Liliane Gatunange

Liliane Gatunange serves as a key procurement professional within USAID/Burundi, supporting the agency’s mission to strengthen public health systems through technical assistance and community-based programming. She manages the acquisition of professional, scientific, and technical services critical to advancing HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment initiatives, as well as community health monitoring and health system resilience efforts. Her work ensures that contracts align with USAID’s strategic priorities of local capacity building and sustainable development, primarily through performance-based, outcome-driven solicitations. She oversees the full lifecycle of acquisitions—from needs assessment and market research to contract award and closeout—ensuring compliance with federal regulations and USAID’s development objectives. While specific contractor names are not publicly available, Gatunange engages with a diverse range of international and local service providers specializing in public health technical assistance, data systems design, and community engagement. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for firms with demonstrated expertise in global health, epidemiological monitoring, and capacity-building programs, often partnering with organizations possessing on-the-ground experience in East African contexts. She fosters collaborative, long-term vendor relationships grounded in performance metrics and adaptive management principles. Gatunange’s procurement portfolio reflects a 100% non-set-aside orientation, indicating a focus on open competition rather than socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs. This approach prioritizes technical capability and programmatic alignment over socioeconomic criteria, aligning with USAID’s global operational model that emphasizes merit-based selection of the most qualified providers. Her primary procurement focus is under NAICS 541990—All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services—encompassing a wide array of health systems strengthening services, including behavioral change communication, health workforce training, supply chain optimization, and M&E system design. She specializes in procuring high-impact, evidence-based technical services that directly support USAID/Burundi’s integrated health programming and community-led outcomes.