Zhannat Koxalova

Zhannat Koxalova serves as an Acquisition Specialist with USAID/Central Asia/Kazakhstan, where she plays a pivotal role in executing technical assistance contracts aligned with U.S. foreign assistance objectives. Her responsibilities include managing the full lifecycle of procurements for professional services supporting governance, health, education, and economic development initiatives across Central Asia. She ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations while prioritizing locally led, sustainable solutions that build institutional capacity. Koxalova specializes in complex, advisory-based acquisitions requiring deep technical expertise and cross-sector coordination, often involving multi-year performance-based contracts with rigorous monitoring and evaluation components. Koxalova collaborates primarily with international and local professional service providers offering technical advisory, capacity-building, and program implementation support. While no specific contractor names are currently identifiable in the data, her procurement patterns indicate consistent engagement with firms possessing demonstrated experience in public sector reform, nutrition programming, and enterprise development. Her working relationships emphasize performance transparency, local partner integration, and adherence to USAID’s principles of ownership and sustainability, fostering long-term vendor partnerships grounded in technical excellence and adaptive management. Her contracting approach reflects a strong preference for open competition, with 88.9% of awards issued without set-aside designations, indicating a focus on merit-based selection of the most qualified providers. Nevertheless, she consistently allocates 11.1% of awards to Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a deliberate commitment to expanding opportunities for small businesses with relevant technical capabilities in development services. Koxalova’s procurement portfolio is overwhelmingly concentrated in NAICS 541990 (All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services), reflecting her focus on non-clinical advisory services such as policy analysis, institutional strengthening, and monitoring and evaluation. She also regularly procures educational support services under NAICS 611710, including curriculum design, teacher training, and educational system diagnostics. Her expertise lies in securing high-impact technical assistance that enables local institutions to deliver improved public services with enduring impact.