Marilynn E. Bianco

Marilynn E. Bianco serves as a Contracting Officer for the U.S. Agency for International Development in Pakistan, where she leads the acquisition and management of technical assistance contracts critical to advancing sustainable development and institutional capacity building. Her portfolio encompasses performance monitoring and evaluation, policy advisory services, leadership training, and infrastructure support initiatives, all aligned with USAID/Pakistan’s mission of fostering local ownership and long-term resilience. She exercises full contracting authority under the Federal Acquisition Regulation, ensuring compliance with international development standards and U.S. government procurement policies while prioritizing transparency, accountability, and measurable outcomes. Bianco collaborates closely with a diverse array of international and local service providers, including technical consultants, research institutions, and civil society organizations with deep regional expertise. Her working relationships are characterized by a preference for partners who demonstrate strong local engagement, adaptive management capabilities, and proven experience in complex development environments. She frequently engages firms with prior USAID experience and maintains a collaborative, performance-based approach to contract administration, emphasizing deliverables over inputs. While specific socioeconomic set-aside data is not currently available, Bianco adheres to USAID’s overarching commitment to inclusive procurement, actively encouraging participation from small businesses, women-owned enterprises, and locally registered Pakistani entities. Her contracting practices reflect a deliberate effort to build local procurement capacity and promote equitable access to development funding, consistent with U.S. government socioeconomic goals and host-country partnership principles. Her primary procurement focus lies within NAICS categories related to management consulting, technical assistance, and institutional strengthening services, particularly in governance, economic policy, and social development sectors. She routinely acquires performance evaluation frameworks, training curricula, data analytics tools, and capacity-building programs tailored to Pakistani public institutions, demonstrating deep expertise in development-focused contracting and results-oriented procurement strategies.