Celeste C Fulgham

Celeste C. Fulgham serves as a Contracting Officer for USAID/Iraq, where she plays a pivotal role in executing the agency’s mission to strengthen institutional resilience and governance through strategic procurement of technical assistance and capacity-building services. She manages the full lifecycle of acquisitions—from needs assessment and solicitation to contract award and closeout—ensuring alignment with federal regulations, USAID’s foreign assistance objectives, and Iraq’s development priorities. Her portfolio primarily supports the procurement of professional consulting services, administrative management support, and security-related contracting to enable the delivery of expert advisors and technical programs across governance, economic opportunity, and public service sectors. Fulgham collaborates with a diverse range of contractors, including international consulting firms, local Iraqi service providers, and specialized technical vendors delivering institutional development expertise. Her working relationships are characterized by a focus on performance-based outcomes, rigorous compliance with U.S. and host-country procurement standards, and a preference for contractors with demonstrated experience in post-conflict environments. She actively engages with vendors capable of delivering adaptive, context-sensitive solutions that align with USAID’s principles of local ownership and sustainability. Her contracting patterns reflect a strong preference for open competition, with 100% of her acquisitions issued without set-aside designations, indicating a focus on merit-based selection rather than socioeconomic preferences. While she does not prioritize 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB set-asides, her process emphasizes transparency, competition, and value-driven outcomes consistent with USAID’s global procurement guidelines. Fulgham’s primary NAICS focus includes Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611), All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (541990), and Administration of General Economic Programs (926110), reflecting her specialization in governance, institutional capacity, and economic program support. She also routinely procures Security Guards and Patrol Services (561612) and, notably, All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming (111998), indicating a broad operational scope that includes both security and agricultural development initiatives under USAID’s integrated stabilization framework.