Jyla Wooten

Jyla Wooten serves as a key procurement professional within the Department of the Air Force’s FA7014 office, supporting the sustainment and modernization of mission-critical Air Force capabilities. She manages a portfolio of professional services and technical acquisitions focused on systems engineering and technical assistance, enterprise IT modernization, and cybersecurity infrastructure. Her work directly enables operational readiness by ensuring the timely delivery of high-integrity technical solutions and administrative management support. Wooten routinely handles complex, performance-based contracts under FAR Part 16, with an emphasis on cost-reimbursement and time-and-materials arrangements for long-term technical engagements. She maintains strong, ongoing relationships with primary contractors including SIGMATECH, INC. and PURDUE UNIVERSITY, partnering with them to deliver advanced research, engineering support, and analytical services. These relationships reflect a preference for established technical partners with proven expertise in defense-relevant domains, often leveraging academic research capabilities alongside commercial service providers to meet evolving mission needs. Wooten’s contracting approach emphasizes continuity, technical rigor, and performance accountability in multi-year engagements. Wooten’s procurement activity is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic alignment with the agency’s priority to source the most technically capable solutions regardless of business size, prioritizing capability over socioeconomic categorization. While small business participation is not formally incentivized through set-asides, vendors of all sizes are evaluated on technical merit, past performance, and mission alignment. Her primary procurement focus centers on NAICS 541712 (R&D in physical and engineering sciences), with significant activity in administrative management consulting (541611), computer storage device manufacturing (334112), and telephone apparatus manufacturing (334210). She procures advanced technical systems, cybersecurity tools, data analytics platforms, and enterprise IT infrastructure, demonstrating deep expertise in defense-focused engineering services and mission-enabling technology procurement.