Farrah Musoke

Farrah Musoke serves as an Acquisition Specialist with USAID/Uganda, where she plays a pivotal role in executing strategic procurements aligned with the agency’s mission to build sustainable development and institutional resilience. She manages the full lifecycle of acquisitions for technical assistance, monitoring and evaluation, and localized service delivery initiatives, primarily supporting health systems strengthening under PEPFAR, governance reform, and ecosystem management programs. Her work ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations while advancing USAID’s goal of fostering local ownership and self-reliance through transparent, results-driven contracting. Farrah collaborates with a diverse range of international and local vendors, including professional services firms specializing in public health analytics, IT infrastructure support, and transit logistics. She cultivates long-term partnerships with contractors capable of delivering context-specific solutions in complex operational environments, emphasizing performance-based outcomes and adaptive management. Her procurement approach prioritizes technical competence, local capacity, and scalability, often engaging firms with proven experience in East African development contexts. Farrah’s contracting portfolio reflects a strong preference for open competition, with 100% of her acquisitions classified as “No Set-Aside.” While she does not routinely utilize socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs, her processes remain fully compliant with FAR requirements and emphasize merit-based selection. Her focus is on securing high-impact services rather than socioeconomic targeting, ensuring that procurement decisions are driven by technical merit and programmatic alignment. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541990 for professional and scientific services, including M&E frameworks, data analytics, and capacity-building support; NAICS 423430 for computer hardware and software procurement; and NAICS 485999 for specialized ground transportation logistics. These reflect her domain expertise in health information systems, digital tools for governance, and mobility solutions for field operations in remote regions.