Juba OAA Health Team

Juba OAA Health Team operates as a key procurement function within USAID/South Sudan, responsible for managing acquisitions critical to sustaining humanitarian and diplomatic operations in one of the world’s most complex operating environments. Their role centers on securing essential services that ensure the continuity of U.S. government presence, with a focus on life-sustaining support systems, community-based health services, and infrastructure resilience. They handle sole-source and competitive solicitations under the Federal Acquisition Regulation, prioritizing rapid-response contracting to meet urgent operational needs while maintaining compliance with international development and humanitarian standards. The team works with a diverse array of service providers, including international NGOs, local implementing partners, and specialized technical consultants with deep field experience in South Sudan’s context. Vendor partnerships are typically performance-based, emphasizing operational reliability, cultural competency, and adaptive service delivery in insecure or resource-constrained settings. Relationships are often sustained over multiple award periods, reflecting a preference for proven capacity and institutional memory over frequent vendor rotation. The Juba OAA Health Team does not utilize socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of procurements conducted under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic emphasis on agility and access to specialized capabilities rather than socioeconomic targeting, though small businesses are not excluded and may compete on equal footing where they demonstrate requisite expertise. Their primary procurement activity falls under NAICS 624190, covering other individual and family services, including community health outreach, psychosocial support, nutrition programming, and mobile health services. They specialize in contracting for context-sensitive, locally adapted interventions that bridge gaps in public health infrastructure, often integrating gender-based violence response, maternal and child health, and emergency medical logistics. Their technical domain expertise lies in delivering high-impact, low-resource health services under extreme operational constraints.