Jacqueline R Lessig

Jacqueline R. Lessig serves as a Contracting Officer within the Social Security Administration’s Office of Acquisition and Grants, where she manages the acquisition of mission-critical services that underpin the agency’s operational integrity. Her portfolio centers on IT modernization, systems integration, cybersecurity, and administrative support contracts essential to the secure delivery of social security benefits. She exercises full contracting authority across the full lifecycle of procurements—from market research and solicitation development to award and contract administration—ensuring compliance with FAR, agency policy, and federal socioeconomic objectives. Her work directly enables the SSA’s mission to maintain reliable, scalable, and secure infrastructure for millions of beneficiaries. Ms. Lessig maintains strong, ongoing relationships with key contractors including CA, Inc. and COLORID, LLC, with whom she has executed multiple performance-based, outcome-driven contracts. These partnerships typically involve complex IT modernization initiatives, cloud infrastructure deployment, and data systems integration. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance metrics, risk mitigation, and vendor accountability, fostering long-term collaboration with vendors capable of delivering high-assurance technical solutions in regulated environments. Her procurement patterns reflect a strong preference for open competition, with 74.7% of awards issued without set-asides. However, she consistently supports small business participation, allocating 22.8% of awards to total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5 and an additional 2.5% to 8(a) competed contracts. This balanced approach ensures broad market access while maintaining competitive rigor and value for the taxpayer. Ms. Lessig’s primary NAICS focus includes 518210 for computing infrastructure and data processing services, reflecting her deep expertise in cloud platforms, data hosting, and IT operations. Though some NAICS codes appear misaligned with SSA’s mission, they reflect legacy or indirect support services tied to administrative operations. Her technical domain expertise lies in securing and modernizing digital systems that support benefit processing, identity verification, and secure data exchange across federal and contractor networks.