Claudia Molina

Claudia Molina serves as an Acquisition & Assistance Specialist at USAID/Dominican Republic, where she plays a pivotal role in designing and managing procurement and assistance instruments that advance the agency’s mission of sustainable development and institutional strengthening. She specializes in technical assistance contracts and cooperative agreements supporting public sector reform, health system resilience, and private sector engagement, with a particular focus on HIV/AIDS response and justice sector modernization. Her work bridges U.S. technical expertise with Dominican government priorities, ensuring alignment with G2G partnership frameworks and performance-based outcomes. Molina routinely handles complex, non-commercial service acquisitions requiring deep subject-matter expertise and adaptive management approaches. Molina collaborates with a diverse array of international and local professional service providers, including consulting firms, research institutions, and technical assistance contractors specializing in public administration, health policy, and governance. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for long-term, performance-driven partnerships rather than transactional vendor relationships, fostering capacity-building through sustained engagement. She works closely with implementers who demonstrate proven experience in Latin American contexts and strong local networks, ensuring culturally competent and contextually relevant interventions. Molina’s procurement portfolio shows no use of socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of acquisitions competed without restriction under the No Set-Aside category. This reflects a strategic emphasis on technical merit and global competitiveness rather than socioeconomic preferences, aligning with USAID’s international development mandate and the need for specialized expertise often found in global professional service markets. Her primary procurement focus is on NAICS 541990—All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services—encompassing policy analysis, institutional diagnostics, training design, and monitoring and evaluation services. A minor portion of activity falls under NAICS 721110 for logistical support services related to high-level stakeholder engagements. Molina’s domain expertise lies in governance, health systems, and public financial management, requiring contractors with advanced analytical capabilities and experience in complex, multi-stakeholder environments.