Craig Smith

Craig Smith serves as a Contracting Officer for USAID/Indonesia (Agency Code: 720497), where he is responsible for managing the full lifecycle of procurement actions supporting the agency’s mission to advance sustainable development and institutional resilience across Indonesia. He oversees the acquisition of professional, scientific, and technical services critical to strengthening governance, health systems, environmental sustainability, and disaster preparedness. His portfolio primarily includes complex, performance-based contracts awarded through competitive procedures, ensuring alignment with U.S. foreign assistance objectives and international development best practices. Smith collaborates with a diverse array of contractors, including international consulting firms, local Indonesian service providers, and global technical experts delivering advisory, capacity-building, and implementation support. His contracting patterns reflect a preference for long-term, outcome-driven partnerships with vendors capable of delivering high-level analytical, programmatic, and operational services in complex, multi-stakeholder environments. He works closely with prime contractors who demonstrate strong local engagement and technical proficiency in cross-sectoral development programming. Smith’s procurement activity is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects USAID/Indonesia’s strategic emphasis on accessing the broadest possible talent pool to meet high-demand technical requirements, rather than prioritizing socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs. His approach prioritizes merit-based selection grounded in technical merit and value delivery over socioeconomic categorization. His primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541990 (All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services) and 541618/541690 (Management and Technical Consulting Services), reflecting his specialization in securing expert advisory services for health system strengthening, public sector reform, and environmental resilience initiatives. He also regularly procures personal services under NAICS 812990 to support on-the-ground program implementation. His domain expertise centers on development programming requiring deep technical knowledge in global health, governance, and climate adaptation.