Linda Maher

Linda Maher serves as an Acquisition Specialist with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)/West Bank and Gaza Mission, where she plays a pivotal role in executing complex procurement actions aligned with the agency’s mission of advancing sustainable development and humanitarian stability. She manages the full lifecycle of acquisitions for professional, scientific, and technical services critical to infrastructure rehabilitation, institutional capacity building, and civil works initiatives. Her work directly supports USAID’s strategic objectives by ensuring timely, compliant, and high-impact contracting for technical assistance programs in water and sanitation, urban infrastructure, and governance reform. Linda collaborates with a diverse range of international and domestic contractors specializing in engineering, project management, and institutional development services. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages firms with demonstrated expertise in fragile and conflict-affected environments, prioritizing vendors with proven experience in Middle Eastern contexts and adaptive program delivery. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, rigorous vendor evaluation, and adherence to federal acquisition regulations, fostering transparent and accountable partnerships. Linda’s procurement patterns reflect a strong preference for open competition, with 100% of her acquisitions awarded without set-aside designations. This indicates a strategic focus on maximizing competition and selecting the most qualified providers regardless of socioeconomic status, rather than targeting specific categories such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB. Her approach underscores mission-critical requirements over socioeconomic preferences, aligning with USAID’s operational imperatives in high-risk environments. Her primary procurement focus is on NAICS 541990—All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services—encompassing technical advisory services, monitoring and evaluation, institutional strengthening, and specialized civil works consulting. She routinely procures expertise in water resource management, urban planning, public financial management, and conflict-sensitive development, demonstrating deep domain knowledge in complex, multi-stakeholder operational settings.