Arun Sehgal

Arun L. Sehgal serves as an Acquisition and Assistance (A&A) Specialist at USAID/India, where he plays a pivotal role in executing technical assistance and capacity-building initiatives aligned with the agency’s mission of fostering resilient public systems in health, environment, education, and infrastructure. His procurement responsibilities center on securing professional, scientific, and technical services that support evidence-based policy development, institutional strengthening, and innovation in sustainable development. Sehgal manages a portfolio of non-construction acquisitions focused on complex, knowledge-intensive engagements, often involving performance-based contracting, cooperative agreements, and task-order mechanisms to engage local and international experts. While no specific contractor relationships are currently identifiable in the procurement record, Sehgal’s work consistently engages a broad spectrum of professional service providers—including research institutions, policy think tanks, engineering consultants, and technical advisory firms—selected through competitive, merit-based processes. His approach emphasizes collaboration with entities possessing deep contextual expertise in India’s socio-economic landscape, prioritizing technical competence and local engagement over volume-based vendor relationships. Sehgal’s contracting patterns reflect a strong preference for open competition, with 100% of acquisitions classified as “No Set-Aside.” This indicates a strategic focus on selecting the most qualified providers regardless of socioeconomic status, consistent with USAID’s emphasis on technical excellence and program impact over mandated set-asides. While small business participation is not formally prioritized through 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB designations, the nature of the services procured often naturally involves small and mid-sized professional firms. His primary procurement focus is on NAICS 541990—All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services—encompassing services such as climate resilience planning, forest management modernization, public health systems analysis, and institutional capacity assessments. Sehgal specializes in procuring high-level technical advisory services that require domain-specific expertise in development economics, environmental science, and public policy implementation.