Install political Senior Procurement Executive and restore SOAR award reviews
Mandate wants a political Senior Procurement Executive/M/OAA director, political visibility into large awards, restored SOAR (or similar) policy reviews above thresholds, and standard PLGHA/multilateral accountability clauses in all instruments.
Mandate
Mandate Ch. 9 (USAID) — Streamlining Procurement: name political appointee as Senior Procurement Executive and Director of M/OAA; empower Administrator on award scale/scope and subaward transparency; restore Senior Official Accountability Review (SOAR) or similar for awards above threshold; immediately implement standard provisions on PLGHA, multilateral conditions, and transparency in all grants/contracts.
Undo plan
1) Restore career contracting officer independence from political award steering.
2) Limit SOAR to legality/policy compliance—not ideological vetoes of partners.
3) Publish conflict-of-interest and competition advocate safeguards.
4) Keep subaward transparency without weaponizing it against disfavored NGOs.
5) Verify: competition rates, time-to-award, and protest outcomes.