Bettie N. Bowles

Bettie N. Bowles serves as a key procurement lead within the U.S. Agency for International Development/Ghana (USAID/Ghana), overseeing the acquisition of technical assistance and professional services critical to advancing sustainable development outcomes. Her work directly supports USAID’s mission of fostering self-reliance through locally led solutions in agriculture, economic growth, governance, and crisis resilience. She manages a portfolio of complex, performance-based contracts requiring expert technical inputs, primarily in systems strengthening and adaptive program design. Her acquisitions are strategically aligned with USAID’s emphasis on institutional capacity building and market-based interventions, ensuring that contracted services deliver measurable, long-term impact. Bowles engages with a broad spectrum of professional service providers, predominantly international and domestic firms specializing in development consulting, policy analysis, and technical advisory services. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently collaborates with firms possessing deep sectoral expertise in governance, economic systems, and public service delivery. Her contracting approach emphasizes competitive solicitation, performance accountability, and alignment with USAID’s principles of local ownership and adaptive management, fostering partnerships grounded in technical excellence rather than sole-source reliance. Her procurement patterns reflect a strong preference for open competition, with 92.3% of awards issued under no set-aside provisions. Nevertheless, she actively supports socioeconomic goals, allocating approximately 3.9% of awards each to Total Small Business Set-Asides and 8(a) competed contracts, demonstrating a measured but intentional commitment to small business participation without compromising technical rigor or program outcomes. Bowles’ primary focus lies in NAICS 541990—All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services—reflecting her specialization in high-level consulting, evaluation, and capacity-building services. She also procures computer systems design and general support services in limited volumes, underscoring her domain expertise in development analytics, monitoring and evaluation frameworks, and digital tools for public sector reform. Her acquisitions consistently target outcomes-driven technical assistance that enhances institutional performance and local ownership across Ghana’s public and private sectors.