Deborah M. McCray

Deborah M. McCray serves as Branch Chief of the QTFABA within the GSA/FAS Center for IT Schedule Program, where she leads the strategic oversight and execution of federal IT procurement initiatives focused on telecommunications and managed infrastructure services. In this role, she ensures the alignment of IT Schedule contracts with agency-wide digital transformation goals, overseeing the acquisition of scalable, pre-vetted solutions that support mission-critical network modernization, cloud-enabled platforms, and secure communications infrastructure. Her team manages the full lifecycle of IT Schedule 70 and related vehicle acquisitions, ensuring compliance with federal procurement regulations while accelerating access to innovative technology for federal agencies. McCray’s procurement portfolio is anchored in direct, open competition under the IT Schedule Program, with no set-asides currently applied to her portfolio. She works with a broad ecosystem of qualified vendors who hold IT Schedule 70 contracts, including major systems integrators, cloud service providers, and telecommunications carriers. Her approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, technical interoperability, and vendor accountability, fostering long-term partnerships with contractors who demonstrate sustained compliance, innovation, and service reliability across complex federal environments. Her contracting activity is exclusively concentrated under NAICS Code 511210, which encompasses telecommunications resellers and managed network services. This reflects a deliberate focus on procuring voice, data, video, and managed connectivity solutions—including SD-WAN, unified communications, and secure cloud transport services—that underpin federal digital infrastructure. Her expertise lies in evaluating technical architectures, service-level agreements, and cybersecurity compliance within telecommunications delivery models. McCray’s procurement strategy prioritizes open competition and efficiency, with no socioeconomic set-asides utilized in her current portfolio. While small business participation is not formally targeted through set-asides, she ensures all vendors—regardless of size—are evaluated on technical merit, past performance, and compliance with federal IT standards.