Papa Babacar Niowy Senghor

Papa Babacar Niowy Senghor serves as a Human Resources Specialist at USAID/Senegal (Agency Code 720685), where he plays a pivotal role in sourcing and managing personnel services critical to the agency’s mission of institutional strengthening and technical capacity building across West Africa. His procurement activities center on acquiring expert human capital to support governance, public health, education, and climate resilience programs, ensuring that USAID’s field operations are staffed with qualified professionals who can effectively collaborate with local partners. He handles a range of acquisition types, primarily through personal service contracts and professional services agreements, with a focus on deploying consultants, technical advisors, and program support staff. While specific contractor names are not available, Senghor’s procurement patterns reflect a strong emphasis on partnerships with professional service providers offering human capital solutions, including organizational development, training design, and workforce capacity-building expertise. His working relationships are characterized by a preference for firms capable of delivering culturally competent, context-specific human resources support aligned with USAID’s development objectives in Senegal and the broader West African region. Senghor demonstrates a pronounced commitment to socioeconomic inclusion, with 8(a) competed set-asides accounting for 64.3% of his acquisitions—signaling a strategic prioritization of small disadvantaged businesses in the procurement of personnel services. This pattern underscores his active engagement with the 8(a) Business Development Program to foster equitable access to federal contracting opportunities while ensuring high-quality service delivery. His primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541990 (All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services), reflecting a heavy reliance on specialized human capital services such as organizational diagnostics, leadership coaching, and HR system design. Secondary categories include personal services and public health program administration, indicating expertise in procuring both technical advisory and operational support functions essential to USAID’s mission-driven workforce development.