Jaimy Lewis

Jaimy Lewis serves as a procurement professional within the U.S. Agency for International Development/Ukraine (USAID/Ukraine), supporting the agency’s mission to strengthen democratic governance, economic resilience, and public health infrastructure through targeted technical assistance. Responsible for managing the full lifecycle of acquisition actions, Lewis oversees the solicitation, evaluation, and award of contracts aligned with USAID’s strategic priorities in institutional reform, civil society capacity building, and public service modernization. Their portfolio primarily consists of professional, scientific, and technical services contracts, ensuring that Ukraine’s recovery and development efforts are supported by expert-led, evidence-based interventions. Lewis engages with a diverse range of contractors, including international consulting firms, local Ukrainian NGOs, and global technical service providers specializing in governance, anti-corruption, and public financial management. These partnerships are typically formed through competitive sealed bidding and request for proposals processes, emphasizing transparency, value, and alignment with U.S. foreign policy objectives. While no single contractor dominates the portfolio, Lewis consistently prioritizes vendors with demonstrated expertise in post-conflict institutional strengthening and adaptive program implementation. Lewis’s contracting approach reflects a strong preference for open competition, with 100% of acquisitions classified as “No Set-Aside,” indicating a focus on merit-based selection rather than socioeconomic set-asides. This reflects USAID/Ukraine’s operational context, where the urgency of reform and the need for specialized technical capacity often outweigh traditional small business preference programs. The primary NAICS code utilized is 541990, encompassing all other professional, scientific, and technical services. This underscores a focus on high-skill, knowledge-intensive services such as institutional diagnostics, policy design, training curriculum development, and monitoring and evaluation frameworks—core components of USAID’s capacity-building strategy in Ukraine.