Timothy Bertotti

Timothy Bertotti serves as Acting Executive Officer for USAID/Nepal, providing strategic leadership over the agency’s procurement and contracting operations. In this role, he oversees the execution of technical assistance and capacity-building initiatives aligned with USAID’s mission to strengthen institutional governance, health systems, and agricultural resilience in Nepal. Bertotti manages a portfolio of personal services contracts designed to deliver expert technical support, program evaluation, and community-based implementation services. His work ensures that acquisition strategies directly enable locally led development outcomes, prioritizing flexibility, adaptability, and alignment with Nepal’s national priorities. Bertotti’s contracting approach centers on engaging individual consultants, technical experts, and small professional service firms that provide specialized knowledge in public health, governance reform, and rural development. He maintains collaborative relationships with a diverse pool of independent contractors and boutique consulting entities, often selected for their deep contextual expertise in Nepali socio-political and cultural environments. His procurement patterns emphasize performance-based outcomes and local ownership, fostering long-term partnerships with vetted subject matter experts rather than large institutional vendors. Bertotti’s contracting portfolio reflects a strong preference for open competition, with 100% of acquisitions designated as “No Set-Aside.” While he does not prioritize socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs, his approach ensures equitable access for qualified domestic and international service providers, with an emphasis on technical merit and local relevance over socioeconomic categorization. His primary procurement focus is under NAICS 812990 (All Other Personal Services), encompassing a wide array of technical advisory, training, monitoring and evaluation, and capacity-building services. Bertotti specializes in acquiring high-caliber individual consultants and small teams with proven experience in health system strengthening, agricultural extension, civic engagement, and public sector reform—ensuring that USAID/Nepal’s interventions are both technically rigorous and contextually grounded.