Janet D. Scott

Janet D. Scott serves as a Contracting Officer within the Contracts and Acquisitions Management unit of the U.S. Department of Education, where she leads the procurement of professional services critical to advancing federal education policy, research, and institutional capacity. Her portfolio centers on strategic acquisitions that support evidence-based decision-making, regulatory compliance, and the modernization of federal student aid and data infrastructure. She manages full lifecycle contracting actions under FAR Part 12 and Part 37, primarily for performance-based, non-personal services contracts that require technical expertise in education systems and social science research. Her work directly enables the agency’s mission to strengthen the infrastructure underpinning national education data collection and policy implementation. Janet maintains a consistent working relationship with LPE-STRATEGIES LLC, a key contractor providing management consulting and educational support services. Her procurement patterns reflect a preference for established vendors with demonstrated expertise in federal education programs, though she actively fosters competitive bidding environments to ensure value and innovation. She engages with contractors through performance-based task orders and indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) mechanisms, emphasizing outcomes over inputs and rigorous contract administration. Her set-aside preferences are heavily skewed toward open competition, with 85.7% of awards issued without socioeconomic set-asides, reflecting a focus on broad competition and technical merit. However, she consistently reserves 14.3% of opportunities for Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a measured but deliberate commitment to small business participation without compromising mission-critical requirements. Janet’s procurement focus is concentrated in NAICS 541618 (Other Management Consulting Services) and 611710 (Educational Support Services), with significant activity in 541720 (Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities) and 561499 (All Other Business Support Services). She procures services related to policy analysis, program evaluation, data system modernization, and institutional capacity building, requiring deep domain expertise in postsecondary education systems, federal compliance frameworks, and outcomes-driven research methodologies.