Elisa P. Thiao

Elisa P. Thiao serves as a key procurement professional within USAID/Senegal, supporting the agency’s mission to advance sustainable development across West Africa through strategic contracting for capacity-building initiatives. She manages acquisitions centered on technical assistance, institutional strengthening, and program implementation, with a focus on professional training and organizational development services. Her work ensures that USAID’s partnerships with local institutions and regional stakeholders are effectively resourced through compliant, transparent, and results-driven contracting practices. Thiao typically handles performance-based service contracts requiring expert consultants, curriculum developers, and organizational advisors to support governance, public health, and climate resilience programs. Thiao’s contracting patterns reflect a preference for direct engagement with specialized professional service providers, including international development firms, academic institutions, and technical advisory organizations. While no specific contractor relationships are currently identifiable in the data, her portfolio consistently draws upon vendors with demonstrated expertise in adult learning methodologies, institutional assessment, and capacity-building frameworks. Her working relationships emphasize long-term collaboration with contractors who possess deep regional knowledge and culturally adaptive implementation approaches, ensuring program sustainability and local ownership. Thiao’s procurement activity shows a 100% preference for non-set-aside awards, indicating a focus on open competition and merit-based selection rather than socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs. This approach prioritizes technical competency and programmatic alignment over socioeconomic categorization, reflecting USAID/Senegal’s emphasis on outcome-driven procurement rather than compliance-driven contracting. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 611430 (Professional and Management Development Training) and 813920 (Professional Organizations), underscoring her specialization in designing and procuring leadership training, institutional governance programs, and technical assistance services delivered by expert networks. She routinely sources curriculum design, facilitation services, monitoring and evaluation frameworks, and organizational development consulting to strengthen public sector and civil society institutions across Senegal and the broader West African region.