Dawn M. Cavallo

Dawn M. Cavallo serves as a key procurement professional responsible for managing acquisitions in support of workforce development and educational services. Her role centers on executing contracts that align with federal training and operational support mandates, ensuring compliance with FAR regulations and socioeconomic objectives. She typically handles service-based acquisitions involving technical instruction, administrative consulting, and auxiliary support services, often coordinating with multiple stakeholders to align contract outcomes with institutional training goals. Cavallo cultivates relationships with a diverse range of vendors, primarily engaging small businesses and general service providers delivering educational programming and management support. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, her contracting patterns reflect a preference for agile, responsive vendors capable of delivering customized training solutions and operational support. She maintains collaborative, performance-driven partnerships with firms that demonstrate strong past performance in delivering curriculum development, workforce training, and administrative services under time-sensitive delivery schedules. Her procurement strategy prioritizes small business participation, with over one-third of her awards structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. While she does not frequently utilize specialized set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB, her consistent use of small business set-asides signals a strong institutional commitment to expanding economic opportunity for small, domestically owned firms. This pattern reflects a balanced approach to competition and socioeconomic compliance, favoring broad-based small business inclusion over narrow socioeconomically targeted categories. Cavallo’s primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 611519 (Other Technical and Trade Schools), indicating a deep specialization in non-degree vocational and technical training services. She also procures support services under NAICS 561990 and administrative consulting under NAICS 541611, demonstrating expertise in workforce development infrastructure, instructional design, and operational management consulting. Her domain knowledge centers on designing and managing contracts that enhance adult education capacity, workforce readiness, and institutional efficiency through targeted service acquisition.