Grace M Shave

Grace M. Shave serves as a Contracting Specialist responsible for managing the full lifecycle of federal acquisitions, ensuring compliance with FAR regulations and promoting efficient, transparent procurement practices. She handles a diverse portfolio of contracts spanning aerospace, healthcare services, and infrastructure, with a strong emphasis on strategic sourcing and risk mitigation. Her role is central to fulfilling the agency’s mission by securing mission-critical goods and services through competitive, compliant, and accountable contracting processes. Shave routinely manages complex solicitations, evaluates technical proposals, and negotiates terms to align vendor capabilities with operational needs. While specific contractor names are not available, Shave maintains consistent working relationships with a broad spectrum of vendors, including prime contractors, subcontractors, and small business concerns. Her procurement patterns reflect a preference for collaborative, performance-based contracting approaches, often utilizing indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) mechanisms and multiple-award contracts to ensure agility and responsiveness. She engages with vendors through structured source selection processes, emphasizing past performance, technical merit, and socioeconomic qualifications. Shave demonstrates a pronounced commitment to small business participation, with 57.1% of her awards designated as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate strategy to foster economic opportunity and enhance competition, consistently prioritizing small business eligibility without reliance on other socioeconomic categories such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB. Her contracting patterns indicate a preference for inclusive competition, encouraging broad small business engagement across multiple sectors. Her primary NAICS focus lies in aerospace manufacturing, particularly in Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (336413) and Aircraft Manufacturing (336411), indicating deep expertise in defense and aviation supply chains. She also procures specialized healthcare services, including therapy and family planning centers, and infrastructure projects related to water and sewer systems, showcasing a multidisciplinary technical acumen across both industrial and public service domains.