Cynthia Vass-Lassiter

Cynthia Vass-Lassiter serves as a key procurement professional within the Department of Labor’s Job Corps West Procurement office (1605JW), supporting the mission to deliver high-quality career and technical education to disadvantaged youth and young adults. She manages the acquisition of educational and vocational training services aligned with national workforce readiness goals, ensuring compliance with federal contracting regulations and programmatic outcomes. Her responsibilities include planning, soliciting, evaluating, and awarding contracts under the NAICS code 611519 for other technical and trade schools, with a focus on curriculum development, instructor services, apprenticeship coordination, and facility-based training programs that meet Department of Labor standards. Cynthia cultivates strategic relationships with a diverse pool of contractors specializing in workforce development, including community colleges, nonprofit training providers, and private vocational institutions. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages vendors capable of delivering scalable, outcome-driven education services across multiple geographic regions. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based contracting, clear deliverables, and accountability metrics tied to student placement and credential attainment. She demonstrates a strong commitment to socioeconomic opportunity, with approximately one-third of her acquisitions structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, reflecting a deliberate effort to expand access for small, mission-aligned providers. Though the majority of her awards are open to all competitors, her consistent use of small business set-asides underscores a dedication to fostering equitable participation in federal workforce training contracts. Her primary technical domain is workforce education services under NAICS 611519, where she specializes in procuring non-degree vocational training, career counseling, job readiness programs, and industry-recognized credentialing services. Her expertise lies in evaluating institutional capacity to deliver federally compliant, high-impact training that aligns with evolving labor market demands and DOL performance benchmarks.