Thomatta C. Cooper

Thomatta C. Cooper serves as an Acquisition & Assistance Specialist at USAID/Liberia, where she plays a pivotal role in managing the procurement and assistance mechanisms that advance the agency’s mission of sustainable development and institutional capacity building. She oversees the full lifecycle of acquisitions for professional services critical to strengthening public health systems, governance structures, and economic resilience in Liberia. Her work primarily involves soliciting, evaluating, and awarding contracts and cooperative agreements for technical assistance, training, and implementation support, ensuring alignment with U.S. foreign assistance objectives and federal acquisition regulations. Cooper collaborates with a diverse array of international and local service providers, including consulting firms, academic institutions, and technical implementation partners specializing in development programming. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, her procurement patterns reflect a preference for experienced, mission-aligned vendors with demonstrated expertise in Liberian context-specific challenges. She fosters collaborative, performance-based vendor relationships grounded in transparency, accountability, and results-oriented delivery. Cooper’s contracting activity is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of awards issued under open competition. This reflects USAID/Liberia’s strategic emphasis on maximizing technical quality and global competitiveness rather than socioeconomic set-asides, though she remains attentive to equitable access and local capacity building through inclusive solicitation practices and subcontracting opportunities. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 611430 (Professional and Management Development Training), where she secures expertise in leadership, institutional strengthening, and workforce development. She also routinely procures services under NAICS 541990 for specialized technical consulting, NAICS 237310 for infrastructure-related construction support, and NAICS 611710 for educational support services. Her domain expertise centers on designing and managing complex, multi-year development engagements that require adaptive management, monitoring and evaluation, and stakeholder coordination across public and civil society sectors.