Rose Kinuthia

Rose Kinuthia serves as an Acquisition and Assistance Specialist at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) mission in Nairobi, where she leads the planning, solicitation, and award of professional services contracts to advance sustainable development and democratic governance across Kenya and East Africa. Her portfolio centers on mission-critical technical assistance, public health system strengthening, and market-based economic interventions. She manages full lifecycle procurement activities under the Federal Acquisition Regulation, ensuring compliance with USAID’s development objectives and U.S. government procurement standards. Kinuthia frequently handles complex, performance-based contracts requiring specialized expertise in governance, health systems, and climate resilience. She maintains a primary working relationship with AMD INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, a trusted provider of high-level technical consulting services in public sector capacity building and institutional strengthening. Her contractor partnerships are characterized by long-term, performance-driven engagements with firms possessing deep regional expertise and proven track records in delivering adaptive, evidence-based solutions. These relationships are built on rigorous evaluation criteria emphasizing technical merit, local context understanding, and operational scalability. Kinuthia’s procurement activity reflects a strong preference for open competition, with 100% of her awards issued under no set-aside status. While she does not currently prioritize socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB, her approach ensures maximum competition and value through merit-based selection, aligning with USAID’s emphasis on mission effectiveness over socioeconomic quotas. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541990 (All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services) and NAICS 923120 (Administration of Public Health Programs), reflecting her specialization in technical consulting for governance reform, electoral integrity, health system strengthening, and climate adaptation initiatives. She procures services including policy analysis, data-driven monitoring and evaluation, institutional capacity assessments, and stakeholder engagement frameworks, requiring advanced domain expertise in development economics and public sector management.