Patrick G. Kollars

Patrick G. Kollars serves as a Contracting Officer for the U.S. Agency for International Development/Ghana (USAID/Ghana), where he is responsible for managing the full lifecycle of professional services acquisitions that support the agency’s mission of fostering sustainable development and institutional resilience. He oversees the procurement of technical assistance, systems strengthening, and market-based interventions across agriculture, economic growth, governance, and crisis response programs. His role ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations while aligning contracting actions with USAID’s strategic priorities of locally led development and adaptive program design. Kollars works with a diverse range of international and domestic professional service providers, including firms specializing in development consulting, institutional capacity building, and technical advisory services. He cultivates partnerships with organizations capable of delivering high-impact, evidence-based solutions in complex operational environments. His contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, rigorous evaluation frameworks, and collaboration with local stakeholders to ensure program relevance and sustainability. Mr. Kollars maintains a strong preference for open, non-set-aside competitions, with 100% of his acquisitions conducted without socioeconomic set-asides. This reflects USAID/Ghana’s strategic focus on selecting the most qualified technical partners regardless of business size or certification status, prioritizing capability and track record over socioeconomic categorization. While small business participation is not mandated through set-asides, he actively encourages competitive bidding from all eligible vendors to ensure market-wide engagement and innovation. His procurement portfolio is exclusively focused on NAICS 541990—All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services—encompassing expertise in monitoring and evaluation, economic analysis, governance diagnostics, and adaptive management support. He regularly procures services that require deep contextual knowledge of Ghana’s public sector dynamics, private sector ecosystems, and development challenges, ensuring that technical assistance is both locally informed and globally informed.