Grace Brown

Grace Brown serves as a Contracting Officer at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center’s Charleston Procurement Office (70LCHS), where she manages the acquisition of mission-critical infrastructure, equipment, and support services essential to sustaining high-fidelity law enforcement training environments. Her portfolio encompasses facilities construction, recreational and tactical training assets, and operational support services that directly enable firearms proficiency, tactical vessel operations, and personnel readiness. Brown ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations while aligning procurements with the agency’s strategic goals of modernizing training capabilities and maintaining facility integrity across federal law enforcement programs. While specific contractor names are not publicly disclosed, Brown maintains a robust network of vendors specializing in commercial and institutional construction, recreational facility operations, and prefabricated metal building systems. She engages with both large prime contractors and small business subcontractors to deliver turnkey solutions for training facilities, simulators, and support infrastructure, fostering collaborative partnerships grounded in performance-based contracting and delivery timelines critical to operational readiness cycles. Brown exhibits a strong commitment to socioeconomic contracting, with 66.7% of her acquisitions set aside for small businesses under FAR 19.5. Her procurement patterns consistently prioritize small business participation across multiple categories, including service-disabled veteran-owned, woman-owned, and HUBZone firms, reflecting a deliberate strategy to expand economic opportunity while ensuring competitive, innovative solutions. She actively leverages set-aside authorities to enhance vendor diversity and strengthen the small business ecosystem supporting federal law enforcement training. Her primary NAICS focus areas include 721110 (lodging for trainee housing), 713940 (fitness and recreational centers for physical readiness training), 236220 (commercial construction for training facilities), 561210 (facilities support services), and 332311 (prefabricated metal building components). This technical specialization underscores her expertise in procuring integrated environments that replicate real-world enforcement scenarios, requiring precision in lifecycle management, safety compliance, and operational scalability.