Jessica R. Faber

Jessica Faber serves as a procurement specialist within the U.S. Agency for International Development/Ukraine (USAID/Ukraine), where she manages technical assistance acquisitions aligned with the agency’s mission of advancing democratic governance, economic resilience, and public service modernization. Her responsibilities include planning, soliciting, and awarding contracts for professional services that support institutional reform, civil society capacity building, and post-conflict recovery initiatives. She primarily handles non-construction professional services requiring specialized expertise in governance, economic policy, and public administration, ensuring alignment with U.S. foreign assistance objectives and compliance with federal acquisition regulations. Faber collaborates with a diverse array of international and domestic consulting firms, including think tanks, research institutions, and technical service providers with deep regional expertise. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for firms with demonstrated experience in Eastern European institutional contexts, often engaging vendors with prior USAID project experience and proven track records in adaptive management and results-based monitoring. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently works with entities capable of delivering flexible, evidence-driven technical support under dynamic operational conditions. Faber’s procurement strategy reflects a 100% non-set-aside approach, indicating a focus on competitive, open solicitations rather than socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs. This reflects the nature of her acquisitions, which prioritize technical qualifications and regional expertise over socioeconomic criteria, though small businesses are not excluded and may compete on equal footing when they meet the required capabilities. Her primary NAICS focus is on 541690 (Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services) and 541990 (All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services), underscoring her specialization in governance advisory, anti-corruption programming, public financial management, and private sector development consulting. She procures services ranging from policy analysis and institutional diagnostics to training design and monitoring & evaluation frameworks, requiring deep domain knowledge in transitional governance and development economics.