Colin D. Simmons

Colin D. Simmons serves as a key procurement professional within the Securities and Exchange Commission, supporting the agency’s mission to safeguard financial markets through advanced technology and data-driven oversight. He manages complex acquisitions for IT modernization, analytical platforms, and cybersecurity infrastructure, ensuring the SEC maintains robust capabilities to detect market manipulation and enforce federal securities laws. His work centers on procuring mission-critical systems that enhance market surveillance, data aggregation, and regulatory intelligence, often involving cloud-based analytics, real-time transaction monitoring, and enterprise-scale data processing solutions. Simmons maintains consistent partnerships with leading federal IT contractors including General Dynamics Information Technology, Booz Allen Hamilton, Maximus Federal Consulting, Team GreenZone JV, and Procentrix, LLC. These relationships reflect a preference for established vendors with deep expertise in financial systems integration, threat detection, and scalable computing environments. His contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, leveraging long-term vendor collaborations to deliver secure, compliant, and high-availability solutions tailored to the SEC’s regulatory demands. Simmons’ procurement portfolio exhibits no set-aside preferences, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic focus on technical capability and mission readiness over socioeconomic categorization, prioritizing vendor expertise and system interoperability over certification-based set-asides. While small business participation is not formally incentivized in his portfolio, all procurements adhere to federal acquisition regulations and competitive bidding standards. His primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541519 (Other Computer Related Services) and 518210 (Computing Infrastructure Providers), indicating a strong emphasis on custom software development, data hosting, and managed IT services. He also procures specialized hardware and software through NAICS 423430, underscoring his role in equipping the agency with secure, high-performance computing environments essential for real-time market analysis and enforcement operations.