Urime A Abdyli

Urime A. Abdyli serves as a Procurement Agent for USAID/Kosovo, playing a pivotal role in advancing the agency’s mission to strengthen democratic governance, institutional accountability, and market-driven reforms in the Western Balkans. Responsible for managing the full lifecycle of acquisition activities, Abdyli specializes in procuring professional, scientific, and technical services that support public sector modernization, judicial reform, and public financial management initiatives. Their work directly enables USAID’s technical assistance programs by ensuring timely, compliant, and cost-effective access to expert consultants and implementation partners aligned with European integration objectives. Abdyli cultivates strategic relationships with a diverse range of service providers, primarily engaging international and local consulting firms, research institutions, and administrative support vendors with demonstrated expertise in governance and institutional development. While no single contractor dominates the portfolio, Abdyli consistently partners with firms possessing deep regional knowledge and experience in public administration reform, rule of law, and economic policy analysis. The procurement approach emphasizes competitive bidding, transparency, and adherence to FAR guidelines, fostering a vendor ecosystem grounded in technical competence and local context awareness. Abdyli’s contracting patterns reflect a strong preference for open competition, with 90% of procurements conducted without set-aside designations. However, a measured commitment to socioeconomic goals is evident through targeted use of Local Area Set-Asides under FAR 26.2 (6.7%) and Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5 (3.3%), demonstrating deliberate efforts to include qualified small businesses and locally rooted entities in USAID’s development programming. The primary focus of Abdyli’s procurement portfolio lies in NAICS 541990 (All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services), encompassing governance consulting, institutional assessments, and capacity-building services. Additional emphasis is placed on management consulting (541611) and social science research (541720), reflecting a technical domain centered on policy analysis, public sector reform, and evidence-based program design. These procurements support USAID’s broader objective of building sustainable, locally led institutions in Kosovo.