Nabasirye Liz

Nabasirye Liz serves as an Acquisition and Assistance Assistant at USAID/Uganda, supporting the agency’s mission to build sustainable development and institutional resilience through strategic procurement of technical services. In this role, she facilitates the acquisition and assistance lifecycle for programs focused on health systems strengthening, governance, and ecosystem management, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations and USAID’s local capacity-building objectives. She primarily handles non-construction services requiring specialized technical expertise, with a strong emphasis on performance-based contracting and results-oriented deliverables aligned with U.S. foreign assistance priorities. Nabasirye collaborates with a diverse range of professional service providers, including international consulting firms, local Ugandan technical implementers, and research institutions. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, her work consistently engages firms capable of delivering evidence-based programming, monitoring and evaluation services, and capacity-building interventions. Her procurement approach emphasizes transparency, competitive solicitation, and alignment with USAID’s localization goals, fostering partnerships with both global and indigenous service providers who demonstrate technical proficiency and cultural competency. Nabasirye’s contracting patterns reflect a strong preference for open competition, with 100% of her acquisitions issued without set-aside designations. This indicates a focus on selecting the most qualified providers regardless of socioeconomic status, consistent with USAID/Uganda’s emphasis on program impact over socioeconomic quotas. While small business participation is not formally prioritized in her portfolio, she remains attentive to the capabilities of local firms and may incorporate them through subcontracting or teaming arrangements where they offer unique domain expertise. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541990 (All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services), encompassing a broad spectrum of technical assistance, policy analysis, and data-driven program support. She also frequently procures services under NAICS 541690 and 541519, reflecting expertise in consulting, performance measurement, and digital tools for monitoring and evaluation. Her work centers on strengthening local institutional capacity through high-quality, context-specific technical services that advance USAID’s vision of self-reliance in Uganda.