Joy Burriss

Joy A. Burriss serves as an Acquisition & Assistance Specialist at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), operating under agency code 7200AA, where she plays a pivotal role in executing strategic procurement and assistance instruments to advance international development objectives. She manages the full lifecycle of non-procurement and procurement actions, primarily supporting governance reform, institutional capacity building, and policy advisory initiatives. Her portfolio centers on professional services contracts and cooperative agreements designed to strengthen public sector institutions in partner nations, with a focus on technical assistance, democratic engagement, and emergency response coordination. Burriss ensures alignment between acquisition strategies and USAID’s mission to foster sustainable development through evidence-based, results-driven interventions. Burriss maintains a primary working relationship with AMD INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, a key contractor providing high-level management consulting and technical support services. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for established, mission-aligned vendors with demonstrated expertise in public sector reform and institutional strengthening. She engages with a limited but consistent set of contractors who possess deep domain knowledge in governance and administrative systems, fostering long-term, performance-based partnerships rather than transactional procurement cycles. Burriss’s procurement portfolio reflects a 100% non-set-aside orientation, indicating a focus on competitive, open procurement processes rather than socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs. While small business participation is not formally prioritized in her award patterns, her approach emphasizes value, technical competency, and mission fit over socioeconomic categorization, consistent with USAID’s global development mandate requiring specialized, often large-scale expertise. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541611 (Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services), accounting for half of her activity, followed by NAICS 921140 (Executive and Legislative Offices, Combined) and NAICS 541990 (All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services). She routinely procures strategic advisory services, institutional diagnostics, governance assessments, and policy implementation support, demonstrating deep expertise in public administration, democratic governance, and development management frameworks.