Ralph V. Koehring

Ralph V. Koehring serves as Director of the Office of Procurement at USAID/Egypt, where he oversees the strategic acquisition of goods and services critical to advancing U.S. development objectives in Egypt. In this leadership role, he ensures compliance with federal procurement regulations while aligning contracting activities with USAID’s mission of strengthening governance, economic resilience, education, and public health systems. Koehring manages a portfolio of performance-based contracts for technical assistance, program implementation support, and operational services, primarily through fixed-price and cost-reimbursement instruments. His office coordinates closely with mission technical units to translate development priorities into actionable procurement strategies that ensure accountability, efficiency, and local capacity building. Koehring’s contractor relationships are centered on a diverse ecosystem of international and local service providers, including firms with deep expertise in development programming, institutional strengthening, and logistical support. He fosters long-term partnerships with vendors capable of delivering complex, multi-year technical services under USAID’s performance management framework. These relationships emphasize transparency, compliance, and measurable outcomes, with procurement decisions grounded in competitive solicitation processes and rigorous source selection criteria. Koehring’s procurement practices reflect a uniform preference for open, non-set-aside competitions, with 100% of awards issued under unrestricted solicitation. While he does not prioritize socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs, his office maintains rigorous merit-based evaluation standards that enable all eligible vendors to compete on equal footing, consistent with USAID’s global procurement policies. His primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 561210 (Facilities Support Services), encompassing a broad range of operational and administrative support functions essential to mission sustainability. This includes facility management, logistics coordination, IT infrastructure support, and administrative services that underpin USAID’s field operations. Koehring’s technical expertise ensures that procurement actions directly enable the delivery of high-impact development programs across Egypt’s urban and rural communities.