Jacqueline M. Mirembe

Jacqueline M. Mirembe serves as an Acquisition and Assistance Assistant at USAID/Uganda, supporting the agency’s mission to build sustainable development and institutional resilience through strategic procurement and assistance instruments. In her role, she facilitates the full lifecycle of acquisition processes for professional services, ensuring alignment with U.S. government regulations and USAID’s local capacity-building priorities. She primarily handles non-construction contracts under the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Agency for International Development Acquisition Regulation (AIDAR), with a focus on technical assistance, monitoring and evaluation, and program implementation support. Her work directly enables evidence-based programming in health systems, governance, and ecosystem management, ensuring that procurement actions advance self-reliance and localized service delivery. Jacqueline collaborates with a diverse range of international and local service providers, including technical consultants, research institutions, and implementation partners with deep domain expertise in public health and institutional strengthening. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages firms with proven track records in USAID-funded initiatives, fostering long-term partnerships grounded in performance, transparency, and compliance. Her approach emphasizes vendor accountability, outcome-driven deliverables, and adherence to U.S. government standards for ethical procurement. Jacqueline’s procurement patterns reflect a strong preference for open competition, with 100% of her acquisitions designated as “No Set-Aside.” This reflects a strategic emphasis on selecting the most qualified providers based on technical merit and value, rather than socioeconomic categories. While she does not prioritize 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB set-asides, her processes remain fully compliant with all applicable socioeconomic regulations and encourage broad market participation. Her primary procurement focus is on NAICS 541990—All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services—encompassing technical advisory services, data analytics, performance monitoring, and capacity-building support. She routinely procures expertise in health systems strengthening, particularly under PEPFAR-aligned initiatives, as well as governance diagnostics and environmental sustainability assessments, ensuring that USAID/Uganda’s interventions are grounded in rigorous, locally informed evidence.