Marcelle J. Wijesinghe

Marcelle J. Wijesinghe serves as a Contracting Officer with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), operating under agency code 7200AA, where she manages the acquisition of technical assistance and institutional capacity-building services critical to global development objectives. Her portfolio centers on supporting international governance reform, democratic engagement, and public sector strengthening through strategic procurement of professional, scientific, and technical services. She is responsible for end-to-end contract lifecycle management, including solicitation, evaluation, award, and administration, ensuring alignment with FAR, agency policies, and USAID’s mission to advance sustainable development abroad. Wijesinghe maintains a primary contracting relationship with AMD INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, a key vendor delivering specialized technical support for USAID’s governance and institutional development programs. Her procurement patterns reflect a preference for established, high-capacity contractors with proven expertise in international development contexts, though she also engages a limited but consistent number of small businesses. Her working relationships are characterized by a focus on performance-based outcomes, rigorous compliance, and long-term partnership development with firms capable of delivering complex, multi-year technical services across diverse geopolitical environments. Her set-aside preferences are overwhelmingly non-set-aside, with 92.3% of awards issued under full and open competition, reflecting a prioritization of technical merit and global scalability over socioeconomic set-asides. Only 7.7% of her awards utilize Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, indicating a targeted, rather than broad, commitment to small business participation, typically reserved for niche technical capabilities not readily available from large firms. Her primary NAICS focus is 541990 (All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services), encompassing policy advisory, institutional assessment, and capacity-building services. She also procures Custom Computer Programming Services (541511) and National Security-related technical support (928110), demonstrating expertise in integrating digital tools and security-sensitive functions into development programs. Her domain expertise lies in governance technology, data-driven decision systems, and emergency response coordination frameworks.