Adam B. Cox

Adam Cox serves as a Contracting Officer for USAID/Colombia (Agency Code: 720514), where he is responsible for managing the full lifecycle of procurement actions supporting the agency’s mission of sustainable development and institutional resilience. He specializes in designing and executing complex professional services contracts aligned with Colombia’s strategic priorities in climate-smart agriculture, inclusive economic growth, and governance innovation. His acquisitions primarily support technical assistance, policy advisory services, and cross-sectoral program design, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations and USAID’s development effectiveness standards. Cox plays a pivotal role in translating programmatic objectives into legally sound, performance-based contracts that foster local capacity building and long-term impact. His primary contractor relationship is with AMD International Technologies LLC, a firm consistently engaged to deliver high-level technical expertise in program implementation, monitoring and evaluation, and institutional strengthening. Cox cultivates long-term, performance-driven partnerships with vendors capable of delivering specialized professional services in complex, multi-stakeholder environments. His contracting approach emphasizes accountability, measurable outcomes, and alignment with USAID’s local partnership principles, often requiring deep contextual knowledge of Colombia’s socio-political landscape. Cox’s procurement portfolio reflects a 100% non-set-aside orientation, with no use of 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or other socioeconomic programs. This reflects the nature of the technical services required—often involving specialized international expertise and large-scale, mission-critical implementation capacity that currently exceeds the scope of small business capabilities in this domain. His approach prioritizes technical merit and performance over socioeconomic preferences, consistent with USAID’s global programming needs. His acquisitions are exclusively classified under NAICS 541990—All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services—focusing on consulting, research, capacity building, and adaptive management services. He procures expertise in climate resilience planning, economic policy analysis, and accountability system design, requiring contractors with advanced technical credentials and field experience in Latin American development contexts.