Alyssa Thomas

Alyssa Thomas serves as a key procurement professional within the FA8530 office of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, supporting the Department of the Air Force’s mission to sustain critical engineering, technical data, and digital infrastructure for airpower readiness. She manages acquisitions focused on engineering services, enterprise data systems, and customized software solutions that enable lifecycle management of weapons systems and data-driven logistics decisions. Her portfolio centers on technical contracts requiring deep domain expertise in systems engineering, digital engineering environments, and technical data management, ensuring seamless integration of modernized capabilities across maintenance and acquisition programs. While specific contractor names are not currently available, Alyssa’s procurement patterns reflect a balanced engagement with both large prime contractors and small business vendors, fostering competitive, performance-based partnerships grounded in technical rigor and compliance with FAR and DFARS requirements. Her working relationships emphasize long-term collaboration with firms capable of delivering secure, scalable software and engineering services tailored to classified and sensitive defense environments, often involving agile development, model-based systems engineering, and digital twin integration. Alyssa demonstrates a strong commitment to socioeconomic contracting, with nearly 40% of her acquisitions structured as small business set-asides—split evenly between 8(a) competed and total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. Her consistent use of these authorities reflects a deliberate strategy to expand the defense industrial base, nurture innovation from emerging vendors, and ensure equitable access to high-value technical contracts for qualified small businesses. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541330 (Engineering Services), 334515 (Instrument Manufacturing for Electrical Signals), 511130 (Software Publishers), 513130 (Book Publishers), and 314910 (Textile Bag and Canvas Mills), indicating a diverse but mission-aligned portfolio. While engineering and software services dominate, the inclusion of niche manufacturing and publishing codes suggests she supports specialized technical documentation, calibration equipment, and physical components integral to system sustainment and training ecosystems.