Sharifa Ahmed

Sharifa Ahmed serves as a key procurement lead within USAID/Bangladesh, responsible for managing technical assistance and management consulting contracts that advance the agency’s mission of sustainable development and institutional strengthening. She oversees the acquisition of high-impact services in governance, economic resilience, and environmental sustainability, ensuring alignment with U.S. foreign assistance priorities. Her work centers on securing expert consulting capacity to support long-term capacity building in Bangladesh’s public and private sectors, particularly in agriculture, trade, finance, and urban infrastructure. Ahmed’s acquisitions are strategically designed to deliver measurable outcomes through evidence-based interventions and local stakeholder engagement. Her primary contractor relationship is with AMD INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, a firm consistently engaged to deliver complex management consulting services across USAID’s development programs. Ahmed cultivates long-term, performance-based partnerships with this vendor, relying on their expertise in program design, monitoring and evaluation, and institutional capacity assessments. While AMD International is the dominant contractor, her procurement approach prioritizes technical excellence and implementation fidelity over volume, fostering a focused, results-driven vendor relationship grounded in contract performance metrics and adaptive management principles. Ahmed’s procurement portfolio reflects a clear preference for full and open competition, with 100% of awards issued under no set-aside classifications. This underscores a strategic emphasis on accessing the broadest possible pool of qualified technical experts rather than socioeconomic set-asides. While small business participation is not formally prioritized in her award patterns, her approach remains compliant with all federal acquisition regulations and values merit-based selection grounded in technical capability. Her core procurement focus lies in NAICS 541618—Other Management Consulting Services—encompassing strategic planning, organizational development, policy analysis, and monitoring and evaluation frameworks. She consistently procures high-level advisory services to strengthen public institutions, improve regulatory environments, and enhance the effectiveness of USAID’s development programs, demonstrating deep expertise in the technical and operational demands of international development consulting.