USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program

What USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program does

The USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program is a U.S. Government-funded foreign assistance portfolio — not a separately incorporated company — that consolidates the U.S. Agency for International Development's primary health-sector procurement and distribution power across 40+ low- and middle-income countries. It is funded by PEPFAR, the U.S. President's Malaria Initiative, USAID's Family Planning/Reproductive Health program, and USAID's Maternal and Child Health program, and procures hundreds of health commodities monthly spanning HIV/AIDS, malaria, maternal and child health, family planning, and emerging-threat response (Ebola, Zika, COVID-19). Day-to-day execution is delivered through a network of Tier-1 implementing partners — Chemonics International, Management Sciences for Health, FHI 360, U.S. Pharmacopeia, Axios International, and Remote Medical International — with McKinsey, IntraHealth, and URC as sub-partners. The program also operates Project Last Mile, a public-private partnership with The Coca-Cola Company and Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and The Global Fund to extend last-mile distribution in 8 African countries.

The program's underlying technology stack centers on ARTMIS, a cloud-based procurement application with five modules (Source + Manage Suppliers, Browse Catalog + Requisition Orders, Fulfill Orders, Report + Analyze, and a Toolbox for Budget Management, Quality Assurance, and Order Promise), which provides real-time data visibility to country programs and USAID missions. It is complemented by a comprehensive open toolkit layer: the Quantification Analytics Tool (QAT) for forecasting and supply planning, the Dispatch Optimizer Tool (DOT) for last-mile route optimization (open-sourced on GitHub), the National Supply Chain Assessment (NSCA) 2.0.2 Toolkit built on SurveyCTO, the End-Use Verification (EUV) Survey Toolkit with Power BI reporting, the National Product Catalog / Product Catalog Management Tool using GS1 standards, the Supply Chain Information System Maturity Model (SCISMM), the Emergency Supply Chain (ESC) Playbook, Activity-Based Costing (ABC) methodology, Warehouse ADVISER dashboard, and a UAV/drone last-mile delivery program piloted in Malawi.

The business model is government appropriations-funded and not commercially priced. The program uses a Technical Assistance Multi-Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract structure with task orders (e.g., the Francophone TO awarded to Chemonics in February 2017, the NSCA TO awarded to Axios in July 2016) typically running five years and covering defined country portfolios. Go-to-market is a hybrid of direct field operations (1,001-5,000 employees, headquarters in Arlington, VA, and country/regional offices including Nairobi) and a partner-delivered channel through the implementing-partner consortium. The program serves Ministries of Health, PEPFAR-supported country programs, and multilateral health initiatives (FP2020, Global Health Security Agenda, Ouagadougou Partnership), with a separately branded cross-sector partnership with The Coca-Cola System. The 'information provided on this website is not official U.S. government information and does not represent the views or positions of the U.S. government.'

Name

USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program

Legal name

USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program

Website

https://ghsupplychain.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

The USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program is a U.S. Government-funded portfolio (PEPFAR, PMI, USAID FP/RH, USAID MCH) that procures and delivers HIV/AIDS, malaria, MNCH, and family planning commodities to 40+ low- and middle-income countries, executed through implementing partners (Chemonics, MSH, FHI 360, USP, Axios, RMI) and a proprietary ARTMIS-based digital platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Global Health Supply Chain Services

NAICS

Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers (424210), Medical, Dental, and Hospital Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers (423450)

SIC

Wholesale-Drugs, Proprietaries & Druggists' Sundries (5122), Wholesale-Medical, Dental & Hospital Equipment & Supplies (5047)

akta.pro primary industry

Global Supply Chain, Procurement & Market-Shaping Partnerships (Medicines/Diagnostics/Vaccines) (HLAJAOAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Government & Public-Sector Pharmaceutical Supply (Tender/Prime Vendor) (HLAIAJAF), Public Health Contracts, Procurement & Vendor Management (HLAJALAE), Vaccine Procurement, Tendering & Immunization Supply Programs (HLAIAEAN), Vaccines & Public Health Product Distribution (CRAOAHAI)

Keywords

• Global health supply chain
• Health commodity procurement
• Pharmaceutical logistics services
• Public health supply management
• Humanitarian health distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Arlington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. U.S. Government Contract Funding (PEPFAR, PMI, USAID FP/RH, USAID MCH): Funded through U.S. government appropriations via the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the U.S. President's Malaria Initiative (PMI), USAID's family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH) program, and USAID's maternal and child health (MCH) program, which equitably share the cost of the project. Multiple task order contracts (e.g., AID-OAA-TO-00013 awarded to Axios International) and Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts support the various projects.
2. Multi-Award IDIQ Task Order Contracts: The GHSC program uses a Technical Assistance Multi-Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity Contract structure, where task orders (such as the Francophone TO awarded to Chemonics on February 9, 2017, and the NSCA TO awarded to Axios in July 2016) provide project funding for defined country portfolios and time periods (typically five years).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program procures and delivers hundreds of lifesaving public health commodities (HIV/AIDS, malaria, MNCH, family planning, emerging threats) each month to 40+ countries, while strengthening in-country supply chain systems in 30+ countries. The portfolio combines a flagship procurement and supply management project (GHSC-PSM) with country-level technical assistance, pharmaceutical quality assurance, and digital supply chain tools (ARTMIS, QAT, NSCA, EUV, DOT, PCMT, SCISMM, ESC Playbook, ABC, Warehouse ADVISER, GS1 traceability, UAV delivery).

Product overview

The USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program is a unified, multi-project portfolio rather than a single product: it brings together complementary programs - the flagship GHSC-PSM (Procurement and Supply Management), country-level Technical Assistance projects (Côte d'Ivoire, Francophone TO, NSCA, South Africa, Tanzania), specialized quality and procurement projects (MTaPS, PQM, QTI, Rapid Test Kits, Afya Ugavi), and the Project Last Mile public-private partnership - under one supply-chain umbrella. Underpinning the portfolio is a shared digital tooling layer including the cloud-based ARTMIS procurement platform, the Quantification Analytics Tool (QAT), the National Supply Chain Assessment (NSCA) Toolkit, the End-Use Verification (EUV) Survey Toolkit, the Dispatch Optimizer Tool (DOT), the National Product Catalog / Product Catalog Management Tool (PCMT), the Supply Chain Information System Maturity Model (SCISMM), the Emergency Supply Chain Playbook, the Activity-Based Costing (ABC) Toolkit, the Global Standards and Traceability toolkit, the Warehouse ADVISER dashboard, and UAV-based last-mile delivery, which together support procurement, quantification, quality assurance, in-country systems strengthening, and last-mile delivery of HIV/AIDS, malaria, MNCH, family planning, and emerging-threat commodities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• GHSC-PSM (Procurement and Supply Management): USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program–Procurement and Supply Management project; procures and delivers health commodities, provides supply chain technical assistance, and supports global collaboration.
• GHSC-TA Francophone Task Order (FTO)
• GHSC-TA-SA (South Africa)
• GHSC TA-TZ (Tanzania)
• IHSC-TA (Côte d'Ivoire)
• NSCA (National Supply Chain Assessment)
• GHSC-RTK (Rapid Test Kits)

Products and services

• GHSC-PSM (Procurement and Supply Management) Flagship USAID program that procures and delivers lifesaving public health commodities and provides supply chain technical assistance and global collaboration across HIV/AIDS, malaria, maternal and child health, Zika, Ebola, and COVID-19, supported by PEPFAR, PMI, USAID FP/RH, and USAID MCH.
• Afya Ugavi Five-year USAID-funded health system strengthening activity that provides technical assistance to strengthen supply chain systems for HIV/AIDS, malaria, family planning, reproductive health, and MNCH at national and county levels in Kenya.
• Medicines, Technologies, and Pharmaceutical Services (MTaPS) USAID program (2018-2023), implemented by Management Sciences for Health and partners, that helps low- and middle-income countries strengthen pharmaceutical systems to ensure sustainable access to and appropriate use of safe, effective, quality-assured, and affordable essential medicines.
• Project Last Mile Public-private partnership with The Coca-Cola Company and Foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, The Global Fund, and USAID that leverages the Coca-Cola System's distribution expertise to enable medicines and other health commodities to reach the last mile across 8 African countries.
• Promoting the Quality of Medicines (PQM) USAID-funded program implemented by USP that helps low- and middle-income countries strengthen quality assurance and quality control systems, build laboratory capacity, and increase the supply of quality-assured medicines complying with internationally recognized GMP standards.
• Quality Assurance | Qualifying, Testing, Issuing (QTI) Project Implemented by FHI 360, QTI runs a comprehensive, risk-based quality assurance program that qualifies suppliers, performs audits, manages eligibility lists, oversees recalls, and conducts quality control sampling and testing for health commodities procured on behalf of the U.S. Department of State.
• Rapid Test Kits (GHSC-RTK) USAID/PEPFAR HIV rapid and self-test procurement program delivered by Remote Medical International; the main procurement agent for PEPFAR HIV self-tests, with on-time delivery exceeding 90% and over 109 million rapid and self-tests procured across the life of the project.
• Integrated Health Supply Chain-Technical Assistance (IHSC-TA) - Côte d'Ivoire USAID activity under the GHSC Program Technical Assistance multi-award IDIQ contract providing expert technical assistance to strengthen Côte d'Ivoire's end-to-end health commodity supply chain, including warehousing, last-mile distribution, waste management, capacity building, and data use.
• GHSC-TA Francophone Task Order (FTO) Five-year USAID project awarded to Chemonics International on February 9, 2017 that provides specialized supply chain expertise to Benin, DRC, Haiti, Senegal and select francophone West African countries, working toward USG goals of PEPFAR, PMI and FP2020 across governance, LMIS, GHSA, and pharmaceutical system strengthening.
• GHSC-TA (NSCA) Task Order USAID task order awarded to Axios International, Inc. in July 2016 to update, pilot, finalize, and disseminate the NSCA 2.0 methodology, tools, and report functionality for assessing public health supply chain performance, capability and maturity.
• GHSC-TA South Africa USAID program launched September 2016 that supports the South African National Department of Health's Affordable Medicines Directorate and provincial pharmaceutical services to strengthen medicine selection, supply chain optimization, governance, workforce, information systems, and financial management across all nine provinces.
• GHSC TA-Tanzania USAID activity that provides specialized technical assistance to the Government of Tanzania to strengthen country supply chain systems across priority public health programs including malaria, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, family planning, and reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health.
• ARTMIS (Automated Requisition Tracking Management Information System) Cloud-based procurement application supporting GHSC-PSM with five modules (Source + Manage Suppliers, Browse Catalog + Requisition Orders, Fulfill Orders, Report + Analyze, and the Toolbox covering Budget Management, Quality Assurance, and Order Promise Tool) that provides real-time data and services to country programs and missions.
• Quantification Analytics Tool (QAT) Modernized solution for country-led forecasting and supply planning, designed to enhance functionality through flexible forecasting structures, advanced extrapolation methods, scenario planning, and updated planning logic, supporting offline use.
• National Supply Chain Assessment (NSCA) Toolkit Comprehensive toolkit (NSCA 2.0.2) that assesses the capability and performance at all levels of a health supply chain or focuses on a specific level or site, using a Capability Maturity Model and Key Performance Indicators; supports snapshot, targeted, or full-scale implementations via SurveyCTO.
• End-Use Verification (EUV) Survey Toolkit USAID-funded, country-implemented health facility survey used to monitor the availability of malaria, family planning, and maternal, newborn and child health commodities; standardized questionnaires in SurveyCTO, separate Power BI report templates, training curriculum, sampling methodology, and CHW and COVID Continuity of Care modules.
• Dispatch Optimizer Tool (DOT) Web-hosted tool providing a user-friendly interface for loading data to optimize last-mile delivery routes for public health commodities based on dynamic, changing conditions and order volumes; built using open-source software with source code available on GitHub.
• Emergency Supply Chain (ESC) Playbook Resources, including the Emergency Supply Chain Playbook with three modules (People and Processes; Commodity Planning; Logistics and Transport), to help countries prepare for and respond to epidemic/pandemic threats and other black swan events; available in English, French, and Spanish.
• National Product Catalog (NPC) and Product Catalog Management Tool (PCMT) Tool that helps standardize commodity information through GS1 standards across supply chain operations; PCMT is the online tool that facilitates adoption of standardized product information to address duplicate and inaccurate product representations and improve supply chain visibility.
• Supply Chain Information System Maturity Model (SCISMM) USAID tool to help countries evaluate the maturity of their supply chain information systems holistically and prioritize investments to improve performance and sustainability; key contributor to reducing costs, improving efficiency, and increasing timely delivery of high-quality health commodities.
• Warehouse ADVISER Limited-access dashboard for stock tracking data supporting PEPFAR priorities; supports HIV prevention, testing, treatment, and viral load suppression through data-focused and sustainable supply chain and health system strengthening activities.
• Activity-Based Costing (ABC) Toolkit Methodology that identifies activities in an organization and determines the cost associated with a specific commodity for each activity, assigning indirect costs (overhead) combined with direct costs to ascertain the true cost of receiving, storing and transporting products per category; designed to be woven into critical management systems.
• GHSC-PSM Global Standards and Traceability Toolkit Resources for implementing GS1 global supply chain standards for product identification, location identification, and product master data; includes the Traceability Planning Framework Toolkit covering vision/strategy, policy/architecture, identification and master data management, AIDC, and regulatory compliance monitoring.
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for Health Commodity Delivery Comprehensive UAV integration activity first piloted in Malawi to deliver health commodities and laboratory samples to and from hard-to-reach areas, cutting patient result and treatment turnaround time by several weeks.

Quantifiable outcome

• Procurement for 40+ countries monthly
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

AI capability5 records

Feature12 records

Partnerships

20 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and moderate.

• Chemonics InternationalflagshipImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 9 February 2017Five-year GHSC-TA Francophone Task Order awarded to Chemonics on February 9, 2017. Provides specialized supply chain expertise to Benin, DRC, Haiti, Senegal, and select francophone West African countries. Works with sub-partners IntraHealth International, McKinsey & Company, and University Research Co. (URC).
• Axios InternationalcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 July 2016Awarded a task order in July 2016 under the GHSC-TA multiple award IDIQ contract to update the NSCA tool (resulting in NSCA 2.0). Piloted the updated tool in Rwanda and Zambia (2017) and jointly with The Global Fund in Uganda (2018).
• Management Sciences for Health (MSH)flagshipImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLeads the MTaPS program consortium (2018-2023) with core, global expert, and capacity resource partners to help low- and middle-income countries strengthen pharmaceutical systems.
• FHI 360coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerImplements the Qualifying, Testing, Issuing (QTI) Project, conducting product risk assessments, qualifying suppliers, performing audits, managing eligibility lists, overseeing quality incidents and recalls, and conducting quality control sampling and testing on behalf of the U.S. Department of State.
• U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP)flagshipImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerImplements the Promoting the Quality of Medicines (PQM) program funded by USAID. Helps low- and middle-income countries strengthen quality assurance and quality control systems, improves local laboratory capacity, and works with manufacturers to increase supply of quality-assured medicines.
• Remote Medical InternationalcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerImplements the Global Health Supply Chain HIV Rapid Test Kit Program (GHSC-RTK), the main procurement agent for PEPFAR HIV self-tests. Has procured over 109 million rapid and self-test kits across the project life with on-time delivery exceeding 90% since Q1 2017.
• IntraHealth InternationalcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSub-partner to Chemonics on the GHSC-TA Francophone Task Order, collaborating to strengthen supply chain systems in francophone countries of Africa and Haiti.
• McKinsey & CompanycoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSub-partner to Chemonics on the GHSC-TA Francophone Task Order providing management consulting expertise to strengthen health systems and supply chains in francophone Africa.
• University Research Co., LLC (URC)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSub-partner to Chemonics on the GHSC-TA Francophone Task Order providing quality improvement and health systems expertise.
• The Coca-Cola Company and FoundationflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerPioneering public-private partnership for Project Last Mile. Leverages Coca-Cola's distribution expertise, bottler network, and supply chain capabilities to enable medicines to reach the 'last mile' in 8 African countries.
• Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-funder and strategic partner for Project Last Mile alongside USAID, The Global Fund, and The Coca-Cola Company/Foundation.
• World Health Organization (WHO)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on oxytocin quality, PPH treatment guidelines, Maternal Health Essential Medicines List, and joint WHO/UNFPA/UNICEF statement on appropriate storage and management of oxytocin. WHO, UNICEF and UNFPA issued joint statement recommending three urgent actions to ensure effective management of and access to quality oxytocin.
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on oxytocin quality and cold chain management. Co-issued with WHO and UNFPA joint statement on storage and management of oxytocin. Joint WHO/UNICEF statement on temperature-sensitive health products in the EPI cold chain.
• United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on maternal health commodities and oxytocin quality. Co-issued with WHO and UNICEF joint statement on storage and management of oxytocin.
• GS1 (Global Standards organization)flagshipTechnology or IntegrationCore standards partner for global supply chain standards (GS1) including product identification (GTIN), location identification (GLN), and product master data. Active collaboration with GS1 South Africa. Co-hosted Global GS1 Healthcare Conference 2018 and 2023. Implementation guidance for pharmaceutical traceability leveraging GS1 standards.
• 1WorldSyncmoderateTechnology or IntegrationPartner for Global Data Synchronization Network (GDSN) implementation, including GDSN Training Materials and recognition through the 2018 Power of 1 Awards. IDA Foundation was the first USAID pre-qualified wholesaler to sync data via GDSN.
• NEST360moderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerGHSC-PSM closely collaborates with NEST360, supporting the strengthening of technical resources for small and sick newborns.
• Child Health Task ForcemoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerGHSC-PSM coordinates with partners as part of the Child Health Task Force on addressing pneumonia and possible serious bacterial infection (PSBI) in young children.
• SurveyCTOcoreTechnology or IntegrationSelected as the data collection platform for the NSCA Toolkit (and EUV Survey). Used because it is secure (encrypting data, no data loss in transfer), low cost, compatible with most data processing software (Excel, Stata), and has a responsive help desk.
• Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition (RHSC)moderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-publisher of 'Buy Quality Oxytocin, Keep It Cold: An Advocacy Messaging Framework for Oxytocin'.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: Multilateral financing mechanism that co-funds and jointly implements supply-chain work with GHSC (e.g., NSCA in Uganda, Project Last Mile). Operates a parallel procurement and country-grant architecture for HIV, TB, and malaria commodities in LMICs, making it the closest peer in mandate and operating model.
• Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance: Funds procurement and delivery of vaccines and immunization supplies to LMICs through UNICEF Supply Division. Comparable in scale (multi-billion-dollar annual procurement), donor-funded mandate, and focus on supply-chain strengthening for global-health commodities.
• UNICEF Supply Division: Operational procurement arm for UNICEF and a primary global supplier of vaccines, medicines, and nutrition commodities to LMICs. Direct comparable in procurement scale, supply-chain technical assistance, and country-level systems strengthening.
• UNFPA Supplies Programme: United Nations procurement and partnership program for reproductive health commodities in LMICs. Direct peer in family planning and maternal-health commodity procurement, with overlapping country footprint and donor base.
• Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI): Market-shaping and procurement-support organization operating in HIV, malaria, TB, MNCH, and emerging health areas across 30+ LMICs. Comparable in scope (commodity access, supply-chain advisory, country TA) and in its reliance on philanthropic and government funding.
• Crown Agents: British international-development company providing procurement, supply-chain, and fiduciary services for donor-funded health and humanitarian programs. Closest private-sector peer in supply-chain-as-a-service for donor clients, with overlapping LMIC footprint.
• IDA Foundation: Amsterdam-based pharmaceutical wholesaler pre-qualified by USAID/WHO that supplies essential medicines to LMICs and was the first USAID pre-qualified wholesaler to sync product master data via GDSN. Direct peer in pharmaceutical procurement and distribution for global-health programs.

Broad incumbents

• World Health Organization (WHO): UN specialized agency for global health, collaborating with GHSC on oxytocin quality, EPI cold chain, and pharmaceutical-system norms. Broader mandate but overlapping footprint in pharmaceutical-systems strengthening, normative guidance, and emergency supply-chain response.

Emerging players

• Management Sciences for Health (MSH): Lead implementer of GHSC's MTaPS pharmaceutical-systems strengthening program; operates as a consortium partner on multiple USAID task orders. Comparable in pharmaceutical-systems consulting and supply-chain TA, though smaller in direct procurement scale.
• Chemonics International: Prime implementer of GHSC-PSM, the GHSC-TA Francophone Task Order, and Afya Ugavi. The largest single contractor in the GHSC portfolio and the most directly comparable implementing partner in supply-chain operations for donor-funded health programs.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat7 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ghsupplychain
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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/usaid-global-health-supply-chain-program-procurement-and-supply-management

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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