Michael B Gushue

Michael B. Gushue serves as a Contracting Officer within the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Office of Management and Administrative Affairs (7200AA), where he leads the acquisition of professional and technical services critical to advancing global development objectives. His portfolio centers on strategic procurement activities that support governance reform, institutional capacity building, and policy advisory initiatives in partner nations. Gushue manages full lifecycle contracts—from solicitation through award and administration—ensuring compliance with FAR, DFARS, and USAID’s Acquisition Regulation, while aligning procurements with the Agency’s mission of strengthening public sector institutions abroad. His primary contractor relationship is with AMD International Technologies LLC, a key vendor providing specialized technical assistance and program support services. Gushue consistently engages this contractor to deliver high-value, mission-critical services, reflecting a pattern of sustained, performance-based partnerships built on demonstrated expertise in international development programming. His contracting approach emphasizes vendor reliability, technical proficiency, and alignment with USAID’s long-term institutional goals rather than transactional engagements. Gushue’s procurement activity shows no use of socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a deliberate strategy to prioritize technical merit and programmatic fit over socioeconomic classifications, ensuring access to the broadest possible pool of qualified providers capable of delivering complex, high-stakes international development services. His acquisitions are exclusively categorized under NAICS 541990—All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services—focusing on non-clinical, non-construction advisory services such as governance diagnostics, electoral support, public financial management, and democratic engagement technical assistance. Gushue’s expertise lies in procuring specialized consulting services that require deep contextual knowledge of political systems, institutional frameworks, and development economics in fragile and transitioning environments.