Phnom Penh OAA Team

The Phnom Penh OAA Team serves as the primary procurement and contracting unit for USAID/Cambodia, responsible for managing technical assistance acquisitions that advance the agency’s mission of sustainable development and institutional resilience. They oversee the full lifecycle of contracts and cooperative agreements, with a focus on professional services that support civil society strengthening, education and health communication, environmental conservation, and local capacity building. Their acquisitions are strategically aligned with USAID’s emphasis on local ownership and technical advisory services, ensuring that procurement decisions directly enable program outcomes in Cambodia’s evolving development landscape. The team collaborates with a broad spectrum of international and local service providers, including consulting firms, research institutions, and civil society organizations with demonstrated expertise in development programming. While no single contractor dominates their portfolio, they maintain a preference for partners with deep on-the-ground experience in Cambodian contexts and proven track records in adaptive management, monitoring and evaluation, and stakeholder engagement. Their contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, competitive solicitation, and transparent selection processes under full compliance with U.S. federal acquisition regulations. The Phnom Penh OAA Team does not utilize socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of their procurements conducted as unrestricted competitions. This reflects a strategic decision to prioritize technical merit and local relevance over socioeconomic classification, while still ensuring broad vendor participation through open, fair, and transparent processes. Their approach supports inclusive competition without formal small business set-asides, relying instead on merit-based evaluation criteria to identify the most capable implementers. Their procurement activity is exclusively focused on NAICS 541990 — All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services — encompassing a wide array of technical advisory, research, training, and capacity-building services. They routinely acquire expertise in public health communication, governance strengthening, environmental impact assessment, and community-based program design, reflecting deep domain knowledge in development economics and institutional strengthening.