Eng. Dalal Elewah

Eng. Dalal Elewah serves as a key procurement lead within USAID/Jordan, overseeing the acquisition of critical infrastructure and technical services aligned with the agency’s mission to advance water security and institutional resilience. She manages a diverse portfolio of contracts focused on water and sewer line construction, institutional building projects, and professional engineering consulting services. Her role ensures that procurement activities directly support sustainable water resource management, pipeline rehabilitation, and capacity-building initiatives across Jordan’s public utilities and local governance structures. She is responsible for ensuring compliance with U.S. foreign assistance regulations while aligning acquisitions with USAID’s development objectives and local stakeholder needs. Eng. Elewah works with a broad spectrum of contractors, including international engineering firms, regional construction specialists, and local technical consultants with proven expertise in water infrastructure and institutional development. Her procurement patterns reflect a preference for experienced vendors capable of delivering complex, multi-phase civil works and professional services under challenging operational environments. She fosters long-term partnerships with firms that demonstrate technical proficiency in hydraulic modeling, water loss reduction technologies, and infrastructure resilience engineering, ensuring that contract performance aligns with both U.S. standards and Jordanian regulatory frameworks. Eng. Elewah’s contracting portfolio is entirely non-set-aside, reflecting a strategic focus on technical merit and performance capability over socioeconomic preferences. While she does not prioritize 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB set-asides, her procurement process emphasizes competitive bidding and value-based selection to ensure the highest quality outcomes for mission-critical infrastructure projects. This approach underscores a commitment to efficiency and impact, prioritizing contractor qualifications and proven track records in water sector development. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 237110 for water and sewer line construction, complemented by significant activity in commercial building construction (236220) and professional technical services (541990). She routinely procures services related to pump station rehabilitation, water network optimization, and engineering consulting for public utility modernization, demonstrating deep domain expertise in water infrastructure lifecycle management and institutional strengthening.