Dorothy Royster

Dorothy Royster serves as a key procurement lead within the IBC Acquisition Services Directorate (140D04) of the Department of the Interior’s Departmental Offices, where she manages specialized acquisitions to support land management, resource stewardship, and infrastructure integrity. Her portfolio centers on securing professional and technical services—including real estate valuation, aviation logistics, scientific research, and systems design—that sustain federal landholdings and public trust assets. She routinely handles complex service-based contracts requiring high levels of technical expertise and mission-critical performance, ensuring alignment with the agency’s strategic goals of modernizing operational capabilities across federal lands. Royster maintains enduring relationships with a select group of specialized contractors, including Phoenix Air Group, Inc., Papillon Airways Inc., Brainerd Helicopters, Inc., HMC Helicopter Service LLC, and Mathematica Inc. These partnerships reflect a preference for niche vendors capable of delivering aviation support, data analytics, and technical consulting services tailored to remote and sensitive federal environments. Her contracting approach emphasizes reliability, regulatory compliance, and mission-specific adaptability, fostering long-term vendor collaboration grounded in performance excellence and operational synergy. A strong advocate for small business participation, Royster consistently applies Total Small Business Set-Aside authority under FAR 19.5, directing 75% of her acquisitions to small businesses. This reflects a deliberate socioeconomic strategy to cultivate capacity among qualified small firms while ensuring competitive, innovative solutions. Her contracting patterns demonstrate a commitment to equitable access and economic inclusion, with a clear preference for small business vendors over no-set-aside awards. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 339113 (Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing), 336320 (Motor Vehicle Electrical and Electronic Equipment Manufacturing), and 334516 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing), indicating a unique alignment with specialized instrumentation and equipment used in environmental monitoring, land surveying, and scientific data collection. These categories underscore her technical expertise in procuring precision tools and systems that support field-based federal operations and ecological research initiatives.