Kadidia Traore

Kadidia J. Traore serves as a Personnel Specialist at USAID/Mali, where she plays a critical role in supporting the agency’s human capital and institutional strengthening initiatives. Her responsibilities include managing personnel-related acquisitions to ensure the recruitment, retention, and capacity development of local and international staff essential to USAID’s mission. She routinely handles procurements for professional services related to human resources management, organizational development, and technical assistance in governance and education sectors, aligning procurement activities with USAID’s strategic priorities of empowering Malian institutions and advancing gender equity. While no specific contractor relationships are currently identified in the data, Traore’s procurement patterns reflect a preference for engaging firms offering specialized personnel and technical support services. She collaborates with a diverse range of service providers, including local Malian consultancies and international firms with expertise in public sector capacity building, fostering partnerships grounded in performance-based outcomes and local ownership. Traore’s contracting activity is overwhelmingly non-set-aside, with 95.2% of awards issued through open competition, indicating a strong emphasis on merit-based selection. However, she maintains a consistent, albeit modest, commitment to small business participation, with 4.8% of awards directed to 8(a) certified firms, reflecting alignment with federal socioeconomic goals without compromising programmatic rigor. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541990 (All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services), which encompasses advisory services in governance, education, and gender programming. She also regularly procures services under NAICS 812990 (All Other Personal Services), including training, coaching, and administrative support. Her technical domain expertise centers on human capital development, institutional resilience, and community-based programming, ensuring that acquisitions directly advance USAID/Mali’s mission of sustainable, locally-led development.