Lucrece Boko

Lucrece Boko serves as an Acquisition and Assistance Assistant at USAID/Benin, supporting the agency’s mission to advance sustainable development through strategic procurement of technical assistance and institutional capacity-building services. In this role, Boko facilitates the full lifecycle of acquisition and assistance instruments, including task orders, cooperative agreements, and contracts, with a focus on aligning procurement actions with USAID’s priorities in public health, youth livelihoods, and governance. Boko works closely with program officers and finance teams to ensure compliance with federal acquisition regulations and USAID’s development objectives, ensuring that contracting actions directly support local partner engagement and long-term resilience outcomes. While no specific contractor relationships are currently identifiable in the dataset, Boko’s procurement activities consistently engage a diverse pool of consulting firms, technical service providers, and implementation partners with expertise in public administration and health systems strengthening. The working relationship pattern reflects a preference for experienced, locally rooted entities capable of delivering context-specific solutions, often in collaboration with international technical experts and Beninese civil society organizations. Boko’s procurement portfolio reflects a strong orientation toward open competition, with 100% of awards issued under the “No Set-Aside” category. This indicates a focus on merit-based selection rather than socioeconomic set-asides, prioritizing technical capability and program alignment over demographic-based contracting preferences. The primary NAICS categories under Boko’s purview include 541611 (Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services), reflecting a heavy emphasis on strategic planning and institutional advisory services, alongside 923120 (Administration of Public Health Programs) and 923130 (Administration of Human Resource Programs), underscoring expertise in public sector capacity development. Additional activity in 812990 (All Other Personal Services) highlights procurement of specialized technical personnel for short-term assignments, reinforcing a demand-driven, results-oriented acquisition approach.