Anne E. Tomlin

Anne E. Tomlin serves as a contracting professional within the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA), where she manages procurement activities critical to sustaining K-12 educational operations for military-connected students worldwide. Her role involves executing full lifecycle acquisitions for infrastructure, transportation, and support services that enable DoDEA’s mission of academic excellence in globally dispersed school communities. She handles a diverse portfolio of contracts spanning facility enhancements, student transportation, and operational consulting, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations while aligning procurements with DoDEA’s strategic priorities in curriculum support and school infrastructure resilience. Ms. Tomlin maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of contractors, including AMD International Technologies LLC, CoreTech Consulting Inc., Effective Communication Strategies LLC, Residential Enhancements, Inc., and FGI Solutions LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for vendors with proven experience in educational facility management, transportation logistics, and organizational consulting services. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, leveraging long-term vendor relationships to ensure continuity and reliability in service delivery across DoDEA’s international and domestic school networks. Her procurement patterns show a strong preference for open competition, with 87.5% of awards issued without set-asides, reflecting a focus on broad market access and value-driven sourcing. However, she consistently allocates 12.5% of opportunities to Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a measured but intentional commitment to small business participation without compromising operational needs. Ms. Tomlin’s primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 485410 (School and Employee Bus Transportation), accounting for 37.5% of her portfolio, followed by NAICS 423210 (Furniture Merchant Wholesalers) at 25%. She also procures management consulting services (NAICS 541618), ambulance services (NAICS 621910), and semiconductor manufacturing (NAICS 334413) to support specialized educational technology and student health infrastructure. Her expertise spans operational logistics, facility modernization, and service-based procurement in complex, high-stakes educational environments.