Lakeshia Rawlings

Lakeshia Rawlings serves as a key procurement professional at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, supporting the acquisition of critical infrastructure and construction services essential to mission-critical facility operations. While her official title is not publicly listed, her contracting activities are central to enabling the Center’s scientific and engineering missions by ensuring the integrity, safety, and functionality of physical infrastructure that houses advanced space instrumentation, ground systems, and communications networks. She manages complex construction-related acquisitions under federal contracting regulations, often coordinating with engineering, facilities, and program management teams to align procurement outcomes with NASA’s strategic goals in Earth observation and space exploration. Rawlings maintains a consistent partnership with Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Lexington division, both of which provide specialized construction and technical support services. These relationships reflect a preference for established, technically capable vendors with proven experience in federal facility upgrades, cleanroom construction, and mission-support infrastructure. Her procurement approach emphasizes reliability, technical compliance, and long-term operational sustainability over rapid turnaround, indicative of the high-stakes environment at Goddard. Her contracting portfolio shows no use of socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a mission-driven prioritization of technical capability and institutional expertise over socioeconomic preferences, consistent with the specialized nature of the infrastructure she procures. Her primary focus lies in NAICS 237310—Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction—indicating a strong emphasis on civil infrastructure projects supporting Goddard’s campus-wide operations. This includes roadway systems, drainage networks, structural supports for launch pads, and utility corridors critical to the movement of sensitive payloads and equipment. Her expertise lies at the intersection of federal construction standards and the unique demands of a world-class space research facility.