Kathleen Hawes

Kathleen F. Hawes serves as a key procurement lead within the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s Office of Contracting Services, supporting mission-critical acquisitions aligned with the agency’s mandate to deliver timely geospatial intelligence. She manages a portfolio focused on technical services that enhance the collection, analysis, and dissemination of geospatial data, ensuring alignment with DoD standards and national security objectives. Her acquisitions primarily involve professional services requiring specialized linguistic, analytical, and operational support, often tied to classified and sensitive environments. Hawes plays a pivotal role in translating NGA’s strategic modernization goals into executable contracting actions that sustain operational readiness and technological innovation. Her primary contractor relationship is with ECS Federal, LLC, a trusted partner delivering high-confidence, mission-focused services in geospatial support and intelligence analysis. Hawes consistently engages this vendor for complex, requirements-driven task orders that demand deep domain expertise in geospatial systems and multilingual intelligence processing. Her contracting approach reflects a preference for established, proven contractors with proven track records in secure, high-acuity environments, while maintaining flexibility to incorporate emerging capabilities through competitive pathways. Hawes demonstrates a balanced commitment to socioeconomic contracting, with approximately one-third of her awards structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. While the majority of her acquisitions remain open to all competitors, her consistent use of small business set-asides signals a deliberate effort to foster innovation and capacity-building within the small business community, particularly among firms capable of supporting NGA’s specialized technical needs. Her procurement focus centers on NAICS 541930 (Translation and Interpretation Services), reflecting a heavy reliance on multilingual intelligence support for global operations, and NAICS 541611 (Administrative Management Consulting), underscoring her need for strategic advisory services in process optimization and program management. These categories reveal a technical domain expertise in language-enabled geospatial analysis and enterprise-level service integration critical to NGA’s mission execution.