Amalsha Dassanayake

Amalsha Dassanayake serves as a key procurement professional within USAID/Sri Lanka, supporting the agency’s mission to advance sustainable development and institutional resilience through strategic contracting. Responsible for managing technical assistance and capacity-building acquisitions, Dassanayake oversees procurements aligned with public financial management reform, governance strengthening, and economic modernization initiatives. Their work centers on securing expert services that enhance the effectiveness of local institutions and international partners, with a focus on performance-based contracts that ensure measurable outcomes in public sector efficiency and policy implementation. Dassanayake cultivates collaborative relationships with a diverse array of international and local service providers, including consulting firms, research institutions, and development specialists experienced in governance and institutional capacity building. These partnerships are typically structured as task-order contracts under indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) vehicles, enabling flexible, responsive engagement with subject-matter experts across sectors. Vendor relationships emphasize technical proficiency, local context understanding, and adherence to U.S. government compliance standards, with a preference for firms demonstrating prior experience in South Asian development environments. Dassanayake’s contracting activity reflects a uniform preference for open, non-set-aside competitions, with 100% of procurements conducted without socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB designations. This approach prioritizes technical merit and programmatic alignment over socioeconomic criteria, consistent with USAID’s international development mandate, which often requires specialized expertise not readily available within small business pools in Sri Lanka. The primary procurement focus lies in NAICS categories related to management consulting, technical assistance, and institutional capacity development, particularly in public administration, financial systems modernization, and governance reform. Dassanayake routinely procures services such as training design, policy analysis, monitoring and evaluation frameworks, and digital governance solutions, demonstrating deep expertise in development contracting within complex, multi-stakeholder environments.