Taniece Owusu

Taniece Owusu serves as a key procurement professional within the U.S. Agency for International Development/Ghana (USAID/Ghana), supporting the agency’s mission to advance sustainable development through expert technical assistance. She manages the acquisition of professional, scientific, and technical services critical to strengthening institutional capacity, market systems, and public service delivery across Ghana. Her work directly enables USAID’s strategic priorities in agriculture, economic growth, governance, and crisis resilience by ensuring timely, compliant, and high-quality contract awards that align with U.S. foreign assistance objectives. She typically handles complex, performance-based solicitations requiring deep technical expertise and adaptive program design. Owusu collaborates with a diverse range of contractors, including international consulting firms, local Ghanaian technical service providers, and U.S.-based development specialists. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for flexible, performance-driven partnerships that emphasize local ownership and adaptive management. While no specific contractor relationships are currently identified in the award data, her portfolio consistently engages firms with demonstrated experience in systems strengthening, data-driven monitoring and evaluation, and capacity-building interventions in low-resource settings. Owusu’s procurement activity shows a 100% preference for non-set-aside acquisitions, indicating a focus on open competition and technical merit rather than socioeconomic set-asides. This reflects USAID/Ghana’s broader strategy of prioritizing capability and impact over socioeconomic categorization, though it does not diminish the agency’s commitment to inclusive participation. She ensures all procurements comply with FAR and USAID policies, maintaining transparency and accountability in every stage of the acquisition lifecycle. Her primary focus lies in NAICS 541990—All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services—encompassing technical advisory services, organizational development, economic analysis, and program evaluation. She procures specialized expertise in market systems development, governance reform, agricultural value chain optimization, and resilience-building interventions, requiring contractors with deep contextual knowledge of Ghana’s socio-economic landscape and proven experience in USAID-funded programs.