Angela R Bennert

Angela R. Bennert serves as a Contracting Officer within the General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service, Region 3, where she manages complex IT and professional services acquisitions critical to national defense and civilian agency missions. Her role centers on executing full lifecycle procurement activities for enterprise technology modernization, cybersecurity enhancements, and digital transformation initiatives. She specializes in soliciting, evaluating, and awarding contracts under FAR and FAR Part 36 provisions, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition standards while aligning procurements with GSA’s strategic goals of sustaining legacy defense systems and advancing secure, scalable IT infrastructure. Angela cultivates collaborative relationships with a diverse pool of vendors, primarily engaged in engineering, computer systems design, and electronic manufacturing sectors. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages with firms possessing proven technical expertise in defense-grade IT modernization, network resilience, and mission-critical software integration. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, risk mitigation, and vendor accountability, fostering long-term partnerships with contractors capable of delivering secure, interoperable solutions under tight operational timelines. Angela demonstrates a strong commitment to socioeconomic contracting, with 85.7% of her awards issued as unrestricted competitions and 14.3% reserved for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses. This targeted approach reflects a deliberate balance between broad market competition and meaningful support for veteran-owned enterprises, consistent with GSA’s mandate to promote equitable access to federal contracting opportunities. Her procurement focus is concentrated in NAICS codes 541330 (Engineering Services), 541512 (Computer Systems Design Services), and 541519 (Other Computer-Related Services), with additional activity in 334111 (Electronic Computer Manufacturing) and 517919 (Other Telecommunications). She routinely procures hardware, software, and integrated services supporting secure communications, defense IT modernization, and mission-critical data systems, demonstrating deep technical fluency in cybersecurity-enabled infrastructure and federal IT modernization domains.