of November, 2014.) Please visit ForeignAssistance.gov to view detailed transaction data.
Vendor Name FY 2014
1WORLD BANK GROUP2,051,451,215.97
2 WORLD FOOD PROGRAM 1,482,417,197.00
3 CHEMONICS 501,697,892.98
4 P F S C M 389,233,980.00
5 FHI 360 351,378,922.26
6 UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND 299,704,499.00
7 JOHN SNOW, INCORPORATED 285,510,939.85
8 DAI WASHINGTON 262,402,692.38
9 MANAGEMENT SCIENCES FOR HEALTH, INC. 245,683,554.43
10 JHPIEGO CORPORATION 219,477,936.09
11 ABT ASSOCIATES INC. 216,992,854.57
12 R T I INTERNATIONAL 207,619,327.94
13 CRS.ORG 206,369,402.89
14 MERCY CORPS 196,784,225.67
15 GAVI ALLIANCE 175,000,000.00
16 WHO / OMS 163,170,668.00
17 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION 154,002,795.81
18 TETRA TECH ARD 153,503,372.25
19 ACDI/VOCA 142,284,590.00
20 INTERNATIONAL RESOURCES GROUP LTD. 137,736,270.09
21 P S I 132,499,067.65
22 SAVE THE CHILDREN 125,954,645.34
23 INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS 122,971,079.00
24 IRC AND PARTNERS 122,390,490.55
25 AECOM INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, INC. 118,032,255.18
26 UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CO., LLC 115,178,945.33
27 CREATIVE ASSOCIATES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 114,315,264.78
28 UNAIDS JOINT UNITED NATIONS PROGRAMME ON HIV/AIDS 112,010,452.00
29 INTERNATIONAL RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT, INC. 111,532,142.15
30 MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 105,097,266.17
31 JSI RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE,INC. 103,892,523.00
32 JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, THE 100,116,921.00
33 CONSORTIUM FOR ELECTIONS & POLITICAL PROCESS STRENGTHENING 89,965,953.67
34 FHI DEVELOPMENT 360 LLC 84,598,113.07
35 PACT 81,389,064.08
36 WORLD VISION, INC. 81,288,667.44
37 GLOBAL COMMUNITIES 80,740,523.92
38 USAID Support to Power Transmission Expansion & Connectivity 76,700,000.00
39 WORLD FOOD PROGRAM 74,055,902.79
40 DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP 69,632,923.35
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