Abdalia Smith

Abdalia Smith serves as a procurement specialist within the General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service, Region 9, where they play a pivotal role in advancing the agency’s mission to secure mission-critical professional, scientific, and technical services. Focused on research and development in the social sciences and humanities, Smith manages acquisitions that support federal policy analysis, behavioral research, program evaluation, and public service innovation. Their work directly enables federal agencies to enhance decision-making, improve public program outcomes, and advance evidence-based governance through high-integrity contracting practices. Smith’s contracting patterns reflect a consistent reliance on open, non-set-aside competitions, with all awards issued under full and open competition without socioeconomic set-asides. This approach prioritizes broad market access and competitive rigor, ensuring that the most qualified firms—regardless of size or certification—are selected based on technical merit and performance capability. Vendor partnerships are typically established with research institutions, think tanks, and specialized consulting firms capable of delivering rigorous qualitative and quantitative analysis, survey design, and policy impact assessments. The primary NAICS code underpinning Smith’s portfolio—541720—indicates deep specialization in social science research services, including survey methodology, data collection, statistical analysis, and human-centered program evaluation. Procurements frequently involve complex, multi-year task orders requiring subject matter expertise in public administration, education policy, criminal justice, and social welfare systems. Smith’s technical domain expertise lies in structuring solicitations that demand methodological rigor, ethical compliance, and robust data governance, ensuring federal investments yield actionable, reproducible insights to inform national policy.