Yana Adelberg

Yana Adelberg serves as an Acquisition Specialist with USAID/Caucasus/Georgia, where she plays a pivotal role in executing mission-critical procurement actions aligned with U.S. foreign assistance objectives. Responsible for managing the full lifecycle of competitive acquisitions, she ensures compliance with FAR, DFARS, and USAID’s Automated Directives System while advancing institutional capacity building, economic governance, and green economy initiatives. Her portfolio primarily encompasses professional services contracts designed to support adaptive program management, technical assistance, and local partner engagement, with a strong emphasis on performance-based outcomes and risk-mitigated contracting approaches. Adelberg collaborates with a diverse array of international and local service providers, including management consulting firms, technical advisors, and implementation partners with deep regional expertise. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for non-set-aside awards, indicating a focus on merit-based competition among qualified vendors capable of delivering complex, high-impact development services. She maintains collaborative, transparent relationships with contractors, prioritizing value, technical rigor, and alignment with USAID’s mission-driven outcomes over transactional vendor interactions. While the vast majority of her acquisitions are open to full and open competition, Adelberg consistently allocates approximately 4.8% of her portfolio to Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a measured but intentional commitment to fostering local economic resilience through small business participation. She does not routinely utilize 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB set-asides, reflecting a strategic alignment with USAID Georgia’s emphasis on technical capability over socioeconomic classification. Her procurement focus is concentrated in NAICS 541618 (Other Management Consulting Services) and 541990 (All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services), underscoring her specialization in governance reform, institutional strengthening, and cross-sectoral technical advisory services. She routinely procures performance-based consulting, monitoring and evaluation, policy analysis, and capacity-building support tailored to Georgia’s development priorities.