Aleseia Saunders

Aleseia Saunders serves as a Contract Specialist within GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) Region 11, where she plays a pivotal role in executing mission-critical IT acquisitions that advance federal digital modernization and cybersecurity resilience. Responsible for managing the full lifecycle of procurement actions, she specializes in securing computing infrastructure, data processing services, and cloud-based hosting solutions under GSA’s authoritative IT schedules and blanket purchase agreements. Her work directly supports the agency’s mandate to deliver agile, secure, and scalable technology capabilities to federal stakeholders, ensuring compliance with FAR and NIST standards while promoting operational efficiency across government networks. Saunders collaborates with a broad spectrum of vendors specializing in federal IT services, including systems integrators, managed service providers, and cloud infrastructure firms. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, her procurement patterns reflect consistent engagement with firms holding GSA MAS Schedule 70 and IT70 credentials, emphasizing proven performance, FedRAMP authorization, and cybersecurity compliance. She fosters transparent, performance-driven relationships grounded in competitive solicitation practices and rigorous vendor evaluation criteria. Saunders’ contracting activity is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of her acquisitions conducted under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic alignment with GSA FAS Region 11’s priority to leverage broad market capabilities for complex, high-impact IT solutions. While she does not prioritize socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs, her process remains fully compliant with all small business participation goals and encourages competition from all qualified entities. Her primary focus is on NAICS 518210, encompassing data processing, web hosting, cloud computing, and IT infrastructure services. She routinely procures managed infrastructure, hybrid cloud platforms, cybersecurity-enabled hosting environments, and scalable data center solutions—domain areas requiring deep technical understanding of NIST SP 800-53, FedRAMP controls, and FISMA compliance frameworks. Her expertise ensures that acquired systems meet the rigorous security and performance demands of federal mission operations.