Flavia Soares

Flavia Soares serves as a key procurement professional within the Millennium Challenge Corporation, supporting the agency’s mission to drive economic growth and poverty reduction through results-oriented development investments. She manages the acquisition of complex, large-scale infrastructure and institutional capacity-building services, primarily focused on mixed-mode transit systems that enhance mobility and economic access in partner nations. Her work ensures alignment with MCC’s strategic priorities of good governance, sustainable infrastructure, and public financial management reform, overseeing full lifecycle contracting from solicitation to closeout for mission-critical development programs. Soares maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of high-performing contractors, including TCG Inc., Norda Stelo Inc., DT Global Inc., Mathematica Inc., and 1901 Group, LLC. These partnerships are characterized by long-term engagement on technical assistance, monitoring and evaluation, infrastructure design, and institutional strengthening projects. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based contracting, outcome-driven deliverables, and rigorous compliance with MCC’s transparency and accountability standards, fostering collaborative, mission-aligned vendor relationships. Soares does not utilize socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of her acquisitions awarded under full and open competition. This reflects MCC’s institutional preference for selecting the most qualified global contractors based on technical merit and programmatic impact, rather than socioeconomic categorizations. While small business participation is not formally prioritized in her portfolio, all vendors are evaluated on their demonstrated capacity to deliver high-quality, scalable development solutions. Her primary procurement focus is on NAICS 485111 (Mixed Mode Transit Systems), encompassing integrated public transportation planning, transit infrastructure design, system operations, and mobility analytics. She specializes in acquiring engineering, technical advisory, and implementation services that support sustainable urban mobility and regional connectivity initiatives in low-income countries, demonstrating deep expertise in development-focused transportation systems procurement.