Programmes USAID arrêtés en Haïti : plans de disposition des actifs sélectionnés
Resume — Rapport d'audit de l'Inspecteur général de l'USAID, publié le 13 mai 2026, sur la disposition des actifs physiques financés par l'USAID dans certains programmes arrêtés en Haïti. L'audit conclut que l'USAID a approuvé des plans de disposition pour certains actifs, mais que certaines procédures d'approbation étaient peu claires et que la disposition était incomplète; il formule trois recommandations.
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- L’USAID a approuvé des plans de disposition pour certains actifs physiques liés à des programmes arrêtés en Haïti.
- Certaines procédures d’approbation étaient peu claires, ce qui accroît les risques de contrôle et de documentation.
- La disposition était incomplète pour une partie des actifs sélectionnés au moment de l’audit.
- L’Inspecteur général de l’USAID a formulé trois recommandations pour améliorer la disposition et la supervision.
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Cet audit du Bureau de l’Inspecteur général de l’USAID examine certains actifs physiques financés par l’USAID et liés à des programmes arrêtés en Haïti. Il conclut que l’USAID a approuvé des plans de disposition pour certains actifs, mais que certaines procédures d’approbation étaient peu claires et que la disposition n’était pas achevée au moment de l’audit. Le rapport documente les risques de supervision et formule trois recommandations pour améliorer la disposition, la documentation et le contrôle des actifs.
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
U.S. Agency for International Development
Terminated USAID Awards in
Haiti: USAID Approved
Disposition Plans for Selected
Assets, but Some Approval
Procedures Were Unclear and
Disposition Was Incomplete
Audit Report 1-000-26-002-P
May 13, 2026
Audit
Office of Audits, Inspections, and Evaluations
DATE:
May 13, 2026
TO:
Eric Ueland
Performing the Duties of Administrator and Chief Operating Officer
U.S. Agency for International Development
FROM:
Gabriele Tonsil /s/
Acting Assistant Inspector General for Audits, Inspections, and Evaluations
SUBJECT:
Terminated USAID Awards in Haiti: USAID Approved Disposition Plans for
Selected Assets, but Some Approval Procedures Were Unclear and Disposition
Was Incomplete
This memorandum transmits our final audit report. Our audit objective was to determine the
status of the disposition of USAID-funded physical assets procured under selected terminated
awards in Haiti.
USAID did not provide a response to or comments on the draft report. Should we receive
written comments from the Agency on this report at a later date, we will update and reissue
the report to reflect the comments and technical changes as applicable.
The report contains three recommendations to help safeguard U.S. government assets and
ensure compliance with federal regulations and agency policies and procedures. We consider
the three recommendations open and unresolved. Please provide us with a management
decision for each recommendation, including agreement or disagreement with the
recommendation and a plan and target date for corrective action, copying the Audit
Performance and Compliance division.
We appreciate the assistance you and your staff provided to us during this audit.
USAID Office of Inspector General
San Salvador, El Salvador
oig.usaid.gov
Contents
Report in Brief...................................................................................................................................................1
Introduction .......................................................................................................................................................2
Background ........................................................................................................................................................3
USAID Approved Implementers’ Plans to Donate, Transfer, or Retain Assets, but Some
Approval Procedures Were Unclear and Disposition Was Incomplete..............................................6
USAID Approved Implementers’ Disposition Plans to Donate, Transfer, or Retain Selected
Assets, but Approval Procedures for Armored Vehicles Were Unclear........................................6
Implementers Completed Disposition of All Armored Vehicles and Some Health
Commodities, but $1.4 Million of Selected Assets Remained Undisposed ....................................7
Conclusion .........................................................................................................................................................9
Recommendations ............................................................................................................................................9
OIG Response to Agency Comments ...................................................................................................... 10
Appendix A. Scope and Methodology....................................................................................................... 11
Appendix B. Disposition Status of Selected Assets Under USAID Terminated Awards in Haiti,
As of August 31, 2025 .................................................................................................................................. 13
Pursuant to Pub. L. No. 117-263 § 5274, USAID OIG provides nongovernmental organizations and businesses specifically
identified in this report 30 days from the date of report publication to submit a written response to USAID OIG.
Comments received will be posted on https://oig.usaid.gov/. Please direct inquiries to oignotice_ndaa5274@oig.usaid.gov.
USAID Office of Inspector General
Report No. 1-000-26-002-P
May 13, 2026
Office of Inspector General
U.S. Agency for International Development
Report in Brief
Why We Did This Audit
What We Found
On January 20, 2025, the President issued Executive
Order 14169, “Reevaluating and Realigning United
States Foreign Aid,” initiating a pause and review of all
U.S. foreign assistance, including USAID programs. As
of March 2025, USAID has terminated over $76.5
billion out of a total of $159 billion (almost 50 percent)
in foreign assistance awards. As a result of the
termination of awards, USAID implementers began
preparing to dispose of government-funded assets, in
accordance with award closeout procedures.
USAID approved implementers’ disposition
plans to donate, transfer, or retain selected
assets, but approval procedures for armored
vehicles were unclear. USAID implemented
expedited procedures to dispose of approximately
$4.2 million in priority assets for the eight selected
terminated awards. As of August 31, 2025, USAID
had requested, received, and approved disposition
plans for the selected assets. However, USAID
approved disposition plans for armored vehicles
without confirming the security level, which was
necessary to determine appropriate disposition
methods.
In response to the award terminations and subsequent
preparation for asset disposal, we initiated a series of
audits examining these processes for eight USAID
missions around the world. The objective of this audit
was to determine the status of the disposition of
USAID-funded physical assets procured under selected
terminated awards in Haiti.
We reviewed 8 out of a total of 32 awards with
activities in Haiti that USAID terminated as a result of
the foreign assistance review. These 8 awards included
priority assets, such as armored vehicles, port
construction materials, and health commodities—with a
total purchase value of $4.2 million. We selected these
specific types of assets given their heightened security,
reputational, and diversion risks and high- dollar value
compared to other types of priority assets in Haiti. We
reviewed asset disposition activities through August 31,
2025, due to the closure of USAID’s mission in Haiti
and separation of Agency Staff.
Implementers completed disposition of all
armored vehicles and some health
commodities, but $1.4 million of selected
assets remained undisposed. By August 31, 2025,
implementers had disposed of about two-thirds of
the selected assets but not approximately $566,000
of port rehabilitation materials and $784,000 of
health commodities. The closure of the USAID
Mission for Haiti, lack of clarity on responsibilities
transferred to the Department of State, and risks
related to unanticipated costs and possible theft,
waste, and abuse raise concerns about the delayed
final disposition actions for these assets.
What We Recommend
We recommended that USAID implement plans to
ensure the complete and appropriate disposal of port
rehabilitation materials and health commodities that
implementers procured under USAID terminated
awards in Haiti and were pending disposition as of
August 31, 2025. We also recommended that USAID
clarify procedures for determining armored vehicles’
security levels prior to approving disposition plans.
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Port rehabilitation materials pending disposition were
exposed to weather and may be vulnerable to theft or
waste. Source: OIG (June 2025)
Report fraud, waste, and abuse at https://oig.usaid.gov/report-fraud.
Introduction
On January 20, 2025, the President issued Executive Order 14169, “Reevaluating and Realigning
United States Foreign Aid,” initiating a pause and review of all U.S. foreign assistance, including
USAID programs. As of March 2025, USAID has terminated over $76.5 billion out of a total of
$159 billion (almost 50 percent) in foreign assistance awards. As a result of the termination of
awards, USAID implementers began preparing to dispose of government-funded assets, in
accordance with award closeout procedures. On March 28, 2025, the Secretary of State
announced that USAID would cease operating as an independent agency, and on July 1, 2025,
the Department assumed responsibility for many of the Agency's functions and its ongoing
programming. However, remaining USAID personnel were responsible for closing out
terminated awards and winding down the Agency’s independent operations.
In response to the award terminations and subsequent preparation for asset disposal, we
initiated a series of audits examining these processes for eight USAID missions around the
world. The objective of this audit was to determine the status of the disposition of USAIDfunded physical assets procured under selected terminated awards in Haiti. 1
To answer our audit objective, we identified 32 awards managed by USAID in Haiti that were
terminated between January 20, 2025, and May 22, 2025. Of these awards, we selected 8
awards with 11 high-value critical assets that USAID identified for expedited disposition.2 These
assets included armored vehicles, port rehabilitation materials, and health commodities.3 We
selected these specific asset types given heightened security and diversion risks and high-dollar
value compared to other types of priority assets in Haiti. To determine the disposition status of
assets, we reviewed disposition activities for all 11 assets as of August 31, 2025, verifying
existence and condition where possible given the closure of USAID’s mission in Haiti and
September 2, 2025, separation of most Agency staff. We reviewed Federal regulations and
USAID policy related to asset disposition and examined award documentation, disposition
plans, and supporting documentation. To better understand and corroborate asset disposition
processes, we interviewed officials from USAID and implementer staff who were responsible
for award management and asset oversight of the selected awards. We conducted this audit in
accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards. Appendix A provides
additional details on our scope and methodology.
1
The other seven audits cover USAID missions for Egypt, El Salvador, Pakistan, the Philippines, Southern Africa,
Ukraine, and the Regional Development Mission for Asia located in Thailand.
2
USAID defined four priority asset categories for expedited disposition: critical security risk, high-value,
reputationally sensitive, and program commodities.
3
For the purposes of this report, USAID includes both USAID/Haiti and the Bureau for Global Health. Armored
vehicles fell into the “critical security risk” priority asset category; and port rehabilitation materials and health
commodities fell into the “program commodities” priority asset category. All 8 selected awards were managed by
USAID/Haiti or the Bureau for Global Health. Our three focus areas were armored vehicles, port rehabilitation
materials, and health commodities. We excluded 24 other terminated awards in Haiti managed by USAID/Haiti,
the Bureau for Global Health, and the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance because they did not have priority
assets in the three focus areas, though they may have reported other types of priority assets, such as high-value
unarmored vehicles and information technology equipment.
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Background
USAID Assistance to Haiti
USAID missions around the world implemented
humanitarian and development programs in their
respective countries and regions. To implement
these programs, the missions awarded grants,
cooperative agreements, and contracts to
implementers, who were responsible for
executing activities aligned with strategic
development objectives. Over the course of an
award, implementers may have procured physical
assets, including vehicles and IT hardware, to
support project objectives.
Figure 1. Map of Haiti
USAID obligated about $417 million in fiscal year
2024 for development and humanitarian
Source: OIG generated.
assistance programs in Haiti, located in the
Caribbean (see Figure 1). In addition to programs managed by USAID/Haiti, located in the
capital of Port-au-Prince, USAID bureaus for Global Health and Humanitarian Assistance
managed Haiti programs from Washington, DC, typically as part of larger, global awards.
One of the United States’ closest neighbors, Haiti has continued to experience catastrophic
political, security, and humanitarian crises. The 2021 assassination of Haiti’s president sparked a
new wave of violence, and by early 2024, competing gangs controlled an estimated 80 percent
of Port-au-Prince. Gang violence continued to spiral. These events influenced the types of
activities that USAID executed in Haiti, from lifesaving healthcare and food assistance
interventions to longer-term education, democracy and governance, and economic growth
projects. USAID-funded awards included different types of priority assets, including the
following:
•
Armored Vehicles. Prevalent insecurity contributed to the need for armored vehicles for
selected implementers working in high-threat areas in Haiti. However, these assets could
pose security and reputational risks if misappropriated to wrongdoers, such as gangs.
USAID identified six armored vehicles procured under five terminated awards that we
reviewed.
•
Port Rehabilitation Materials. USAID/Haiti prioritized infrastructure and development
projects to boost Haiti’s economy and achieve stability. 4 In 2023, the mission awarded a $10
million contract to rehabilitate the port in Cap-Haïtien, the second largest city in Haiti.
When USAID terminated the award in February 2025, portions of the port had been
4
Due to its proximity to the United States, USAID had identified low-cost container shipping as a vital source of
accelerated economic development for Haiti, but poor seaport conditions reportedly hindered maritime trade and
development for decades. For example, the World Bank’s Doing Business Report 2020 ranked Haiti 179 out of 190
countries sampled for the “Trading Across Borders” indicator. A significant contributing factor to this low ranking
was Haiti’s challenged port sector.
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demolished but not yet rebuilt. USAID-funded materials for port rehabilitation consisted of
construction materials, 5 a generator, and an office trailer—which largely remained on-site,
exposed to weather, and potentially vulnerable to theft or waste.
•
Health Commodities. USAID Bureau for Global Health supported supply chains to
deliver quality health products across Haiti. USAID continued health awards identified as
lifesaving and terminated awards related to family planning and maternal and child health.
For the two terminated awards, we examined $1.1 million of commodities that were in the
USAID-supported warehouse at the time of award termination.6 The warehouse, which also
stores other health commodities for ongoing awards, is in a Port-au-Prince neighborhood
known for gang activity.
Appendix B includes additional information on the 11 assets across the 8 awards that we
examined for this audit.
Asset Disposition Procedures
USAID missions initiated the closeout process when an award had been completed or was
terminated. At that time, implementers were required to submit a final inventory, listing assets
above applicable thresholds—known as a disposition or inventory list—and request disposition
instructions.7 Federal regulations require implementers to submit disposition lists for assets
with a per unit purchase value of $500 or more for contracts 8 and a per unit fair market value
over $10,000 for grants and cooperative agreements. 9 USAID staff worked with implementers
to compile and validate this list. The implementer then submitted a proposed disposition plan
to USAID, which was responsible for making the final determination to approve or disapprove
the plan.
In line with federal requirements, USAID policy listed options for asset disposition.10 These
options were:
1. Transfer to another USAID-funded program.
2. Retain for implementer use for other program uses within the country or region.11
3. Donate for other programmatic uses within the country or region, including to a host
country government or local organization.
5
For the purposes of our report, we group “construction materials” as 1 asset out of the 11 we identified. The
group included various individual parts such as piping and fittings.
6
For the purposes of our report, we group “family planning” and “maternal and child health” commodities as 2
assets out of the 11 we identified. Each group included various individual products such as boxes of contraceptives.
7
2 CFR § 200.313(e), “Equipment,” Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for
Federal Awards, U.S. Government Publishing Office; 48 CFR § 752.245-71, USAID Acquisition Regulation, Title to
and care of property.
8
48 CFR § 752.245-71, USAID Acquisition Regulation, Title to and care of property.
9
2 CFR § 200.313(e), “Equipment,” Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for
Federal Awards, U.S. Government Publishing Office.
10
USAID, Automated Directives System (ADS) Chapter 534, Personal Property Management Overseas, section
534.3.7.
11
Retention of assets by the implementer involves transferring asset ownership from USAID to the implementer
for other programmatic related activities/programs.
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4. Redistribute within USAID for operational uses.
5. Transfer to another U.S. Government agency.
6. Sell to a third party.
USAID acquisition and assistance staff, including agreement officers and agreement officer’s
representatives, managed this process. The agreement officer’s representatives were
responsible for verifying asset inventories for disposition, which the agreement officer reviewed
and signed-off.12
In addition, the Department of State issued specific disposition guidance for armored vehicles,
which also applied to USAID. The Department of State considered armored vehicles with
certain security level, determined based on specific criteria, to be a security risk if not under
U.S. government control. As such, the only permissible disposition methods for these armored
vehicles were proper destruction or inclusion in the U.S. embassy fleet. Other disposition
methods, such as donation to a host country government or local organization, were not
allowed.
USAID Award Terminations
While the President’s review of foreign
assistance was ongoing, on February 24, 2025,
nearly all USAID staff were placed on
administrative leave, and overseas staff were
ordered to prepare to return to the United
States. 13 On March 10, 2025, the Secretary of
State announced that the administration had
concluded its review of foreign assistance and
that 83 percent of USAID awards were
terminated. USAID began award closeout and
asset disposition for the terminated awards but
had limited staff to execute these procedures
since most USAID staff were placed on
administrative leave.
Recognizing operational constraints, USAID’s
Office of Acquisition and Assistance issued
supplemental guidance on March 13, 2025,
directing operating units to expedite asset
disposition decisions. This guidance applied to
assets deemed critical security risks, high-value
assets, reputationally sensitive assets, and
Expedited Disposition Categories
Guidance
(1) Critical Security Risks: Armored
vehicles, IT and communications
equipment containing sensitive data, and
other assets whose mismanagement or
loss could pose security or safety threats.
(2) High-Value Assets: Essential or costly
resources such as medical supplies,
vehicles, and construction materials.
(3) Reputationally Sensitive Assets:
Heavily branded USAID resources or
supplies that, if mishandled, could
negatively impact U.S. government
credibility or humanitarian goals.
(4) Program Commodities: Essential
commodities for beneficiaries, including
food aid, medical supplies, textbooks, or
infrastructure materials suitable for rapid
distribution.
12
USAID ADS Chapter 302sat, Guidance on Closeout Procedures for A&A Awards, An Additional Help
Document for ADS Chapters 302, 303, and 309.
13
Staff were originally placed on administrative leave on February 7, 2025. They were temporarily reinstated on
February 8, due to a temporary restraining order, until February 21, when a Federal judge ruled that the
administration could proceed with plans for mass layoffs.
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program commodities. Specifically, it required missions to obtain disposition plans for qualifying
assets within 10 days. According to the guidance, expediting disposition decisions would allow
USAID to safeguard program assets to maintain operational integrity and uphold U.S.
government objectives.
On March 28, 2025, the Department of State formally notified Congress that it would assume
the remaining responsibilities and functions of USAID by July 1, 2025. USAID staff at overseas
missions were to return to the United States by August 15, 2025. As a part of this transition,
nearly all non-statutory positions at USAID were to be eliminated, all missions closed, and
personnel worldwide separated from the Agency by September 2, 2025. Accordingly, the
Department of State assumed responsibility for ongoing awards and future foreign assistance on
July 1, 2025. The remaining USAID personnel focused on managing award closeout procedures
and other Agency wind down functions.
USAID Approved Implementers’ Plans to Donate,
Transfer, or Retain Assets, but Some Approval
Procedures Were Unclear and Disposition Was
Incomplete
USAID implemented expedited procedures in Haiti to dispose of approximately $4.2 million in
priority assets for the eight selected terminated awards. As of August 31, 2025, two days prior
to the closure of USAID’s mission in Haiti and separation of Agency staff, USAID had
requested, received, and approved disposition plans for all selected assets. However, approval
procedures for armored vehicles were unclear and implementers had not disposed of
approximately $1.4 million in selected assets—raising concerns about final disposition actions
for these items.
USAID Approved Implementers’ Disposition Plans to Donate,
Transfer, or Retain Selected Assets, but Approval Procedures
for Armored Vehicles Were Unclear
USAID approved all disposition plans to donate, transfer, or retain the 11 selected assets under
the 8 awards in our sample, but we found that approval procedures for one type of critical
security risk asset were unclear. USAID approved the implementer’s plans to donate family
planning and maternal and child health commodities with an approximate value of $1.1 million
to the Haitian government.14 Also, USAID approved implementers’ plans to donate $2.4 million
in construction materials to the Haitian government for port rehabilitation works in CapHaïtien. For the six armored vehicles purchased for approximately $675,000, USAID approved
implementers’ preferred disposition methods. However, procedures for validating the security
14
USAID Bureau for Global Health executed this award in multiple countries, including Haiti. Due to the size of
the program, the implementer prepared multi-country disposition plans and managed commodities separately
through country-specific divestiture plans. USAID explained to us that several factors, including where
commodities were stored and the type of agreement in place with the host-country government, influenced
divestiture plans. For this audit, we refer to the divesture plans we reviewed as disposition plans for simplicity.
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level of armored vehicles before approving disposition plans for them were unclear—putting
the U.S. government at risk of potentially mishandling critical security assets.
Specifically, USAID approved implementers’ plans to transfer five of the armored vehicles to the
U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince and approved an implementer’s plan to retain the sixth armored
vehicle. However, USAID officials did not validate the security level of the armored vehicle,
such as running the vehicle identification number (VIN) through the appropriate security office,
before approving retention by a non-U.S. government entity. According to Department of State
guidance, armored vehicles meeting certain levels of security criteria are not allowed to be
retained by or donated to a non-U.S. government entity, even to friendly governments. The
only allowed disposition options were proper destruction or inclusion in the embassy fleet.
Despite the potential security risk, USAID asset disposition guidance did not provide clear
instruction for validating an armored vehicle’s security level as part of the asset disposition
process. Furthermore, according to the new contracting officer in charge of the award, the
official award file lacked information on the vehicle procurement and security level, and USAID
officials were unfamiliar with security criteria that may apply to armored vehicles under their
purview. One USAID official explained that the Department of State would validate security
level upon arrival at the U.S. Embassy in Haiti, but we noted that this procedure would not be
exercised for the armored vehicle approved for implementer retention. The vehicle was
verified as appropriate for implementer retention only after we asked the security office to run
the VIN. Better guidance would have helped USAID ensure that approved disposition methods
for critical security assets were based on quality information.15
The expedited timeframes for asset disposition, employment termination of most USAID staff,
evolving guidance, and the closure of USAID/Haiti contributed to the lack of clarity for some
disposition plan approval procedures. For example, USAID’s March 13, 2025, Guidance on
Expedited Disposition of Program Assets said: “additional specific guidance on the disposition of
armored vehicles will be provided soon.” The follow up guidance provided May 30, 2025,
indicated that the Department of State’s Defensive Equipment and Armored Vehicle division
“may be able to assist” running VINs, but the guidance did not instruct USAID when or
whether to validate security levels as part of the asset disposition process.
Implementers Completed Disposition of All Armored Vehicles
and Some Health Commodities, but $1.4 Million of Selected
Assets Remained Undisposed
As of August 31, 2025, implementers had transferred, retained, or donated $2.8 million of $4.2
million of selected assets (68 percent) in accordance with their USAID-approved plans.
However, disposition of other assets valued at approximately $1.4 million (32 percent) had not
yet been completed and officials were unclear on next steps. Specifically, by late August, USAID
implementers of terminated awards had not donated any of the port materials and had not
15
The Government Accountability Office’s Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government states that quality
information (i.e., appropriate, current, complete, accurate, accessible, and provided timely) helps management
make informed decisions, address risks, and fulfill internal control responsibilities (Principle 13).
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donated $784,000 of the health commodities. Delayed disposition actions may increase security
and diversion risks.
•
Armored Vehicles. Disposition of the six armored vehicles had been completed as of
August 31, 2025. Of the five armored vehicles transferred to the U.S. Embassy in Haiti,
three were on the secure U.S. embassy compound in Port-au-Prince; and one was under
repair with an external mechanic in Port-au-Prince. The fifth armored vehicle was located at
the airport in Cap-Haïtien in a secured parking area, where it would stay for U.S. embassy
trips to the north. The sixth armored vehicle was approved for implementer retention and
was in transit to the implementer from its place of acquisition in Dubai, United Arab
Emirates.
•
Port Rehabilitation Materials. As of August 31, 2025, USAID had not provided proof of
transfer of the approved donation of a generator, office trailer, and construction
materials—valued at about $1.8 million—to Haiti’s National Port Authority in Cap-Haïtien.
The transfer did not occur due in part to delays conducting inventory and approving the
disposition plan. In addition, $566,000 in construction materials remained in the United
States in warehouses in Florida, Colorado, and Oregon with uncertain plans for disposition
due to an ongoing termination negotiation settlement with the implementer. USAID did not
know what the implementer would do with the materials, how domestic warehousing costs
were being covered given the terminated status of the award, or who would receive the
materials should they ultimately be shipped to Haiti. A USAID official said the Department
of State had expressed interest in following through on the terminated activity but had not
confirmed plans to do so as of late August 2025.
•
Health Commodities. The implementer delivered a portion of the family planning
commodities and all maternal and child health commodities to public health facilities run by
the Haitian government. However, the rest of the family planning commodities, valued at
approximately $784,000, remained in the implementer’s Port-au-Prince warehouse. The
implementer planned to deliver the remaining items to the Haitian Ministry of Health’s
central warehouse, but the central warehouse did not have sufficient capacity to accept the
items. As of August 31, 2025, the implementer did not know when space would become
available in the central warehouse for the transfer to occur and said items would remain in
the implementer’s Port-au-Prince warehouse, which continued to store other health
commodities for ongoing activities that were previously funded by USAID and transferred
to the Department of State on July 1, 2025.
The unfinished status of asset disposition as of August 31, 2025, raised concerns, including:
•
Lack of points of contact. USAID officials with employment termination dates of
September 2, 2025, said they did not have definitive points of contact at the Department of
State or USAID who would see asset disposition through to completion.
•
Obligations to pay unanticipated costs. It was unclear to USAID officials who would
pay unanticipated storage costs for the construction materials in the United States, or the
health commodities in Port-au-Prince, since the awards that covered the costs previously
had been terminated. Relying on implementers to continue covering the costs without
appropriate approvals could put the U.S. government at risk of unauthorized commitment.
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•
Risks of theft or waste. The port rehabilitation materials, though in a locked lay-down
area, were exposed to weather and could be vulnerable to theft or waste. USAID officials
also questioned whether the Haitian government would have the capability to use the
donated materials for port rehabilitation as intended. We also noted that the armored
vehicle at the Port-au-Prince repair shop could be vulnerable to gang activity until moved to
the more secure U.S. embassy compound. Additionally, without a clear timeline for transfer
to the central warehouse, health commodities remaining in the Port-au-Prince warehouse
could be at risk of diversion or expiration. See Figure 1 for photos of these assets.
Figure 1. Examples of Undisposed Assets and Associated Risks
*Construction materials for port
rehabilitation were exposed to
weather and may be vulnerable to
theft or waste.
*The implementer transferred a **Family planning commodities
similar vehicle to the U.S.
waiting transfer to the central
Embassy in Haiti, but it was not
warehouse may be at risk of theft or
yet on the secure compound
expiration.
due to repairs.
Photo credits: *OIG and **Chemonics International Inc. (July and August 2025).
Conclusion
USAID conducted expedited procedures to approve implementer disposition plans and
facilitate transfer, donation, or retention following award terminations in Haiti. However, lack
of clarity on procedures for validating the security level of armored vehicles and delayed
disposition of priority assets increased security and diversion risks to the U.S. government.
Ensuring the complete and appropriate disposal of port rehabilitation materials and health
commodities that implementers procured under USAID terminated awards in Haiti and were
pending disposition as of August 31, 2025, would help safeguard U.S. government assets and
ensure compliance with federal regulations and agency policies and procedures.
Recommendations
We recommend that USAID take the following actions:
1. Clarify procedures for validating the security level of armored vehicles when approving
asset disposition plans.
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2. Implement a plan to ensure remaining health commodities associated with terminated
awards in Haiti are donated in accordance with their USAID-approved disposition plans.
3. Implement a plan to ensure port rehabilitation materials located in the U.S. and in Haiti are
disposed of in accordance with USAID-approved disposition plans.
OIG Response to Agency Comments
We provided our draft report to USAID on February 10, 2026. As of April 27, 2026, the
Agency had not provided a response to or comments on the draft report. Should we receive
comments from the Agency at a later date, we will reissue this report to incorporate those
comments.
We consider the three recommendations open and unresolved.
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Appendix A. Scope and Methodology
We conducted our work from April 2025 through February 2026 in accordance with generally
accepted government auditing standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the
audit to obtain sufficient, appropriate evidence to provide a reasonable basis for our findings
and conclusions based on our audit objectives. We believe that the evidence obtained provides
a reasonable basis for our findings and conclusions based on our audit objective.
The objective of this audit was to determine the status of the disposition of USAID-funded
physical assets procured under selected terminated awards in Haiti.
In planning and performing the audit, we gained an understanding and assessed internal controls
that were significant to the audit objectives. Specifically, we designed and conducted procedures
related to one of the five components of internal control as defined by the U.S. Government
Accountability Office.16 This was Information and Communication. The steps we took to assess
these controls are discussed below.
The audit covered USAID programmatic awards implemented in Haiti that USAID terminated
between January 20 and May 22, 2025. We conducted our work from San Salvador, El Salvador
and on-site in Port-au-Prince and Cap-Haïtien, Haiti.
To identify the universe of terminated awards in Haiti, we asked USAID/Haiti and the bureaus
for Global Health and Humanitarian Assistance—USAID’s three primary operating units
managing Haiti programs—to provide us with a list of awards terminated as a result of the
foreign assistance review. By May 30, 2025, USAID identified 32 terminated awards that were
implemented in Haiti and included priority assets. Of the 32 awards, we determined that 8
included one or more of the three types of priority assets that we judgmentally selected for
testing: armored vehicles, port rehabilitation materials, and health commodities. We
judgmentally selected these specific asset types given heightened security, reputation, and
diversion risks and high dollar value compared to other types of priority assets in Haiti. We
identified a total of 11 such assets across the 8 awards, as described in Appendix B. Our results
and conclusions are limited to the awards and assets we reviewed and are not generalizable.
However, we determined that our method for selecting these awards and assets was
appropriate for our audit objectives and that the selection would generate valid, reliable
evidence to support our findings and conclusions.
To verify asset existence, disposition plan completeness and accuracy, and disposition status,
we reviewed disposition plans and supporting documentation such as proofs of transfer for the
11 selected assets as of August 31, 2025. We selected this cut-off date to align with the closure
of USAID/Haiti and the September 2, 2025, separation of most Agency staff. We physically
verified assets where possible given travel and security restrictions. Specifically, for the armored
vehicles, we (1) physically verified the three armored vehicles that had been transferred to the
U.S. Embassy in Haiti and were on the embassy compound, and (2) relied on documentary
evidence for the two armored vehicles that had been transferred to the embassy but were not
16
U.S. Government Accountability Office, Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government (GAO-14-704G),
September 2014.
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in the compound and for the final armored vehicle in Dubai due to temporary restrictions on
operational travel. For the port rehabilitation materials, we physically verified the construction
materials, generator, and office trailer located in Cap-Haïtien. We relied on documentary
evidence for the construction materials in the United States due to temporary restrictions on
operational travel. For the health commodities, which were located in a heightened security
risk area, we obtained photographs and traced assets to supporting documentation, including
disposition plans and proofs of transfer.
In addition, we reviewed relevant Federal regulations and USAID policies related to asset
disposition for terminated awards, including Title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations and
USAID’s Automated Directives System. We also reviewed applicable contract clauses, such as
Agency for International Development Acquisition Regulation 752.245-70, “Government
Property—USAID Reporting Requirements,” and the Bureau for Management Office of
Acquisition and Assistance’s “Guidance on Expedited Disposition of Program Assets,” issued on
March 13, 2025.
To understand USAID’s oversight processes and controls for priority assets procured under
terminated awards and the disposition of those assets in Haiti, we interviewed USAID officials
responsible for award management. We also discussed oversight processes, security concerns,
and country contextual factors with USAID/Haiti’s Front Office managers, the U.S. Embassy in
Haiti’s Regional Security Office, and Department of State officials in Washington, DC, including
those responsible for approving U.S. government travel to Haiti. We conducted site visits in
Cap-Haïtien, Haiti and corroborated information from site visits, interviews, and document
review with USAID and implementer staff.
In answering the audit objective, we did not rely on computer-processed data to conduct our
work. Audit findings, conclusions, and recommendations were based on testing of asset
disposition plans; physical assets for completeness, accuracy, and existence; and analysis of
relevant Federal and USAID requirements.
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Appendix B. Disposition Status of Selected Assets
Under USAID Terminated Awards in Haiti, As of
August 31, 2025
#
Asset
Description
Purchase
Value
ARMORED VEHICLES
1
Toyota
Landcruiser
$145,000
Award
Information†
DAI Global
USAID Eau Project,
$33 million.
02/12/2024 –
02/11/2029
2
Toyota Prado
$135,000 Mennonite
Economic
Development
Associates
Atteindre Project,
$16.9 million.
08/12/2020 –
08/11/2026
3
Toyota
$118,750 Interchurch
Landcruiser
Medical Assistance
Improved Health
Service DeliveryIntegrated Health
4
Toyota
$118,750 Resilience Activity,
Landcruiser
$57 million.
06/13/2022 –
06/12/2027
5
Toyota Land
$125,000 Institut Pour la
Cruiser
Santé, la Population
et le
Développement in
Haiti
BRIDGE Project,
$25.5 million.
12/10/2019 –
07/23/2025
6
Chevrolet Blazer
$32,000‡ DAI Global
Haiti Resilience and
Agriculture Sector
Advancement
Activity,
$26.9 million.
09/30/2021 –
09/29/2026
PORT REHABILITATION MATERIALS
7
Construction
$1.8 million NH Global
Materials
(Haiti) Service
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Date
Award
Terminated
Date
Disposition
Plan
Approved
Approved
Method
Disposition
Status
2/26/2025
4/29/2025
Transfer to
U.S. Embassy
in Haiti
Complete
2/26/2025
5/9/2025
Transfer to
U.S. Embassy
in Haiti
Complete
2/26/2025
4/11/2025
Transfer to
U.S. Embassy
in Haiti
Complete
Transfer to
U.S. Embassy
in Haiti
Complete
2/26/2025
4/10/2025
Retain by
implementer
Complete
2/26/2025
5/10/2025
Transfer to
U.S. Embassy
in Haiti
Complete
2/26/2025
8/25/2025
Donate to
Government
of Haiti
Incomplete
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#
Asset
Description
Purchase
Value
8
Office Trailer
$566,000
(U.S.)
$66,250
9
Generator
$17,500
HEALTH COMMODITIES
10 Family Planning
$1.1 million
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Maternal and
Child Health
$14,974
Award
Information†
Date
Award
Terminated
Cap-Haïtien Port
Rehabilitation,
$10.4 million.
08/31/2023 –
08/30/2025
Chemonics
Global Health
Supply ChainProcurement and
Supply
Management
(GHSC-PSM) Task
Order 3,
$28.4 million*
04/20/2015 –
03/14/2025
Chemonics
GHSC-PSM
Task Order 4,
$11.5 million*
09/16/2016 –
03/14/2025
Date
Disposition
Plan
Approved
Approved
Method
Disposition
Status
Donate to
Government
of Haiti
Donate to
Government
of Haiti
Incomplete
Incomplete
3/14/2025
6/17/2025
Donate to
Government
of Haiti
Incomplete
3/14/2025
4/11/2025
Donate to
Government
of Haiti
Complete
TOTAL
$4.2 million
Award information includes implementer name, title of project/activity, anticipated total estimated cost, and
anticipated life of the award prior to early termination following the foreign assistance review.
‡
The implementer confirmed that the vehicle was purchased as a soft-skinned vehicle and armored later, thus
accounting for the lower purchase price compared to other armored vehicles.
*Amount represents the funded portion of this global award related specifically to Haiti.
Source: OIG analysis of USAID and implementer documentation.
†
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