Tracy J. Miller

Rima A. Kayyal serves as a key procurement professional within USAID/Jordan, supporting the agency’s mission to advance water security, infrastructure resilience, and institutional capacity building across Jordan. She manages the acquisition of professional, scientific, and technical services critical to implementing sustainable water resource management programs, including pipeline construction, pump station rehabilitation, and water loss reduction initiatives. Her work directly enables the agency’s focus on strengthening local governance and technical expertise through engineering consulting, systems analysis, and capacity-building services. Kayyal’s procurement portfolio is centered on ensuring technical excellence and long-term operational sustainability in Jordan’s water infrastructure sector. Her contractor relationships are primarily with professional services firms specializing in civil engineering, water systems design, and institutional development consulting. While no single contractor dominates her award portfolio, she consistently engages with domestic and international firms possessing demonstrated expertise in water resource management, hydraulic modeling, and public sector capacity enhancement. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based contracting, requiring rigorous technical proposals and proven track records in similar arid-region contexts. Kayyal’s contracting activity reflects a strong preference for open competition, with 100% of her acquisitions classified as “No Set-Aside.” This indicates a focus on selecting the most technically qualified vendors regardless of socioeconomic status, prioritizing technical merit and programmatic impact over set-aside programs such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB. While small business participation is not formally incentivized in her portfolio, vendors of all sizes are evaluated on technical capability and past performance. Her primary procurement focus is on NAICS 541990—All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services—encompassing engineering consulting, water systems optimization, institutional assessments, and technical training services. She procures specialized services in hydraulic infrastructure design, non-revenue water analysis, and governance strengthening for municipal utilities, reflecting deep domain expertise in water infrastructure development within resource-constrained environments.