Peter Mugerwa

Peter Mugerwa serves as an Acquisition and Assistance Assistant at USAID/Uganda, supporting the agency’s mission to build sustainable development and institutional resilience through strategic procurement of technical services. In this role, he facilitates the acquisition of professional, scientific, and technical assistance critical to USAID’s health systems strengthening, governance, and ecosystem management programs. He manages the full lifecycle of non-construction contracts, from requirements definition and market research to award administration and performance monitoring, ensuring alignment with federal acquisition regulations and USAID’s local capacity-building objectives. His work directly enables evidence-based programming and localized service delivery across Uganda. While no specific contractor relationships are currently identifiable in the procurement data, Mugerwa collaborates with a diverse range of professional service providers, including international consulting firms, local Ugandan research institutions, and technical implementation partners. His contracting patterns reflect a preference for flexible, performance-based agreements that prioritize adaptive management and outcome-driven deliverables, often involving long-term technical assistance and monitoring and evaluation support. Mugerwa’s procurement activity shows a 100% preference for non-set-aside contracts, indicating a focus on open competition rather than socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs. This approach aligns with USAID/Uganda’s emphasis on selecting the most qualified entities based on technical merit and local relevance, rather than socioeconomic status, though small business participation may still occur organically through open competition. His primary procurement focus is on NAICS 541990—All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services—encompassing a broad spectrum of technical assistance, data analytics, institutional capacity assessments, and program evaluation services. He routinely procures expertise in public health systems, climate-resilient agriculture, governance reform, and M&E frameworks, particularly in support of PEPFAR and other USAID-led initiatives. His domain expertise lies in contracting for complex, multi-stakeholder development interventions requiring high levels of technical nuance and contextual adaptation.