Gloria Crayton

Gloria Crayton 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 federal land management, resource stewardship, and infrastructure integrity. Her responsibilities include sourcing professional and technical services critical to real estate valuation, aviation logistics, scientific research, and systems design, ensuring alignment with the agency’s mission to sustain public trust assets. She oversees a diverse portfolio of contracts requiring high-level technical expertise, often involving complex operational environments and mission-critical deliverables. Crayton maintains consistent 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 focus on aviation support, data-driven analysis, and engineering services tailored to federal land operations. Her contracting approach emphasizes reliability, niche capability, and mission compatibility, often resulting in long-term engagements with vendors possessing unique technical certifications and operational experience in remote or sensitive environments. Her procurement strategy reflects a balanced commitment to socioeconomic goals, with nearly 43% of awards directed toward small business set-asides—28.6% under Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5) and 14.3% under the Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise (ISBEE) program, a unique authority specific to the Department of the Interior. This demonstrates a deliberate emphasis on empowering Indigenous-owned enterprises alongside broader small business participation, while maintaining flexibility through non-set-aside awards to ensure mission readiness. Crayton’s acquisitions are concentrated in five core NAICS categories, each representing 14.3% of her portfolio: 541715 (research and development in physical and engineering sciences), 541330 (engineering services), 541990 (other professional and technical services), and 334112 and 519130 (computer storage device manufacturing and related information services). These reflect a technical focus on data systems, analytical modeling, and aviation-enabled field operations, underscoring her expertise in procuring mission-critical, science-driven solutions for federal land management.