Cecilia M. McLaughlin

Cecilia McLaughlin serves as a key procurement professional within the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS), supporting the agency’s mission to deliver secure, audit-ready financial systems and payment services across the Department of Defense. She manages a diverse portfolio of acquisitions focused on mission-critical support services, technology infrastructure, and operational enablement, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations and DFAS’s strategic priorities in financial modernization and automation. Her work directly enables the agency’s efforts to enhance fiscal accountability through streamlined contracting for IT, administrative, and facility-related solutions. McLaughlin maintains consistent relationships with a range of contractors, including Soderberg Company Inc., Ecology Mir Group LLC, Bloomberg Industry Group, Inc., and Roche Diagnostics Corporation, reflecting a mix of specialized support, data analytics, compliance reporting, and facility services vendors. Her contracting patterns indicate a preference for established firms with proven capabilities in federal financial environments, often engaging vendors with expertise in regulatory reporting, financial system integration, and mission-critical logistics support. These partnerships are typically structured under competitive sealed bidding or simplified acquisition procedures to ensure efficiency and transparency. Her procurement approach prioritizes small business participation, with over 43% of awards designated as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a strong commitment to socioeconomic goals. While the majority of contracts are open competition, she actively leverages small business set-asides to foster vendor diversity and enhance resilience in the contractor base, with minimal use of local area set-asides. McLaughlin’s primary NAICS focus areas include All Other Support Services, Plumbing and HVAC contracting, Pest Control Services, and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing, indicating a broad operational footprint that spans administrative support, facility maintenance, and specialized communications infrastructure. Her expertise lies in procuring integrated service packages that support DFAS’s physical and digital financial ecosystems, ensuring seamless alignment with federal audit and cybersecurity standards.