LaTonya Richardson

LaTonya Richardson serves as a Small Business Specialist, playing a pivotal role in advancing equitable access to federal procurement opportunities for small businesses. In this capacity, she supports the agency’s mission to ensure compliance with socioeconomic contracting goals by identifying, vetting, and facilitating partnerships with qualified small business concerns. Her work directly informs acquisition planning, ensuring that solicitations are structured to maximize small business participation while maintaining competitive integrity. She typically handles administrative, operational, and general government support acquisitions, guiding contracting teams on appropriate set-aside strategies and socioeconomic certification requirements to align with federal mandates. While no specific contractor relationships are currently identifiable in the data, LaTonya’s role centers on cultivating a diverse supplier base, particularly engaging with small businesses certified under 8(a), HUBZone, WOSB, and SDVOSB programs. Her approach emphasizes early vendor outreach, pre-solicitation engagement, and mentor-protégé coordination to build sustainable small business capacity. She works closely with procurement staff to ensure contract vehicles are designed with small business eligibility in mind, fostering long-term vendor relationships grounded in transparency and regulatory compliance. LaTonya’s contracting patterns reflect a strong preference for unrestricted acquisitions, with 100% of her procurements classified as “No Set-Aside.” Despite this, her commitment to small business inclusion remains robust—she actively promotes small business participation through subcontracting plans, teaming arrangements, and targeted outreach, ensuring that even in full and open competitions, small firms have meaningful opportunities to compete and perform. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 921190 (Other General Government Support) and NAICS 921110 (Executive Offices), encompassing a broad range of services such as administrative support, policy analysis, program management, and operational consulting. She specializes in acquiring non-technical, mission-enabling services that sustain core government functions, demonstrating deep familiarity with federal administrative frameworks and interagency coordination requirements.