Jacob Stephens

Jacob Stephens is a Contract Specialist responsible for managing procurement actions and ensuring the effective acquisition of goods and services to support the agency's mission. In this role, he handles the administrative and technical aspects of the contracting process, overseeing the lifecycle of acquisitions from solicitation to award. Regarding set-aside preferences, the procurement data indicates a strong leaning toward full and open competitions, with the vast majority of actions categorized as No Set-Aside. There is a limited utilization of Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, suggesting a procurement environment primarily focused on large-scale or highly specialized requirements. Stephens' procurement activity is heavily concentrated in the aerospace and defense manufacturing sectors. His primary technical focus involves the acquisition of aircraft parts and auxiliary equipment, as well as aircraft engine and engine parts manufacturing. Additionally, his portfolio includes specialized requirements for search, detection, navigation, and guidance systems, as well as power distribution and specialty transformer manufacturing.