Serik Dossaliyev

Serik Dossaliyev serves as a key procurement professional within the USAID/Central Asia/Kazakhstan office, supporting the agency’s mission to strengthen institutional capacity and promote sustainable development across Central Asia. He manages the acquisition of professional, scientific, and technical services critical to advancing governance, health, education, and economic resilience initiatives. His work ensures that technical advisory services align with USAID’s strategic priorities, particularly in delivering locally led, evidence-based solutions. Dossaliyev oversees the full lifecycle of contracts—from solicitation to award and closeout—focusing on high-impact, capacity-building engagements with qualified service providers. His contractor relationships are primarily with domestic and international professional services firms specializing in technical assistance, policy analysis, and institutional strengthening. While no single vendor dominates his portfolio, he consistently engages firms with demonstrated expertise in public sector reform, nutrition programming, and enterprise development. His procurement approach emphasizes performance-based contracting, rigorous evaluation criteria, and compliance with U.S. foreign assistance regulations, fostering partnerships grounded in technical excellence and local context. Dossaliyev’s contracting patterns reflect a strong preference for open competition, with 100% of awards issued under non-set-aside authorities. He does not routinely utilize socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs, instead prioritizing merit-based selection based on technical capability and alignment with USAID’s development objectives. This approach underscores a focus on outcome-driven procurement rather than socioeconomic targeting. His primary procurement activity centers on NAICS 541990—All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services—encompassing technical advisory services, monitoring and evaluation, training design, and policy research. He routinely procures expertise in public financial management, health system strengthening, and private sector development, ensuring that USAID’s interventions are technically robust, data-informed, and sustainable.