Nubia S. Farfan

Nubia S. Farfan serves as a key procurement professional within USAID/Colombia, supporting the agency’s mission to advance sustainable development and institutional resilience through strategic contracting. She manages a portfolio of technical assistance and program design acquisitions, focusing on professional services that strengthen local capacity in climate-smart agriculture, inclusive economic growth, and governance innovation. Her work directly enables USAID’s cross-sectoral initiatives by securing expert consultants and technical partners who deliver policy advisory services, program evaluation, and institutional strengthening solutions to Colombian stakeholders. Farfan maintains a primary contracting relationship with AMD INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, a trusted provider of specialized technical and management consulting services. Her procurement patterns reflect a preference for long-term, performance-based partnerships with firms capable of delivering complex, multi-year technical assistance across diverse development domains. These relationships are characterized by sustained engagement, iterative program design, and alignment with USAID’s strategic objectives in Colombia’s evolving development landscape. Farfan’s contracting activity is exclusively non-set-aside, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a deliberate focus on selecting the most qualified technical providers regardless of socioeconomic status, prioritizing technical merit and program impact over targeted set-asides. While small business participation is not formally incentivized through set-aside mechanisms, her approach ensures competitive fairness and value-driven outcomes aligned with international development best practices. Her procurement focus is overwhelmingly centered on NAICS 541990—All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services—encompassing policy analysis, monitoring and evaluation, and adaptive management consulting. Secondary areas include administrative management consulting and public order services, underscoring her expertise in procuring high-level technical expertise to support institutional reform and governance innovation in complex, dynamic environments.