Christy Howard

Christy Howard serves as a Buyer responsible for managing the acquisition of essential goods and services to support operational needs across her organization. She plays a critical role in executing the agency’s procurement mission by ensuring timely, compliant, and cost-effective sourcing of commercial equipment, facility support services, and healthcare-related supplies. Her portfolio primarily includes procurements under the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), with a focus on competitive bidding, simplified acquisition procedures, and commercial item contracting. She routinely handles solicitations ranging from office supplies and IT hardware to janitorial and waste management services, emphasizing value, reliability, and regulatory adherence. Christy cultivates relationships with a diverse pool of vendors, particularly merchant wholesalers of computer equipment and commercial hardware, as well as service providers in janitorial, solid waste, and medical office sectors. While no single contractor dominates her award history, she maintains an open and transparent vendor engagement process, encouraging participation from both large distributors and small businesses. Her procurement approach emphasizes competitive fairness, clear evaluation criteria, and prompt contract administration to ensure continuity of critical services. Her contracting patterns reflect a strong preference for open competition, with 100% of her acquisitions designated as “No Set-Aside.” This indicates a focus on market-wide competition rather than socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs. While she does not prioritize designated small business categories, she remains compliant with all applicable small business participation goals and actively considers qualified small firms in open solicitations. Christy’s primary procurement focus centers on NAICS 423430 (computer and peripheral equipment wholesalers) and 423440 (other commercial equipment wholesalers), reflecting her expertise in procuring IT infrastructure and office technology. She also regularly acquires janitorial services (NAICS 561720) and solid waste collection (NAICS 562111), demonstrating operational breadth. Her technical domain includes commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware, software distribution channels, and facility services, positioning her as a pragmatic buyer with deep familiarity in commercial market dynamics.