Justine Kibabu

Justine Kibabu serves as a Regional Acquisition & Assistance Specialist for USAID/Afghanistan (720306), where she plays a pivotal role in executing the agency’s mission of sustainable development and institutional capacity building. Responsible for managing the full lifecycle of procurement and assistance instruments, she specializes in securing technical consulting services that support governance, economic growth, education, and health system strengthening. Her acquisitions are strategically aligned with USAID’s programmatic priorities, ensuring that contract awards directly enable expert-led interventions and local empowerment initiatives across Afghanistan’s diverse operational environments. Kibabu collaborates with a broad spectrum of international and local consulting firms specializing in public sector reform, program design, and monitoring and evaluation. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages firms with proven expertise in institutional capacity building and adaptive management. Her working relationships are characterized by a focus on performance-based outcomes, technical rigor, and alignment with USAID’s standards for accountability and transparency in development programming. Kibabu’s contracting patterns reflect a strong preference for open competition, with 100% of her acquisitions conducted without set-aside designations such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB. This approach prioritizes technical merit and global expertise over socioeconomic preferences, consistent with the unique operational context and limited local vendor capacity in Afghanistan. While small business participation is not formally targeted, she ensures competitive fairness and adherence to FAR principles across all solicitations. Her primary procurement focus lies within NAICS 541611—Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services—reflecting her specialization in securing high-level advisory services for program design, performance measurement, and organizational development. She routinely procures technical assistance for governance reform, public financial management, civil society engagement, and results-based monitoring, demonstrating deep expertise in development consulting and adaptive program implementation.