Cathie Frazier

Cathie Frazier serves as a Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR), providing critical oversight and technical expertise to ensure contract performance aligns with agency mission objectives. In this role, she acts as the primary liaison between the government and contractors, monitoring deliverables, assessing compliance with contractual requirements, and facilitating communication to mitigate performance risks. Her responsibilities center on professional, scientific, and technical services acquisitions, where she ensures adherence to federal acquisition regulations and supports the agency’s broader procurement integrity goals. Cathie’s work is instrumental in translating technical needs into actionable contract requirements and verifying that contractor outputs meet established standards of quality and timeliness. While specific contractor names are not available, Cathie maintains consistent, structured relationships with a broad spectrum of service providers, particularly those specializing in professional, scientific, and technical consulting. Her working patterns emphasize collaborative oversight, regular performance evaluations, and proactive issue resolution, fostering accountability and continuous improvement in contractor deliverables. She engages primarily with firms possessing the technical depth to support complex, knowledge-based services, ensuring alignment with federal standards and performance metrics. Cathie demonstrates an unwavering commitment to small business participation, with 100% of her acquisitions structured as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate strategy to maximize economic opportunity for small businesses, ensuring that all contracts are reserved exclusively for small business concerns without further socioeconomic subcategories. Her approach reinforces federal priorities for equitable access and promotes a competitive, inclusive contracting environment. Her procurement focus is exclusively aligned with NAICS 541990—All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services—encompassing a wide range of specialized support services such as management consulting, technical analysis, research support, and operational advisory services. Cathie’s expertise lies in acquiring high-value, non-standardized professional services requiring nuanced technical understanding and performance-based management, making her a key steward of mission-critical expertise across the agency’s operational domains.