Peter L. Cloutier

Peter L. Cloutier serves as Deputy Executive Officer at USAID/Thailand, where he plays a pivotal role in shaping and overseeing the agency’s strategic procurement initiatives to advance international development objectives across Southeast Asia. In this capacity, he provides leadership in the acquisition of professional, scientific, and technical services that support public health, environmental sustainability, governance, and inclusive development programs. His responsibilities include guiding contract strategy, ensuring compliance with U.S. foreign assistance regulations, and aligning procurement activities with USAID’s mission to build regional resilience through expert-led technical assistance and capacity-building interventions. Mr. Cloutier works closely with a diverse array of international and domestic professional services firms, including consulting organizations, research institutions, and technical advisory firms specializing in global development. His contracting patterns reflect a preference for performance-based, outcome-driven engagements, often involving long-term advisory contracts, implementation support, and evaluation services. He fosters collaborative relationships with vendors capable of delivering high-quality, context-sensitive solutions tailored to complex development environments in the Mekong region. Mr. Cloutier’s procurement portfolio reflects no set-aside preferences, with 100% of acquisitions conducted under full and open competition. This approach underscores a focus on selecting the most technically qualified and capable providers, regardless of socioeconomic status, to ensure mission-critical outcomes are met with maximum efficiency and impact. His primary procurement focus is on NAICS 541990 — All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services — encompassing expert services in public health surveillance, climate adaptation planning, communications strategy, governance reform, and data-driven monitoring and evaluation. He routinely oversees contracts for technical advisors, behavioral scientists, environmental engineers, and communications specialists whose work directly informs USAID’s development programming in Thailand and the broader Southeast Asian region.