Emily Rudge Revis

Alejandra Garcia serves as a Senior A&A Specialist at USAID/Afghanistan, where she plays a pivotal role in managing the acquisition and assistance lifecycle for technical programs aligned with the agency’s mission of sustainable development and institutional capacity building. She leads the planning, solicitation, and award of professional services contracts to support governance, education, health systems, and civil society strengthening initiatives. Her work ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations while advancing USAID’s strategic objectives through evidence-based, expert-led interventions. She routinely handles complex, performance-based acquisitions for advisory services, monitoring and evaluation, and technical assistance, often requiring cross-functional coordination with program officers and field teams. While no specific contractor relationships are currently identifiable in the data, Alejandra collaborates with a broad spectrum of international and domestic professional service providers, including consulting firms, research institutions, and technical implementation partners with demonstrated expertise in development contexts. Her procurement patterns reflect a preference for firms with deep on-the-ground experience in Afghanistan and the broader region, emphasizing local capacity building and knowledge transfer. She engages vendors through competitive solicitations and performance-driven contract structures to ensure accountability and measurable outcomes. Alejandra’s contracting portfolio is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic alignment with USAID’s operational priorities in Afghanistan, where the availability of certified small businesses is limited, and the urgency of mission-critical services necessitates access to the broadest possible pool of qualified technical expertise. Her approach prioritizes capability over socioeconomic status, consistent with the unique constraints of the operating environment. Her primary procurement focus is on NAICS 541990—All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services—encompassing a wide range of specialized services including policy analysis, institutional reform support, data systems design, and capacity-building training. She routinely procures expert-led technical assistance in governance, gender inclusion, economic resilience, and public service delivery, ensuring that acquisitions directly support USAID’s development outcomes.