Caitlin Cunningham

Caitlin Cunningham serves as a Lead Contracting Officer (LCO) within the Farm Production and Conservation Business Center’s Management Services Division under the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In this role, she is responsible for managing the full lifecycle of real estate and facility-related acquisitions to support field-level agricultural operations and conservation initiatives across rural and underserved regions. Her procurement portfolio centers on securing long-term infrastructure solutions that enable USDA personnel to deliver critical services including farm assistance, disaster response, and conservation program delivery. She routinely handles non-personal services contracts for leasehold improvements, property management, and facility operations, ensuring alignment with federal real property standards and mission-critical access requirements. Cunningham maintains a consistent working relationship with Mckenzie Construction & Site Development LLC and the Foreign Policy Research Institute Inc., engaging them primarily for site development, facility adaptation, and strategic infrastructure planning services. Her contractor engagements reflect a preference for established vendors with proven experience in federal real property management and specialized technical support for rural operational environments. These partnerships are typically sustained over multiple acquisition cycles, indicating a pattern of performance-based vendor retention and relationship-driven procurement. Her contracting activity shows no use of socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic emphasis on capability and compliance over socioeconomic preferences, prioritizing mission readiness and facility operational continuity over targeted small business allocation. Cunningham’s procurement focus is exclusively concentrated under NAICS 531120—Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings (except Miniwarehouses). She specializes in procuring long-term leases, property management services, and facility upgrades for agricultural service centers, conservation offices, and rural outreach hubs. Her domain expertise lies in federal real property acquisition, tenant improvement coordination, and compliance with GSA and USDA real estate guidelines, ensuring infrastructure supports scalable, mission-critical field operations.