Sandra Ricot

Sandra Ricot serves as an Acquisition & Assistance Specialist at USAID/Haiti, where she plays a pivotal role in executing mission-critical procurement and assistance actions to advance sustainable development and institutional resilience across Haiti. She manages a diverse portfolio of contracts and cooperative agreements focused on technical assistance, capacity building, and governance support, primarily through the engagement of U.S. and third-country national personal services contractors. Her work directly supports USAID/Haiti’s core priorities in health systems strengthening, rule of law, electoral integrity, economic opportunity, and infrastructure development, ensuring that procurement strategies align with programmatic goals and U.S. government acquisition regulations. Ricot collaborates closely with a broad spectrum of professional service providers, including international consulting firms, specialized technical advisors, and local Haitian institutions, to deliver on-the-ground expertise. Her contracting patterns emphasize performance-based, outcome-driven agreements that prioritize subject-matter expertise over commodity procurement. She fosters long-term partnerships with vendors capable of delivering adaptive, context-sensitive solutions in complex, low-resource environments, often requiring culturally competent and linguistically skilled personnel. Ricot’s procurement activity reflects a strong preference for open competition, with 100% of her acquisitions classified as “No Set-Aside.” While she does not currently prioritize socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs, her approach remains fully compliant with federal small business participation goals through broad, merit-based solicitation practices that encourage equitable access for all qualified vendors. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541990 (All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services), reflecting her reliance on specialized advisory and implementation services. She also regularly procures accounting and audit services under NAICS 541211 and commercial construction services under NAICS 236220, demonstrating expertise in both technical assistance and physical infrastructure support. Her domain knowledge spans public sector reform, financial governance, and resilient infrastructure delivery in fragile contexts.