May Bringula

May Bringula serves as Office Secretary for USAID/Philippines, providing critical administrative and operational support to the agency’s procurement and contracting functions. In this role, she facilitates the end-to-end lifecycle of acquisition activities, ensuring compliance with federal regulations and USAID’s procedural guidelines. While not a contracting officer, she is a key liaison between program offices and vendors, managing documentation, coordinating contract actions, and maintaining procurement records essential to transparent and efficient acquisitions. Her work underpins the agency’s mission to deliver technical assistance and institutional capacity-building programs by enabling timely and compliant procurement of professional services. May works closely with a broad network of professional service providers, including consultants, technical advisors, and support firms that deliver expertise in governance, financial management, and climate resilience. Though no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she regularly interfaces with firms offering strategic advisory services, training implementation, and operational support. Her role involves vetting proposals, coordinating evaluations, and ensuring vendor communications align with USAID’s standards, fostering collaborative and accountable vendor relationships grounded in transparency and performance-based outcomes. May’s procurement patterns reflect a strong preference for open competition, with 100% of acquisitions conducted without set-aside designations. This underscores a commitment to merit-based selection and broad market access, prioritizing technical capability and value over socioeconomic categorizations. While she does not exclusively target 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB firms, her processes remain fully compliant with all applicable socioeconomic requirements, ensuring equitable opportunity for all qualified vendors. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541990 (All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services), reflecting a heavy reliance on expert consulting for institutional strengthening and public administration reform. She also procures related services under NAICS 541690 and 561990, including technical consulting and administrative support, consistently aligning acquisitions with USAID’s strategic priorities in governance, economic growth, and climate adaptation.