Jennifer Schlegel

Jennifer Schlegel serves as a key procurement professional responsible for managing complex acquisition programs centered on management consulting, research services, and educational support. She plays a critical role in aligning agency requirements with strategic sourcing objectives, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations while advancing mission-critical outcomes. Her portfolio primarily encompasses professional services contracts, with a strong emphasis on administrative and operational consulting, social science research, and digital infrastructure support. Schlegel’s acquisitions are designed to enhance organizational efficiency, inform policy development, and strengthen institutional capacity through evidence-based solutions. Her contractor relationships are broadly distributed across the professional services sector, with consistent engagement with management consulting firms, research organizations, and IT infrastructure providers. While no single vendor dominates her award portfolio, she maintains a balanced approach to vendor engagement, fostering partnerships with both large professional services firms and small business competitors. Her procurement patterns reflect a preference for competitive, open solicitations that encourage innovation and diverse participation. Schlegel demonstrates a robust commitment to small business inclusion, with over 22 percent of her awards designated as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. She prioritizes opportunities for small businesses to compete on equal footing, with minimal use of other socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs. Her contracting approach emphasizes accessibility and fairness, ensuring small businesses have meaningful pathways to participate in high-value professional services acquisitions. Her primary technical focus lies in NAICS 541611 and 541618, reflecting deep expertise in organizational strategy, operational consulting, and specialized management services. She also routinely procures research services under 541720 and educational support under 611710, indicating a strong alignment with policy analysis, workforce development, and institutional capacity-building initiatives. Additionally, her engagement with computing infrastructure providers under 518210 underscores her ability to integrate digital services into broader consulting and research programs.