Anne Hultgren

Anne Hultgren serves as a Technical Program Manager within the Contract Administration Services Division of the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Procurement Operations, where she plays a pivotal role in overseeing the acquisition of mission-critical professional, scientific, and technical services. Her responsibilities include managing the full lifecycle of complex R&D contracts, ensuring alignment with national security objectives, and integrating systems engineering and cybersecurity requirements into procurement strategies. She works closely with technical stakeholders to define performance metrics, evaluate proposals, and administer contracts for advanced research initiatives in physical and engineering sciences, ensuring operational readiness and technological integrity across DHS programs. Hultgren collaborates with a diverse array of federal contractors, including large systems integrators, specialized research institutions, and engineering firms with deep expertise in applied sciences and defense-related technologies. Her procurement approach emphasizes technical rigor, performance-based outcomes, and long-term partnership development, fostering collaborative relationships with vendors capable of delivering high-complexity, mission-critical solutions under stringent security and compliance standards. She maintains a strong preference for non-set-aside contracts, with 100% of her acquisitions conducted under open competition, reflecting a focus on technical merit and capability over socioeconomic classifications. While small business participation is not mandated in her portfolio, she evaluates all offerors based on technical excellence, innovation, and past performance, ensuring the most qualified entities deliver outcomes critical to national security. Her procurement focus is exclusively centered on NAICS 541712—Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology). She routinely acquires services in advanced materials engineering, systems modeling and simulation, cybersecurity R&D, and physical science instrumentation, requiring deep domain expertise in engineering analysis, prototype development, and test validation methodologies. Her technical acumen ensures that funded projects advance the frontiers of DHS’s scientific and technological capabilities.