Cynthia Harper

Cynthia Harper serves as a secondary contracting professional within the Department of the Air Force’s FA7014 office, supporting the agency’s mission to sustain and modernize Air Force operational readiness through expert professional and management development services. While not the primary contracting officer, she plays a critical role in facilitating the acquisition lifecycle for training and capacity-building contracts, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities in systems engineering, cybersecurity infrastructure, and enterprise IT modernization. Her work primarily supports the procurement of technical assistance and workforce development solutions that enhance the Air Force’s human capital capabilities. Harper maintains consistent collaboration with key contractors including SIGMATECH, INC. and PURDUE UNIVERSITY, both of which provide high-value professional training, systems engineering support, and technical education services. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for long-term, performance-based partnerships with institutions capable of delivering specialized, mission-aligned learning and development programs. These relationships are characterized by recurring task orders and flexible contract vehicles that enable responsive, agile support to evolving Air Force workforce needs. Her procurement strategy is exclusively aligned with Total Small Business Set-Aside authority under FAR 19.5, reflecting a firm commitment to socioeconomic equity and small business empowerment. All acquisitions under her purview are reserved for small businesses, ensuring broad participation from diverse vendors capable of delivering high-quality professional development solutions without reliance on large prime contractors. Her primary focus is on NAICS 611430—Professional and Management Development Training—where she procures customized workforce training, leadership development programs, technical certification courses, and enterprise-level competency modeling services. This specialization underscores her expertise in building a resilient, future-ready Air Force workforce through targeted, outcomes-driven learning interventions.