Susan Scott-Vargas

Susan Scott-Vargas serves as a Contracting Officer for USAID/Jamaica (Agency Code: 720532), where she is responsible for managing the full lifecycle of procurement actions supporting the agency’s mission to advance sustainable development and institutional resilience across the Caribbean. She oversees the acquisition of professional, scientific, and technical services critical to strengthening governance, public health systems, and democratic institutions. Her portfolio primarily includes complex, performance-based contracts for capacity-building initiatives, technical assistance, and regional coordination programs, ensuring alignment with U.S. foreign policy objectives and compliance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation and USAID’s Automated Directives System. While no specific contractor relationships are currently identifiable in the dataset, Ms. Scott-Vargas engages with a diverse range of service providers, including international consulting firms, local Caribbean-based technical experts, and U.S.-based nonprofit implementers. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance outcomes, rigorous monitoring, and compliance with donor accountability standards, fostering long-term partnerships grounded in transparency and results-driven delivery. Ms. Scott-Vargas maintains a 100% non-set-aside procurement posture, indicating a preference for full and open competition without socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB. This reflects the nature of her acquisitions, which often require specialized technical expertise not readily available among small business concerns in the region, though she remains committed to equitable access and fair competition under FAR Part 6. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541990 (All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services), encompassing program evaluation, policy analysis, and institutional strengthening services. She also procures fiduciary and custodial services under NAICS 523991, supporting financial management and grant administration for USAID-funded initiatives. Her domain expertise centers on public sector reform, HIV/AIDS program management, and governance systems, making her a key facilitator of technically complex, mission-critical acquisitions in the Caribbean context.