Brenda D Peterson

Brenda D. Peterson serves as a Contract Specialist within the Contract Administration Services Division (70RCAS) of the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Procurement Operations. In this role, she manages the full lifecycle of professional, scientific, and technical service acquisitions critical to national security operations, with a focus on transportation regulation and administrative management consulting. Her work ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations while supporting operational readiness through the procurement of systems engineering, cybersecurity, and policy implementation services. Peterson plays a pivotal role in translating agency mission needs into legally sound, competitively awarded contracts that uphold integrity and efficiency in federal spending. Her contractor relationships are primarily with firms possessing deep expertise in transportation policy administration and general management consulting, including large prime contractors and mid-tier professional services providers. She engages with vendors through full and open competition, fostering transparent, performance-based partnerships grounded in rigorous evaluation criteria and contract administration best practices. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, her approach emphasizes vendor accountability, deliverable alignment, and post-award oversight to ensure mission-critical outcomes. Brenda’s contracting patterns reflect a strict preference for full and open competition, with 100% of her acquisitions designated as non-set-aside. This underscores a strategic focus on maximizing competition among qualified entities rather than leveraging socioeconomic programs, aligning with the division’s emphasis on technical excellence and operational urgency over socioeconomic targeting. Her primary NAICS focus areas—926120 for transportation program regulation and 541611 for administrative management consulting—reflect her specialization in procuring policy analysis, regulatory compliance support, and organizational efficiency services. She routinely manages contracts for technical advisory services, systems integration planning, and federal program oversight, demonstrating strong domain expertise in public sector governance and operational logistics.