Amy McQuade

Amy McQuade serves as a key procurement professional within USAID/Haiti, supporting the agency’s mission to strengthen sustainable development and institutional resilience through targeted technical assistance and capacity-building initiatives. She manages a portfolio of professional services contracts primarily focused on governance, public system strengthening, and infrastructure support, leveraging U.S. and third-country national experts to deliver on-the-ground technical expertise. Her acquisitions are instrumental in advancing USAID’s priorities in health, rule of law, elections, economic opportunity, and public infrastructure, ensuring that contracted services align with long-term development objectives and local institutional capacity needs. McQuade works closely with a diverse array of professional services contractors, including international consulting firms, technical assistance providers, and specialized engineering and governance experts. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for highly skilled, mission-aligned vendors capable of delivering complex, context-sensitive solutions in challenging operational environments. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, her partnerships consistently prioritize firms with demonstrated experience in post-conflict and fragile state contexts, emphasizing adaptability, cultural competence, and results-driven implementation. McQuade’s procurement strategy reflects a strong orientation toward open competition, with 100% of her acquisitions classified as “No Set-Aside.” This approach prioritizes technical merit and value over socioeconomic preferences, ensuring access to the broadest possible pool of qualified providers with specialized expertise relevant to Haiti’s development challenges. While small business participation is not formally incentivized through set-asides, her contracting practices remain transparent and competitive, fostering an environment where capability, not certification, determines award outcomes. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541990 (All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services), encompassing governance advisory, electoral support, legal reform, and public financial management services. Secondary categories include commercial and institutional construction and electric power distribution, reflecting integrated infrastructure development efforts. McQuade’s expertise centers on procuring high-impact, non-commodity services that require deep technical knowledge and localized implementation capacity, making her a critical conduit between USAID’s strategic goals and on-the-ground execution in Haiti.