Peace Corps Contract Opportunities

What PC buys

PC pain points

What PC is actively trying to fix — sourced from agency strategic plans, IG reports, and FY26 budget justifications. Map your capabilities to these and you're writing toward an evaluator's actual problem.

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  The Peace Corps faces challenges in implementing Zero Trust Architecture as mandated by OMB M-22-09, requiring enhanced identity verification and network segmentation for its global volunteer management systems.

• 2

  Per GAO findings on cybersecurity, the Peace Corps struggles with incident response capabilities, needing robust tools and training to protect sensitive volunteer data across distributed international networks.

• 3

  The Peace Corps requires support to comply with the Executive Order on AI by 2025, specifically in developing governance frameworks for potential AI-driven volunteer placement and risk assessment tools.

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  GAO’s Strategic Human Capital Management high-risk area highlights Peace Corps’ difficulty in recruiting and retaining IT staff, creating a need for contractor-provided workforce planning and training solutions.

• 5

  Under FITARA scorecard compliance, the Peace Corps needs assistance in improving IT spending transparency, particularly for its overseas operations, to ensure accountability of its $410M annual budget.

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  The Peace Corps’ legacy IT systems, as noted in GAO’s IT Acquisitions high-risk area, require modernization to support volunteer tracking, with a need for contractor expertise in cloud migration and system integration.

FY26 funding priorities

Where the money is moving inside PC in the current and upcoming fiscal years.

• Peace Corps allocated $410.5M in FY2025 budget for Volunteer Operations Support, with contracts for training, logistics, and medical support services open for bidding.
• Peace Corps investing $30M in IT modernization through FY2026, with RFPs expected for cloud migration and cybersecurity solutions under FITARA compliance.
• Peace Corps budgeting $15M for overseas facility upgrades in FY2025, with opportunities for construction and infrastructure contractors in host countries.
• Peace Corps committing $8M to implement Zero Trust Architecture per OMB M-22-09, with contracts for network security and identity management solutions in FY2025.
• Peace Corps allocating $5M for climate resilience initiatives at overseas posts through FY2027, supporting contractors for energy efficiency and disaster preparedness projects.