LaShawne Brown

LaShawne Brown serves as a Contracting Specialist, where she is responsible for managing the acquisition lifecycle and executing procurement actions to support the agency's mission. In this role, she handles the administrative and technical requirements of the contracting process to ensure the efficient procurement of goods and services. Regarding set-aside preferences, the procurement patterns show a heavy reliance on full and open competitions, with the vast majority of actions categorized as No Set-Aside. There is a limited but present commitment to small business participation, including occasional use of Partial Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, as well as targeted offerings for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB) and 8(a) certified firms. Her procurement activity is heavily concentrated within the food manufacturing and processing sectors. Technical expertise is demonstrated through the acquisition of services and products related to animal and poultry slaughtering, seafood product preparation and packaging, and the manufacturing of dried, dehydrated, and miscellaneous food products.