Miriam Sanchez

Miriam Sanchez serves as a key procurement professional within USAID/Dominican Republic, supporting the agency’s mission to advance sustainable development through strategic contracting for technical assistance and institutional strengthening. She manages a portfolio of acquisitions focused on public sector reform, health system resilience, and private sector engagement, with particular emphasis on HIV/AIDS response, justice sector modernization, and government-to-government (G2G) capacity-building initiatives. Her work ensures that U.S. development assistance is delivered efficiently through performance-based contracts and cooperative agreements aligned with USAID’s streamlined acquisition policies and local stakeholder engagement frameworks. While specific contractor names are not publicly available, Sanchez routinely engages with international development firms, technical service providers, and local Dominican entities experienced in public administration, health systems strengthening, and governance reform. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for long-term, results-oriented partnerships with organizations capable of delivering adaptive, context-specific solutions, often through task orders under IDIQ vehicles or direct awards under simplified acquisition procedures. Miriam demonstrates a strong commitment to open competition, with 100% of her acquisitions classified as “No Set-Aside,” indicating a focus on merit-based selection rather than socioeconomic preferences. This approach aligns with USAID’s emphasis on technical excellence and programmatic impact over mandatory set-asides, though she maintains robust outreach to qualified local and regional vendors to ensure broad participation. Her procurement activities are centered on NAICS categories related to professional, scientific, and technical services—particularly those supporting health services, institutional capacity building, and governance advisory services. She regularly procures consulting services, training programs, monitoring and evaluation systems, and digital tools for public sector digitization, reflecting deep expertise in development programming and results-based management frameworks.