Kornpreeya Paoluglam

Kornpreeya B. Paoluglam serves as a key procurement professional within the U.S. Agency for International Development/Afghanistan (USAID/Afghanistan), supporting the agency’s mission to advance sustainable development and institutional resilience through strategic acquisitions. Responsible for managing technical assistance and program support contracts, she facilitates the acquisition of professional services critical to governance, economic growth, education, and health system strengthening. Her work ensures that USAID/Afghanistan’s interventions are delivered efficiently and in alignment with U.S. foreign assistance objectives, with a primary focus on expert-led, results-driven contracting. Her contracting patterns reflect a reliance on broad-based professional and technical service providers, with no identified contractor relationships dominating her portfolio. She engages a diverse array of vendors—including international consulting firms, local Afghan implementing partners, and global technical specialists—often through competitive sealed bidding and task order mechanisms under indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) vehicles. Her approach emphasizes transparency, performance-based outcomes, and compliance with federal acquisition regulations. Kornpreeya’s procurement activity shows no use of socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of acquisitions conducted under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic alignment with USAID’s operational context in Afghanistan, where the local small business ecosystem may be limited, and mission-critical expertise often resides with international or large-scale providers. Her contracting practices prioritize technical capability and programmatic impact over socioeconomic preferences. Her primary NAICS focus is 541990 (All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services), indicating deep engagement in advisory services, monitoring and evaluation, capacity building, and policy analysis. Secondary activity in commercial construction (236220) and infrastructure (237310) underscores her involvement in facility upgrades and public works supporting institutional development. Her expertise lies in procuring complex, non-commodity services that require specialized technical knowledge and adaptive implementation in fragile environments.