LaShonda Jacobs-Terry

LaShonda Jacobs-Terry serves as a Contracting Officer responsible for managing complex acquisitions in scientific and technical research services. She plays a critical role in advancing agency mission objectives by ensuring compliant, efficient, and strategically aligned procurement processes for high-value R&D contracts. Her portfolio primarily encompasses services related to physical, engineering, and life sciences research, where she exercises full contracting authority from solicitation through award and administration. Jacobs-Terry specializes in negotiating performance-based contracts, managing task orders under indefinite-delivery vehicles, and ensuring adherence to federal acquisition regulations and technical specifications. Her contractor relationships are centered on firms with demonstrated expertise in applied research, laboratory services, data analysis, and engineering development. While no specific vendors are dominant in her award history, she consistently engages with both large primes and specialized small businesses capable of delivering technically rigorous, mission-critical solutions. Her procurement approach emphasizes competitive bidding, clear performance metrics, and contract compliance, fostering long-term partnerships with vendors who meet stringent scientific and operational standards. Jacobs-Terry’s set-aside preferences reflect a strong orientation toward full and open competition, with 100% of her awards issued without socioeconomic set-asides. This indicates a focus on technical merit and capability over socioeconomic criteria, though she remains compliant with all small business outreach and reporting requirements. Her approach prioritizes quality, innovation, and mission readiness, aligning with agency needs that demand specialized scientific expertise over socioeconomic targeting. Her primary NAICS focus areas—541712 and 541715—highlight her deep specialization in non-biotechnology research and development across physical and engineering sciences. She procures services such as experimental design, prototyping, computational modeling, environmental testing, and technical consulting, requiring contractors with advanced laboratory capabilities, subject-matter expertise, and proven research track records in fields like materials science, aerospace engineering, and applied physics.