Alissa Hawks

Alissa Hawks serves as a State Employee within the Minnesota Human Services Department, where she plays a pivotal role in managing procurement activities aligned with the agency’s mission to enhance access to behavioral health, disability, and family support services. Her responsibilities encompass the full lifecycle of acquisition planning, solicitation, and contract administration for critical social service programs. She specializes in procuring professional services that support mental health delivery systems and data-driven policy evaluation, ensuring compliance with state and federal procurement regulations while advancing equitable service delivery across Minnesota’s diverse communities. While no specific contractor relationships are currently identified in the procurement records, Hawks engages with a broad spectrum of service providers, including clinical mental health practitioners, behavioral health consultants, and public policy research firms. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for non-set-aside awards, indicating a focus on competitive, open bidding processes that prioritize qualifications, performance history, and alignment with state program goals over socioeconomic designations. This approach suggests a merit-based procurement philosophy centered on outcome efficacy rather than demographic targeting. Hawks’ procurement portfolio is heavily concentrated in two NAICS categories: 621330 (Offices of Mental Health Practitioners) and 541910 (Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling). These reflect her core domain expertise in securing direct clinical services for vulnerable populations and conducting systematic evaluations of program impact through survey research and data analytics. She routinely procures services such as outpatient mental health counseling, community-based behavioral health assessments, and public opinion studies to inform program modernization and equity initiatives. Her work bridges clinical service delivery with evidence-based policy development, ensuring that procurement decisions are grounded in both human need and measurable outcomes.