Ivette Collado

Ivette Collado serves as a Human Resources Assistant at USAID/Dominican Republic, supporting the agency’s mission to strengthen public sector institutions through targeted capacity-building initiatives. In her procurement role, she facilitates the acquisition of professional services essential to human resources modernization, workforce development, and institutional governance programs. She collaborates closely with program officers to translate technical requirements into solicitation documents, ensuring alignment with USAID’s strategic priorities in public sector reform and G2G partnerships. Her acquisitions primarily support personnel training, organizational development, and administrative services critical to sustaining long-term institutional resilience. Collado works with a diverse array of professional service providers, including international consulting firms, local Dominican HR specialists, and technical assistance contractors with expertise in public administration and workforce systems. Her working relationships are characterized by a focus on long-term, performance-based engagements rather than transactional procurement, emphasizing outcomes such as improved civil service efficiency and leadership capacity. She maintains collaborative, transparent vendor interactions grounded in compliance with federal acquisition regulations and USAID’s development objectives. Collado’s procurement activity reflects a strong preference for open competition, with 100% of her acquisitions conducted without set-asides. While she does not routinely prioritize 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB certifications, her approach supports equitable access by encouraging broad participation from qualified local and international firms. Her contracting patterns reflect a commitment to merit-based selection and technical merit over socioeconomic preferences, consistent with USAID’s emphasis on results-driven partnerships. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541990 (All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services), where she sources expertise in organizational diagnostics, HR policy design, and public sector training systems. She also procures personal services under NAICS 812990, including short-term technical advisors and administrative support personnel. Her domain expertise centers on human capital development, institutional strengthening, and government-to-government capacity-building initiatives aligned with USAID’s HIV/AIDS response and justice sector modernization goals.