Mariamawit Girma

Mariamawit Girma serves as an Acquisition & Assistance Management Specialist at USAID/Ethiopia, where she plays a pivotal role in designing and managing procurement strategies that align with the agency’s mission of advancing sustainable development and humanitarian outcomes. She oversees the full lifecycle of acquisitions for technical assistance, institutional capacity building, and program implementation support, ensuring compliance with federal regulations and USAID’s development objectives. Her work primarily involves non-construction contracts for professional services that strengthen public health systems, education infrastructure, and governance frameworks across Ethiopia. Mariamawit collaborates with a diverse array of international and local service providers, including consulting firms, research institutions, and technical implementers, to deliver high-impact development programs. While no specific contractor relationships are currently identifiable in the data, her procurement patterns reflect a preference for experienced, mission-aligned partners capable of delivering context-specific solutions in complex operating environments. She fosters collaborative, performance-based vendor relationships grounded in transparency, accountability, and adaptive management principles. Her contracting portfolio shows no preference for socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic emphasis on selecting the most qualified providers regardless of business size or certification status, while still adhering to all applicable federal procurement laws. Her approach prioritizes technical merit and programmatic impact over socioeconomic preferences, consistent with USAID’s global operational standards. Mariamawit’s procurement focus is concentrated in NAICS 541990 (All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services), which encompasses technical advisory services, monitoring and evaluation, and capacity-building support. She also regularly procures administrative management consulting (541611) and general support services (561990), including printing and communications services (323117). Her domain expertise lies in health systems strengthening, mental health programming, and governance innovation, making her a key liaison between technical teams and contracting operations to ensure procurement aligns with development outcomes.