Casey-Lynn Finnerty

Casey-Lynn Finnerty serves as a Contracting Officer for USAID/Central Asia/Kazakhstan (Agency Code: 720115), where she leads the acquisition and management of technical assistance contracts aligned with U.S. foreign assistance priorities in governance, economic development, and public service delivery. In this role, she ensures compliance with federal procurement regulations while advancing USAID’s mission of fostering locally led, sustainable solutions across Central Asia. Her portfolio primarily consists of professional services contracts requiring expert advisory support, with a strong emphasis on institutional strengthening and capacity building. She manages the full lifecycle of acquisitions—from market research and solicitation to award and closeout—ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and donor requirements. Finnerty collaborates with a diverse array of international and domestic consulting firms, including specialized technical service providers with deep regional expertise in public sector reform, economic policy, and nutrition programming. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages firms with proven experience in Central Asian contexts, prioritizing proposers with demonstrated local presence, cultural competency, and adaptive management capabilities. Her working relationships are characterized by a focus on performance-based outcomes, rigorous monitoring, and long-term partnership development rather than transactional engagements. Finnerty’s contracting activity is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic preference for selecting the most qualified providers regardless of socioeconomic status, consistent with USAID’s global emphasis on technical excellence and program impact over socioeconomic preferences. While small business participation is not formally prioritized through set-asides, she evaluates all offers based on merit, capability, and value to mission outcomes. Her primary procurement focus is on NAICS 541618 (Other Management Consulting Services), encompassing technical advisory services in governance, enterprise competitiveness, health systems strengthening, and education reform. She routinely procures performance-driven consulting engagements that require analytical rigor, stakeholder engagement, and adaptive implementation—ensuring that USAID’s interventions are evidence-based, contextually grounded, and institutionally sustainable.