Nancy Kleinhans

Nancy Kleinhans serves as a Contracting Officer for USAID/Uganda, where she leads the acquisition and management of professional and technical services critical to advancing sustainable development and institutional resilience. Her portfolio centers on supporting evidence-based programming in health systems strengthening, governance, and ecosystem management, with a strong emphasis on localized service delivery and capacity building. She manages full lifecycle procurements under FAR and USAID’s Acquisition Regulation, ensuring compliance with U.S. foreign assistance objectives and performance-based contracting principles. Her work directly enables technical assistance initiatives, including PEPFAR-supported health interventions and monitoring and evaluation frameworks. Nancy collaborates primarily with international and local professional services firms providing strategic consulting, data analytics, and technical implementation support. She engages a diverse range of vendors, including U.S.-based firms with regional expertise and Ugandan-led organizations capable of delivering context-specific solutions. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for performance-based, outcome-driven agreements that emphasize measurable impact and local ownership. She maintains collaborative, transparent relationships with contractors, fostering accountability through rigorous oversight and adaptive management practices. Nancy’s procurement approach prioritizes open competition, with 100% of her acquisitions conducted without set-asides for socioeconomic categories such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB. While she does not currently utilize small business set-asides, she ensures equitable access for all qualified vendors and promotes competitive bidding practices aligned with USAID’s global procurement standards. Her focus remains on securing the highest-value technical expertise rather than socioeconomic preferences. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541690 (Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services) and 541990 (All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services), reflecting her specialization in health systems consulting, governance advisory, and environmental program support. She also procures related IT services under NAICS 541519 and 423430, particularly for data management platforms and software tools that enhance monitoring and evaluation. Her domain expertise spans public health infrastructure, institutional capacity development, and results-driven program design.