Mervat W. Nakhla

Mervat W. Nakhla serves as an Acquisition Agent with the U.S. Agency for International Development/Egypt (USAID/Egypt), where she plays a pivotal role in executing procurement strategies that align with the agency’s mission of advancing sustainable development and institutional capacity building. She manages the full lifecycle of acquisition activities for technical assistance programs, including consulting services, training initiatives, and capacity-building interventions in governance, economic resilience, education, and public health. Her work ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations and USAID’s unique foreign assistance procurement policies, facilitating timely and effective delivery of development outcomes through strategic vendor engagement. Mervat collaborates closely with a diverse array of international and local contractors, including development consulting firms, technical service providers, and Egyptian-based implementers with deep regional expertise. She fosters long-term partnerships with vendors capable of delivering context-specific solutions, often working with organizations that have demonstrated success in adaptive program management and stakeholder engagement across complex operating environments. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based contracting, outcome measurement, and local ownership, encouraging contractors to integrate community feedback and institutional learning into program delivery. While specific set-aside data is not available, Mervat’s procurement practices reflect USAID/Egypt’s broader commitment to inclusive economic participation, regularly prioritizing opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises, including those owned by women and youth. She actively promotes socioeconomic inclusion by encouraging eligibility for programs such as 8(a), HUBZone, and SDVOSB certifications where applicable under U.S. and host-country legal frameworks, ensuring equitable access to development contracting opportunities. Her primary procurement focus centers on NAICS categories related to management consulting, professional training, technical assistance, and institutional strengthening services. She routinely procures expertise in public sector reform, workforce development, private sector engagement, and health system strengthening, relying on contractors with proven experience in design, implementation, and evaluation of multi-year development programs in emerging economies.