Acquisition Services

Lorna E. Baptiste-Jones serves as Chief of Acquisition Services, providing strategic leadership over the full lifecycle of federal procurement activities. In this capacity, she oversees the planning, solicitation, evaluation, and award of contracts to ensure alignment with agency mission objectives and regulatory compliance. Her role is central to the execution of sound acquisition policy, ensuring transparency, fairness, and efficiency across all contracting actions. She typically manages complex, high-stakes acquisitions spanning professional services, logistics support, and mission-critical infrastructure, often coordinating with legal, financial, and programmatic stakeholders to deliver mission outcomes through effective contract execution. While specific contractor relationships are not publicly enumerated, Ms. Baptiste-Jones fosters collaborative partnerships with a broad spectrum of vendors, including large prime contractors, mid-tier firms, and emerging industry innovators. Her approach emphasizes competitive bidding, performance-based contracting, and long-term vendor accountability. She prioritizes open competition and maintains rigorous standards for contractor past performance, technical capability, and compliance with federal acquisition regulations, ensuring that all awardees meet stringent quality and integrity benchmarks. Ms. Baptiste-Jones demonstrates a strong commitment to full and open competition, with 100% of her acquisitions conducted without set-asides. This reflects a deliberate strategy to maximize market participation and leverage economies of scale, while still ensuring equitable opportunities for all qualified vendors. Although socioeconomic programs such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB are not utilized in her portfolio, her leadership upholds the spirit of fair access by promoting transparent, merit-based selection processes that reward capability and value. Her procurement focus spans a wide array of technical domains, though specific NAICS categories are not currently available. She routinely oversees acquisitions for mission support services, including consulting, systems integration, and operational logistics. Her expertise lies in structuring performance-driven contracts that align with evolving technological and operational needs, ensuring that procurement decisions are grounded in sound risk management and strategic planning principles.