Fatoumah Bah

Fatoumah Bah serves as a key procurement lead within the USAID/Guinea/Sierra Leone office, supporting the agency’s mission to strengthen democratic governance, public health resilience, and conflict prevention across West Africa. In this role, she manages the acquisition of professional, scientific, and technical services critical to institutional capacity building, electoral integrity initiatives, and gender-based violence prevention programs. Her procurement activities are centered on securing expert technical assistance to empower local institutions, ensuring sustainable development outcomes aligned with U.S. foreign policy objectives. She oversees the full lifecycle of contract actions—from needs assessment and solicitation to award and performance monitoring—primarily for non-construction, service-based procurements that require specialized domain knowledge in governance and health security. While no specific contractor relationships are currently identified in the procurement record, Bah’s acquisitions are consistently awarded to firms providing high-level technical expertise in governance reform, data analytics for electoral systems, and public health program evaluation. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for experienced, mission-aligned service providers with demonstrated success in complex, multi-stakeholder environments across fragile states. She collaborates closely with USAID’s technical units to ensure contract requirements align with program objectives and local context. Bah’s procurement portfolio reflects a 100% preference for non-set-aside awards, indicating a focus on competitive, open bidding processes rather than socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs. This suggests an emphasis on selecting the most qualified technical providers regardless of business size or certification status, prioritizing mission impact over socioeconomic criteria. Her primary NAICS classification is 541990—All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services—reflecting her specialization in procuring advisory services related to democratic governance, institutional strengthening, human rights monitoring, and health systems resilience. She routinely sources consultants and technical firms capable of delivering policy analysis, training, stakeholder engagement, and monitoring & evaluation frameworks tailored to West African contexts.