Kerry West

Kerry West serves as a Contracting Officer for USAID/Central Asia/Kazakhstan (Agency Code: 720115), responsible for managing the full lifecycle of procurement actions that advance U.S. foreign assistance goals in governance, health, education, and economic development. In this role, Kerry executes complex technical service acquisitions aligned with the agency’s mission of fostering locally led, sustainable solutions across Central Asia. Her portfolio primarily consists of professional, scientific, and technical services contracts designed to build institutional capacity, enhance public service delivery, and support enterprise competitiveness through expert advisory services, data-driven analysis, and capacity-building initiatives. Kerry cultivates strategic partnerships with a diverse array of international and domestic professional services firms, including consulting organizations, research institutions, and technical implementation partners with demonstrated expertise in development programming. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages vendors with proven track records in cross-cultural program delivery, monitoring and evaluation, and institutional strengthening. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, rigorous compliance with FAR and USAID supplements, and collaboration with implementing partners to ensure alignment with host-country priorities. Kerry’s procurement activity reflects a strong preference for open competition, with 100% of her awards issued under non-set-aside conditions. This underscores a strategic focus on selecting the most qualified providers based on technical merit and value, rather than socioeconomic designations. While she does not routinely utilize 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB set-asides, her process remains transparent and competitive, ensuring equitable access for all eligible vendors. Her primary NAICS focus is 541990—All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services—reflecting a deep specialization in procuring advisory services related to public sector reform, nutrition programming, education system strengthening, and private sector development. Kerry’s expertise lies in structuring performance-based contracts for technical assistance, training, policy analysis, and monitoring and evaluation services that require high levels of subject-matter expertise and adaptive management in complex operating environments.