Dianne R Proctor

Dianne R. Proctor serves as a Contract Specialist within the Office of Acquisition at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), where she plays a critical role in executing procurements that advance the agency’s mission to reduce traffic-related fatalities and injuries through evidence-based safety initiatives. She manages the full lifecycle of acquisition activities for research and development contracts, ensuring compliance with federal regulations and alignment with NHTSA’s strategic priorities in vehicle safety technologies, behavioral research, and regulatory policy development. Her work supports high-impact programs requiring technical expertise in social sciences, engineering analysis, and public safety communications. Proctor maintains established relationships with key contractors including AMD International Technologies LLC, Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC, and the National Association of ESEA State Program Administrators. These partnerships reflect a focus on firms capable of delivering specialized research services, data analytics, and program evaluation support for federal safety initiatives. Her contracting patterns indicate consistent engagement with vendors possessing deep domain knowledge in human factors, transportation policy, and behavioral science, fostering long-term collaborations grounded in technical rigor and regulatory compliance. Proctor’s procurement portfolio reflects a 100% preference for non-set-aside contracts, indicating a focus on competitive, open solicitations rather than socioeconomic set-asides. While she does not prioritize 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB set-asides, her approach emphasizes merit-based selection based on technical capability and past performance, ensuring the highest quality outcomes for NHTSA’s mission-critical research. Her primary NAICS focus is 541720—Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities—underscoring her specialization in procuring behavioral studies, public awareness campaign evaluations, policy analysis, and data-driven safety interventions. She routinely oversees contracts for survey design, statistical modeling, and longitudinal research to inform federal motor vehicle safety standards and regulatory decisions.