Maya (G) Chelidze

Maya (G) Chelidze serves as an Acquisition Specialist with USAID/Caucasus–Georgia, where she plays a pivotal role in executing strategic procurement activities aligned with the agency’s mission to strengthen institutional capacity and promote sustainable development. She manages the full lifecycle of acquisitions for technical assistance and advisory services, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations and USAID’s adaptive program management framework. Her portfolio centers on professional consulting services that support governance reform, economic resilience, and green economy transitions, often involving complex, performance-based contracting approaches tailored to local context and stakeholder engagement. Maya collaborates with a diverse range of service providers, primarily professional consulting firms specializing in public sector reform, economic policy, and environmental management. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages firms with demonstrated expertise in institutional capacity building and adaptive program design. Her procurement approach emphasizes competitive solicitation, clear performance metrics, and local partner collaboration, fostering transparent and accountable vendor relationships that align with USAID’s emphasis on sustainability and ownership. Maya’s contracting patterns reflect a strong preference for open, non-set-aside competitions, with 100% of her acquisitions conducted under general competition. This underscores a strategic focus on merit-based selection rather than socioeconomic set-asides, prioritizing technical competence and programmatic alignment over vendor classification. While she does not routinely utilize 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB set-asides, her process remains inclusive, allowing all qualified firms—regardless of size or certification—to compete on equal footing. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541990 (All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services), with significant activity in management consulting (541611 and 541618) and technical consulting (541690), alongside limited engagement in environmental program administration (924110). She routinely procures services related to policy analysis, public financial management, climate-resilient agriculture, and institutional governance, demonstrating deep expertise in technical assistance contracting for development outcomes.