OAA OHN Team

The OAA OHN Team serves as the principal contracting unit within USAID/Afghanistan, responsible for managing the full lifecycle of professional services acquisitions aligned with the agency’s mission of sustainable development and institutional capacity building. They oversee the solicitation, award, and administration of contracts supporting technical assistance in governance, education, health systems, and civil society empowerment. Their work is central to executing USAID’s strategic interventions through expert-led, results-driven programming, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations and U.S. foreign assistance objectives. The team specializes in complex, performance-based contracts requiring high levels of technical oversight and adaptive management in a dynamic operational environment. The OAA OHN Team collaborates with a broad spectrum of international and local professional service providers, including consulting firms, research institutions, and technical implementation partners with deep regional expertise. While no single contractor dominates their portfolio, they consistently engage vendors with proven experience in Afghan context-specific challenges, emphasizing local capacity building and knowledge transfer. Their contracting patterns reflect a preference for long-term, task-order based arrangements that enable responsive, adaptive program delivery under evolving security and operational conditions. The team maintains a strict non-set-aside procurement posture, with 100% of acquisitions awarded without socioeconomic set-asides. This reflects the nature of their requirements, which demand specialized technical expertise often available only through large, globally experienced firms with established operational footprints in conflict-affected environments. While small business participation is not formally prioritized through set-asides, the team actively considers qualified small businesses when their capabilities align with mission-critical needs. Their procurement focus is exclusively centered on NAICS 541990—All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services—encompassing advisory services, monitoring and evaluation, institutional strengthening, and technical training. They procure high-level analytical, program design, and implementation support services critical to sustaining development outcomes in complex, resource-constrained settings.