Jacquelyn D Howard

Jacquelyn D. Howard serves as a Contract Negotiator responsible for managing complex procurement actions within a defense and aerospace-focused agency. Her role centers on ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations while negotiating terms that balance mission needs, cost-effectiveness, and contractor performance. She handles a broad spectrum of competitive and non-competitive acquisitions, primarily involving high-technology systems, engineering services, and specialized manufacturing contracts. Her work is critical to securing mission-critical capabilities while upholding transparency, fairness, and regulatory integrity throughout the contracting lifecycle. Howard’s contracting patterns reflect a preference for open competition, with the vast majority of awards issued under non-set-aside conditions. While she engages with a diverse base of vendors, her relationships are primarily with prime contractors possessing deep technical expertise in aerospace components, avionics, and precision instrumentation. She frequently collaborates with firms capable of delivering custom-engineered solutions and adhering to stringent military and aerospace specifications, fostering partnerships grounded in technical rigor and performance accountability. Her socioeconomic contracting approach is heavily skewed toward open competition, with only modest use of set-asides—4.8% for total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5 and 2.4% for 8(a) competed awards. This reflects a mission-driven prioritization of technical capability over socioeconomic preferences, though she remains compliant with all statutory requirements and actively considers qualified small businesses when their expertise aligns with acquisition objectives. Howard’s primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing), followed by 334511 (Aeronautical System and Instrument Manufacturing) and 541330 (Engineering Services). She routinely procures advanced avionics, flight control systems, test instrumentation, and specialized engineering support services. Her domain expertise spans aerospace systems integration, electronic measurement devices, and mission-critical instrumentation, making her a key player in securing next-generation defense and aviation technologies.