Philip B. Lamade

Philip B. Lamade serves as a Contracting Officer for the U.S. Agency for International Development/Afghanistan (USAID/Afghanistan), where he is responsible for managing the full lifecycle of professional services acquisitions aligned with the agency’s mission of sustainable development and institutional capacity building. He oversees the solicitation, evaluation, award, and administration of contracts supporting technical assistance in governance, education, health systems, and civil society empowerment. His portfolio is exclusively focused on professional, scientific, and technical services, ensuring that USAID/Afghanistan leverages expert-led interventions to achieve long-term development outcomes in complex operational environments. Lamade collaborates with a diverse array of international and local consulting firms, technical service providers, and subject matter experts engaged in program design, monitoring and evaluation, training, and policy advisory services. While no single contractor dominates his portfolio, he consistently engages firms with demonstrated experience in post-conflict development contexts, ensuring alignment with USAID’s performance standards and compliance requirements. His contracting approach emphasizes transparency, competitive bidding, and rigorous performance oversight to uphold accountability in high-risk environments. Lamade’s procurement strategy reflects a firm commitment to open competition, with 100% of his acquisitions issued as non-set-aside procurements. He does not utilize socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs, instead prioritizing technical merit, international experience, and operational readiness over socioeconomic classification. This approach ensures access to the broadest possible pool of qualified providers capable of delivering high-impact services under challenging conditions. His primary procurement focus is on NAICS 541990 — All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services — encompassing a wide range of specialized technical assistance, including institutional strengthening, data analytics, gender integration, and conflict-sensitive programming. He routinely procures services requiring advanced domain expertise in development economics, public administration, and humanitarian response, ensuring that USAID/Afghanistan’s interventions are evidence-based, locally contextualized, and sustainably implemented.