Rosa Jimenez

Rosa Jimenez serves as a Supervisory A&A Specialist at USAID/Nicaragua, where she leads the acquisition and assistance lifecycle for technical assistance programs aligned with the agency’s mission to strengthen democratic governance, economic resilience, and human development. In this role, she oversees the planning, solicitation, and award of non-personal services contracts that support institutional capacity building in electoral integrity, municipal governance, education, and community security. Her procurement activities center on engaging high-level advisors, technical experts, and local implementers to deliver sustainable, locally driven solutions. She ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations and USAID’s development objectives, balancing programmatic impact with fiscal accountability and transparency. Rosa Jimenez collaborates with a diverse array of professional service providers, including international consulting firms, Nicaraguan civil society organizations, and U.S.-based technical assistance vendors. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for experienced, mission-aligned partners capable of delivering context-specific expertise in governance and development. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages firms with demonstrated success in public sector reform, institutional diagnostics, and participatory program design. Her working relationships are characterized by long-term engagement, performance-based monitoring, and a focus on local capacity transfer. Ms. Jimenez’s procurement strategy reflects a strong preference for open competition, with 100% of her acquisitions classified as “No Set-Aside.” She prioritizes merit-based selection over socioeconomic set-asides, ensuring that technical quality and implementation capacity drive award decisions. While she does not routinely utilize 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs, her approach supports equitable access through transparent, competition-driven processes that welcome qualified small and medium-sized enterprises on a level playing field. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541990 — All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services — encompassing advisory services, organizational assessments, training design, monitoring and evaluation, and policy analysis. She routinely procures expertise in democratic institution strengthening, civic engagement methodologies, and localized governance innovations, reflecting deep technical domain knowledge in development practice and institutional diagnostics.