Ashley M. Smith-Sallinger

Ashley M. Smith-Sallinger serves as a primary procurement contact, playing a key role in the agency's acquisition mission. Their responsibilities involve managing procurement actions and overseeing the lifecycle of contracts essential to the agency's operational requirements. The agency's contracting landscape shows a significant reliance on full and open competition, with the vast majority of awards being processed without set-aside designations. While the agency maintains a presence in the broader marketplace, there is a measurable engagement with the small business community through partial small business set-asides. The agency demonstrates a moderate commitment to socioeconomic contracting, utilizing partial small business set-asides for approximately 15.4% of its procurement activity. Total small business set-asides account for a smaller portion of the agency's overall award patterns, indicating a procurement strategy that balances large-scale requirements with targeted small business participation. Procurement activities are highly specialized, focusing heavily on maritime and logistics sectors. The agency's technical domain expertise is concentrated in deep sea freight transportation and navigational services to shipping. These requirements suggest a specialized focus on maritime logistics, vessel movement, and the technical services necessary to support complex shipping and navigational operations.