Lana Birdsell

Lana Birdsell serves as a Contract Officer responsible for managing the full lifecycle of procurement actions within her organization, with a dedicated focus on professional and management development training services. She ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations while executing competitive solicitations, evaluating proposals, and administering contracts to meet mission-critical workforce development objectives. Her role is central to aligning acquisition strategy with organizational training goals, ensuring that contracted services enhance leadership capacity, compliance training, and organizational effectiveness across federal personnel. While specific contractor names are not available, Birdsell maintains a broad network of vendors specializing in instructional design, leadership development, and adult learning methodologies. She engages with a diverse range of service providers, including large training consultants, niche educational technology firms, and specialized human capital development contractors. Her procurement approach emphasizes clear performance metrics, deliverable-based contract structures, and rigorous post-award oversight to ensure quality and accountability in training outcomes. Birdsell’s contracting portfolio reflects a strong preference for open competition, with 100% of her awards issued under non-set-aside procedures. This indicates a strategic focus on maximizing competition and value through unrestricted solicitations rather than socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs. Her approach prioritizes technical merit and cost-effectiveness over socioeconomic preferences, consistent with agency-wide mandates for broad-based competition in training acquisitions. Her primary procurement focus is on NAICS 611430—Professional and Management Development Training—which encompasses leadership coaching, compliance training, executive education, and organizational development programs. She regularly awards contracts for curriculum design, instructor-led and virtual training delivery, learning management system integration, and workforce competency assessments. Birdsell’s expertise lies in evaluating the pedagogical rigor and scalability of training solutions, ensuring that contracted services align with federal workforce modernization initiatives and adult learning best practices.