LaTashia Cole

LaTashia Cole serves as a key procurement professional within the Public Buildings Service’s Acquisition Management Division at the General Services Administration, where she manages federal construction and support services contracts for mission-critical infrastructure. Her work directly supports the agency’s mandate to deliver secure, sustainable, and efficiently operated federal facilities—including courthouses and office complexes—through integrated design, construction, and facility lifecycle management. Cole specializes in acquiring professional and management development training services, ensuring federal personnel are equipped with the technical and operational competencies required to maintain high-performance public infrastructure. Her acquisitions are strategically aligned with the agency’s modernization and workforce development priorities. Cole maintains a consistent working relationship with McKenzie Construction & Site Development LLC, a primary contractor engaged in facility support and construction-related services. Her procurement approach emphasizes collaborative vendor partnerships that align with GSA’s standards for quality, compliance, and performance-based outcomes. While McKenzie is the dominant contractor in her portfolio, her contracting patterns reflect a balanced reliance on established industry partners capable of delivering complex, integrated facility services under federal construction and maintenance frameworks. A strong advocate for small business participation, Cole consistently deploys Total Small Business Set-Aside authorities under FAR 19.5, with approximately two-thirds of her acquisitions reserved for small businesses. This reflects a deliberate strategy to foster economic inclusion and expand opportunities for qualified small contractors in the federal built environment sector. Her contracting patterns demonstrate a sustained commitment to socioeconomic goals, with minimal use of unrestricted awards. Her procurement focus is exclusively centered on NAICS 611430—Professional and Management Development Training—indicating a specialized domain expertise in workforce capacity building. She procures curriculum development, leadership training, facility operations certification, and project management education services tailored to federal building staff, ensuring alignment with evolving standards in sustainable construction, security protocols, and facility maintenance best practices.