Sharon M. Baker

Sharon M. Baker serves as a key procurement professional within the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), operating under agency code 7200AA, where she supports the agency’s mission to strengthen international governance, economic resilience, and public sector capacity through strategic contracting. She manages a portfolio of technical assistance and advisory services acquisitions, primarily focused on institutional strengthening, policy reform, and democratic engagement initiatives abroad. Her work ensures that USAID’s global development objectives are supported by high-quality, mission-aligned professional services, often requiring specialized expertise in governance, public administration, and crisis response coordination. Her primary contractor relationships center on AMD INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, a trusted partner delivering comprehensive technical consulting services across multiple development domains. Baker consistently engages with a limited but high-performing vendor base, favoring firms with demonstrated experience in international development contexts and institutional capacity building. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for established contractors with proven track records in delivering complex, multi-year technical assistance programs under USAID’s unique regulatory and operational framework. Baker’s procurement activity is overwhelmingly non-set-aside, with 95.5% of awards issued under open competition, reflecting the specialized nature of the services required and the limited pool of qualified international development contractors. Only 4.5% of awards are structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, indicating a targeted, rather than broad, commitment to small business participation—aligned with the niche expertise demanded by USAID’s global programming. Her procurement focus is heavily concentrated in NAICS 541990 (All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services), with significant activity in administrative management consulting (541611) and technical advisory services (541690). She routinely procures policy analysis, governance diagnostics, institutional reform design, and public sector capacity-building services, demonstrating deep expertise in the technical domains of international development, democratic governance, and institutional strengthening.