Evelyn Meena

Evelyn Meena serves as a key procurement professional within USAID/Tanzania, supporting the agency’s mission to strengthen health, education, economic growth, and governance systems through expert technical and advisory services. She manages the acquisition lifecycle for specialized consulting contracts designed to build local institutional capacity and improve public service delivery. Her portfolio primarily focuses on securing high-caliber professional services from consultants and technical firms with deep expertise in public health, water and sanitation, and governance reform. Evelyn ensures all procurements align with U.S. foreign assistance priorities and comply with federal acquisition regulations, emphasizing performance-based outcomes and measurable development impact. Evelyn collaborates with a diverse array of international and local service providers, including consulting firms specializing in epidemiology, public policy design, and infrastructure engineering. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for performance-driven, results-oriented engagements with firms that demonstrate proven experience in sub-Saharan African contexts. She fosters long-term partnerships with vendors capable of delivering adaptive, context-sensitive solutions, often through task-order contracts and indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity mechanisms. Her approach prioritizes technical competence, local engagement, and sustainability over transactional procurement. Evelyn’s procurement activities are entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of awards issued under open competition. This reflects USAID/Tanzania’s strategic emphasis on selecting the most qualified global experts regardless of socioeconomic status, prioritizing technical merit and programmatic impact over socioeconomic preferences. While small business participation is not formally incentivized through set-asides, she remains open to qualified small firms that meet rigorous performance and domain expertise criteria. Her primary procurement focus is on NAICS 541990—All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services—encompassing a wide range of technical advisory roles including malaria vector control, WASH system strengthening, and institutional capacity building. She routinely procures services from experts in public health surveillance, economic policy analysis, and governance diagnostics, ensuring that technical assistance directly supports USAID’s long-term development objectives in Tanzania.