Ma. Belinda Y De La Torre

Ma. Belinda Y. De La Torre serves as a Senior Acquisition Specialist at USAID/Philippines, where she leads the end-to-end procurement lifecycle for technical assistance and capacity-building initiatives critical to the agency’s development mission. She manages complex contracts aligned with governance, economic growth, and climate resilience programs, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations and USAID’s development objectives. Her work directly supports institutional strengthening in public administration, financial management, and infrastructure by securing expert-led services that enhance local government and civil society capabilities. De La Torre specializes in non-construction professional services, coordinating requirements analysis, solicitation development, source selection, and contract administration to deliver high-impact, results-driven interventions. De La Torre collaborates with a diverse array of international and local professional service providers, including consulting firms, research institutions, and technical assistance vendors with deep expertise in development programming. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for experienced, mission-aligned partners capable of delivering adaptive, evidence-based solutions across multiple sectors. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages firms with proven track records in Philippine context-specific programming, fostering long-term partnerships grounded in performance, accountability, and local ownership. De La Torre’s procurement approach prioritizes open competition, with 100% of her acquisitions conducted without set-aside designations. This reflects a strategic focus on selecting the most qualified providers regardless of socioeconomic status, while still ensuring fair and transparent processes. Although she does not routinely utilize 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB set-asides, her evaluations emphasize technical merit, local presence, and demonstrated capacity to deliver sustainable outcomes. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541990 (All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services), with significant activity in 541690 (Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services) and 541618 (Other Management Consulting Services). She procures technical advisory services, institutional assessments, monitoring and evaluation frameworks, and policy analysis—core inputs to USAID’s mission of building resilient, self-reliant institutions in the Philippines.