Jessica L Schubel

Jessica L. Schubel serves as a Contract Specialist within the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), operating under agency code 7200AA, where she plays a pivotal role in executing strategic procurement actions that advance global development objectives. She manages the full lifecycle of professional services contracts, ensuring alignment with USAID’s mission to strengthen institutional capacity, governance, and economic resilience in partner nations. Her acquisitions primarily support technical assistance, policy advisory services, and institutional strengthening initiatives, requiring rigorous compliance with federal acquisition regulations and international development standards. Schubel’s work directly enables USAID’s operational effectiveness by securing high-quality, mission-critical expertise from qualified vendors. Schubel maintains a consistent working relationship with AMD INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, a primary contractor providing specialized professional services in support of USAID’s technical assistance programs. Her procurement patterns reflect a preference for established, experienced firms capable of delivering complex, multi-year advisory services across diverse geopolitical contexts. While she collaborates with a limited number of key vendors, her contracting approach emphasizes performance accountability, compliance, and mission alignment over volume-based procurement, fostering long-term, results-driven partnerships. Schubel’s contracting portfolio reflects a 100% non-set-aside approach, with no utilization of 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or other socioeconomic set-asides. This reflects a deliberate focus on sourcing the most technically capable providers to meet the high-complexity demands of international development programming, prioritizing expertise and proven performance over socioeconomic criteria. Her approach underscores the agency’s need for specialized, often global, talent that may not be widely available among small business concerns in this niche domain. Her procurement activities are exclusively focused on NAICS 541990—All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services—encompassing governance reform, democratic engagement, emergency response coordination, and institutional capacity building. She procures services including policy analysis, training design, monitoring and evaluation frameworks, and technical advisory support, requiring deep domain knowledge in international development, public administration, and cross-cultural program implementation.