Cecelia A Royster

Cecelia A. Royster serves as a key procurement professional within the 693JJ4 Office of Acquisition Management at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, where she manages strategic acquisitions to advance data-driven safety oversight and modernization of commercial motor vehicle information systems. Her work centers on securing expert consulting services that support regulatory compliance, operational efficiency, and technological resilience across the national trucking and bus industries. She primarily handles sole-source and competitive procurements for administrative and management consulting services, ensuring alignment with FMCSA’s mission to enhance transportation safety through evidence-based policy and system modernization. Royster maintains a consistent working relationship with the National Institute for Safety Research Inc., a primary contractor providing specialized consulting in safety analytics, regulatory framework development, and transportation data system optimization. Her procurement pattern reflects a preference for long-term, performance-based engagements with niche technical service providers who deliver high-complexity advisory services. These partnerships are typically established through full and open competition, emphasizing subject matter expertise over socioeconomic preferences. Her contracting activity reflects a 100% no set-aside approach, indicating a focus on technical capability and mission-critical delivery over socioeconomic categorizations. While small business participation is not formally prioritized in her portfolio, all awards are awarded based on competitive merit, technical evaluation, and past performance, ensuring alignment with federal acquisition regulations and FMCSA’s operational imperatives. Royster’s procurement focus is exclusively under NAICS 541611—Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services—reflecting her specialization in securing high-level advisory support for policy implementation, regulatory analysis, and systems modernization. She procures services related to safety data modeling, compliance automation, and operational process redesign, demonstrating deep domain expertise in federal transportation regulatory environments and the technical infrastructure supporting commercial vehicle safety oversight.