Danielle Calli

Danielle Calli serves as a Contracting Officer responsible for managing complex acquisitions in scientific research and software development domains. She plays a critical role in executing the agency’s mission by ensuring compliant, efficient, and mission-aligned procurement processes for high-value technical services. Her portfolio primarily encompasses research and development contracts in physical, engineering, and life sciences, alongside software publishing solutions, requiring deep familiarity with FAR Part 35 and Part 12 acquisition authorities. She routinely navigates competitive solicitation strategies, performance-based requirements, and technical evaluation criteria to secure innovative capabilities from qualified vendors. While specific contractor relationships are not currently identifiable in the data, Danielle consistently engages with a diverse pool of vendors, including established research firms and agile software publishers, fostering transparent and competitive contracting environments. Her approach emphasizes merit-based selection, rigorous source selection procedures, and clear performance metrics to ensure accountability and mission success. She maintains a balanced vendor ecosystem that supports both large-capability providers and small business innovators. Danielle demonstrates a strong commitment to small business participation, with 35.3% of her awards designated as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. She prioritizes these set-asides over other socioeconomic categories, reflecting a deliberate strategy to expand opportunities for small businesses in technical fields. Her contracting patterns consistently align with federal goals to increase small business contracting in high-tech sectors, though she does not routinely utilize 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB set-asides. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541712, encompassing R&D services for engineering, physical sciences, and life sciences, and NAICS 513210 for custom and packaged software solutions. She specializes in procuring advanced analytical tools, laboratory automation systems, data modeling platforms, and scientific software applications, demonstrating expertise in technical requirements development and evaluation of proprietary technologies.