Indyra V. Gonzalez

Indyra V. Gonzalez serves as a key procurement professional within the U.S. Agency for International Development/Guatemala, supporting the agency’s mission to strengthen democratic governance, economic resilience, and social equity through targeted technical assistance. She manages the acquisition of professional, scientific, and technical services critical to institutional capacity building, policy reform, and public sector accountability initiatives. Her work directly enables USAID/Guatemala’s efforts in combating corruption, preventing gender-based violence, and empowering civil society organizations through evidence-based interventions and local system strengthening. She handles complex, performance-based contracts requiring deep subject-matter expertise in governance, rule of law, and development programming. Her contractor relationships are primarily with domestic and international professional services firms specializing in governance, monitoring and evaluation, institutional diagnostics, and technical advisory services. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages firms with demonstrated experience in Latin American institutional contexts, particularly those capable of delivering adaptive, locally led solutions. Her procurement approach emphasizes competitive, transparent processes that prioritize technical merit and local engagement over cost alone, fostering partnerships with organizations that align with USAID’s principles of ownership and sustainability. Indyra’s contracting activity is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of acquisitions awarded under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic decision to prioritize technical capability and programmatic impact over socioeconomic preferences, consistent with USAID’s global procurement guidelines for complex, mission-critical services. While small business participation is not formally targeted, vendors of all sizes are evaluated on their technical qualifications and ability to deliver in challenging environments. Her primary procurement focus is NAICS 541990—All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services—encompassing governance diagnostics, anti-corruption program design, civil society capacity assessments, and gender-responsive policy analysis. She procures high-level advisory services, data-driven monitoring systems, and stakeholder engagement frameworks essential to USAID’s long-term development outcomes in Guatemala.