Oscarina Pujols

Oscarina Pujols serves as a key procurement professional within the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Syria operations, supporting mission-critical acquisitions aligned with institutional capacity building and sustainable development outcomes. She manages a portfolio of professional services contracts designed to strengthen the administrative, strategic, and operational capabilities of local partners in complex humanitarian environments. Her work directly enables the agency’s mission by securing expert technical assistance that enhances local governance, resilience, and community-led recovery efforts, with a focus on non-capital, non-infrastructure services that require high levels of contextual expertise and adaptive management. Pujols collaborates with a diverse range of professional service providers, including international consulting firms, local civil society organizations, and technical specialists in governance and program management. While no specific contractor relationships are currently identifiable in the dataset, her procurement patterns indicate a preference for firms with demonstrated experience in post-conflict institutional strengthening, monitoring and evaluation, and organizational development. She fosters partnerships grounded in technical rigor, cultural competency, and long-term sustainability, ensuring that vendor performance aligns with USAID’s principles of localization and ownership. Pujols maintains a strong commitment to open competition, with 100% of her acquisitions classified as “No Set-Aside,” reflecting a strategic emphasis on selecting the most qualified providers regardless of socioeconomic designation. This approach prioritizes technical merit and programmatic impact over mandated set-asides, though it does not preclude participation from small or disadvantaged businesses that meet the stringent performance criteria. Her procurement focus is concentrated in NAICS 541990 (All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services) and 541611 (Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services), indicating deep specialization in governance consulting, organizational assessment, and capacity-building services. She routinely procures technical assistance in strategic planning, performance monitoring, financial management systems, and adaptive leadership training—domains critical to enabling local institutions to deliver aid effectively in volatile contexts.