Shirley Matseke

Shirley Matseke serves as a key procurement lead within USAID/South Africa, supporting the agency’s mission to advance sustainable development and institutional capacity across Southern Africa. She manages a diverse portfolio of acquisitions focused on public health resilience, governance strengthening, and environmental conservation, with a particular emphasis on technical assistance and capacity-building services. Her role involves executing full lifecycle contracting processes—from needs assessment and market research to award and closeout—ensuring alignment with U.S. foreign assistance objectives and federal acquisition regulations. She routinely handles service-based contracts requiring specialized expertise in training, institutional development, and community engagement initiatives. While specific contractor names are not available, Matseke maintains a balanced ecosystem of vendor partnerships, engaging both large international firms and small businesses with proven experience in development programming. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based contracting, outcome-driven deliverables, and compliance with USAID’s local partner prioritization guidelines. She fosters collaborative relationships with contractors capable of delivering culturally competent, context-specific solutions tailored to Southern African operational environments. Matseke demonstrates a strong commitment to socioeconomic inclusion, equally distributing set-asides among 8(a) competed contracts, total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, and open competitions without set-asides. This balanced approach reflects a deliberate strategy to promote equitable access for disadvantaged businesses while maintaining competition and value. Her contracting patterns consistently support the participation of small, minority-owned, and socially and economically disadvantaged firms, reinforcing USAID’s mandate to build local ownership and resilience. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 441110 (New Car Dealers) and 611430 (Professional and Management Development Training), indicating a unique blend of logistical support and human capital development needs. While the inclusion of automotive procurement is atypical for development agencies, it likely supports mobile health outreach, ranger patrols, or supply chain logistics in remote areas. Her expertise centers on training services that build institutional capacity in HIV/AIDS response, civic engagement, and wildlife protection, demonstrating deep technical knowledge in development sector programming and implementation.