Tsegereda Gebremedhin

Tsegereda Gebremedhin serves as an Acquisition & Assistance Management Specialist at USAID/Ethiopia, where she plays a pivotal role in designing and managing procurement strategies that align with the agency’s mission to advance sustainable development and humanitarian outcomes. She oversees the full lifecycle of acquisition and assistance instruments, including contracts, cooperative agreements, and grants, with a focus on technical assistance, institutional capacity building, and program implementation support. Her work directly enables critical initiatives in public health, education, governance, and resilience programming, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations and USAID’s development objectives. Tsegereda collaborates with a diverse array of international and local service providers, including professional consulting firms, public health implementation partners, and technology service vendors. While specific contractor names are not publicly disclosed, her procurement patterns reflect a preference for experienced, technically proficient entities capable of delivering complex, context-sensitive services in challenging operational environments. She fosters long-term partnerships grounded in performance accountability, adaptive management, and local capacity enhancement. Her contracting portfolio shows no preference for socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of awards issued under open competition. This reflects a strategic emphasis on merit-based selection and technical merit over socioeconomic categorization, consistent with USAID’s global programming priorities and the need for specialized expertise in Ethiopia’s unique context. Tsegereda’s primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541990 (All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services), indicating a strong emphasis on advisory, analytical, and implementation support services. She also regularly procures services under NAICS 923120 (Administration of Public Health Programs) and 541511 (Custom Computer Programming Services), underscoring her expertise in health systems strengthening, data-driven program management, and digital tools for monitoring and evaluation. Her technical domain spans public health infrastructure, mental health services, and logistics consulting, positioning her at the intersection of development outcomes and operational procurement excellence.