Sharon Wharton-Smith

Sharon Wharton-Smith serves as a Contracting/Agreement Officer for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), operating under agency code 7200AA, where she manages the full lifecycle of procurement actions to advance global development objectives. She is responsible for soliciting, evaluating, and awarding contracts that support institutional capacity building, governance reform, and policy advisory services in partner nations. Her portfolio primarily consists of professional services acquisitions aligned with USAID’s mission to strengthen public sector institutions abroad, with a focus on strategic technical assistance and program implementation support. She ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations and U.S. foreign assistance policy while promoting transparency and accountability in all contracting actions. Her primary contractor relationship is with AMD INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, a firm consistently engaged to deliver high-level management consulting and administrative support services. Wharton-Smith fosters long-term, performance-based partnerships with this vendor, relying on its expertise in organizational development, governance frameworks, and technical advisory delivery. While she maintains a singular dominant contractor relationship, her approach emphasizes outcomes over volume, prioritizing vendor reliability, technical competence, and alignment with USAID’s strategic goals in international development. Wharton-Smith’s contracting portfolio reflects a 100% non-set-aside orientation, indicating a deliberate focus on full and open competition rather than socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs. This pattern underscores her emphasis on selecting the most qualified providers based on technical merit and demonstrated capacity to deliver complex, mission-critical services across diverse international environments, rather than socioeconomic criteria. Her procurement activity is exclusively concentrated in NAICS 541611—Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services—reflecting a deep specialization in procuring strategic advisory, institutional strengthening, and governance reform services. She consistently acquires expert consulting support for public sector modernization, policy design, and democratic governance initiatives, demonstrating advanced expertise in managing high-stakes, results-driven professional services contracts within the international development domain.