Doreen Ocansey

Doreen Ocansey serves as a key procurement lead within the U.S. Agency for International Development/West Africa Regional Office, where she manages technical assistance contracts aligned with the agency’s mission of building institutional capacity across West Africa. She specializes in securing high-impact professional services that support program design, monitoring and evaluation, and cross-cutting technical advisory services in governance, public health, climate resilience, and economic development. Her acquisitions are strategically aligned with USAID’s emphasis on locally led development, ensuring that contracting mechanisms enable sustainable, evidence-based interventions delivered through regional expertise and local partner engagement. Ocansey collaborates with a diverse array of international and regional professional service providers, including consulting firms, research institutions, and technical advisory organizations with demonstrated experience in development programming. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, her procurement patterns reflect a preference for vendors with deep regional presence, subject-matter expertise in West African contexts, and proven capacity to deliver adaptive, results-oriented services. She fosters long-term, performance-based partnerships that prioritize accountability, innovation, and local ownership. Her contracting activity is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of acquisitions open to full and open competition under standard federal procurement rules. This reflects a strategic focus on selecting the most technically qualified providers regardless of socioeconomic status, prioritizing mission effectiveness over mandatory set-asides. While she does not routinely utilize 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs, her approach remains compliant with all applicable socioeconomic contracting policies. Ocansey’s procurement portfolio is concentrated under NAICS 541990—All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services—encompassing a wide range of advisory services including M&E frameworks, policy analysis, capacity building, and technical training. She routinely procures services that require advanced analytical capabilities, contextual expertise, and the ability to operate in complex, multi-stakeholder environments across West African nations.