Clementina O. Edereka

Clementina A. Edereka serves as a Personnel Assistant within USAID/Nigeria, supporting the agency’s human capital and operational procurement functions. In this role, she facilitates the acquisition of professional and personal services critical to sustaining USAID’s technical programs in governance, public health, and subnational capacity building. Her responsibilities include coordinating personnel-related contracting actions, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations, and supporting the procurement lifecycle for non-construction services aligned with institutional development objectives. She plays a key liaison role between program teams and contracting offices, ensuring that staffing and support services are aligned with performance monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) priorities. While specific contractor names are not publicly identifiable in available records, Ms. Edereka routinely engages with a broad spectrum of professional service providers, including consultants, data analysts, and technical support firms delivering expertise in health systems strengthening, governance diagnostics, and institutional capacity development. Her procurement patterns reflect a preference for performance-based, task-order contracts that emphasize deliverables over inputs, fostering agile and responsive vendor partnerships tailored to USAID’s adaptive management approach. Ms. Edereka’s contracting activity demonstrates a strong orientation toward open competition, with 97.5% of acquisitions issued without set-aside designation. Only 2.5% of awards are allocated under the 8(a) program, indicating a limited but intentional use of socioeconomic preferences to support small business participation where specialized expertise is scarce. Her approach prioritizes merit-based selection while maintaining compliance with federal small business goals. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541990—All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services—reflecting deep engagement with technical consultants, data science contractors, and MEL specialists. Secondary activity in NAICS 812990 (Personal Services) supports administrative and operational staffing needs. Her domain expertise centers on procuring services that enhance institutional resilience, data-driven decision-making, and local ownership across Nigeria’s development landscape.