Grace P Kelly

Grace Kelly serves as a Contracting Officer within the Contracting and Procurement office of the Transportation Security Administration under the Department of Homeland Security. She is responsible for managing the full lifecycle of acquisitions critical to national transportation security, including the procurement of advanced detection systems, cybersecurity services, and operational support technologies. Her portfolio centers on computer facilities management services, ensuring the secure, scalable, and resilient IT infrastructure that underpins aviation and transit security operations. Kelly ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations while aligning procurements with the agency’s strategic priorities in modernizing security technology and maintaining mission-critical system integrity. Kelly works with a diverse range of vendors specializing in IT infrastructure, cloud-based security platforms, and managed services for government data centers. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages firms with proven expertise in federal IT modernization, system integration, and cybersecurity compliance, particularly those capable of supporting DHS’s stringent accreditation requirements. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, rigorous source selection, and long-term vendor accountability to ensure operational continuity and threat resilience. Grace Kelly maintains a strict preference for non-set-aside procurements, with 100% of her acquisitions conducted under full and open competition. She does not currently prioritize socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs, instead focusing on technical capability, past performance, and mission alignment as primary evaluation criteria. Her contracting pattern reflects a mission-driven emphasis on securing the most capable providers regardless of business size or certification status. Her primary NAICS focus is 541513—Computer Facilities Management Services—reflecting deep expertise in procuring managed IT infrastructure, data center operations, network monitoring, and secure cloud environments. She routinely acquires services related to system hardening, continuous diagnostics and mitigation, and real-time threat response platforms, demonstrating specialized knowledge in federal cybersecurity frameworks and infrastructure resilience standards.