Laura Mabe

Laura Mabe serves as a Contracting Officer for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, supporting the agency’s mission to modernize forensic science, digital intelligence, and secure communications infrastructure. In this role, she manages the full lifecycle of acquisition programs, from requirement validation and market research to contract award and performance oversight, with a focus on high-integrity technical systems critical to criminal investigations and national security. Her portfolio centers on specialized equipment and instrumentation used in forensic laboratories and cyber-enabled evidence analysis, ensuring compliance with federal procurement regulations and operational security standards. Ms. Mabe maintains a primary contracting relationship with Vista Outdoor Sales LLC and Southern Police Equipment Company, Inc., both of which provide mission-critical hardware and technical systems aligned with FBI forensic and field operational needs. Her vendor partnerships are characterized by long-term, performance-based engagements that emphasize technical reliability, supply chain security, and adherence to federal specifications for law enforcement-grade equipment. These relationships reflect a preference for established industrial suppliers with proven capabilities in defense- and law enforcement-oriented manufacturing. Ms. Mabe’s contracting activity is exclusively non-set-aside, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. She does not utilize socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs, reflecting a procurement strategy prioritizing technical capability and mission readiness over socioeconomic criteria. Her approach aligns with the FBI’s operational imperatives, where specialized equipment performance and certification standards take precedence over socioeconomic preferences. Her primary NAICS classification is 336411—Aircraft Manufacturing—indicating a focus on procurement of advanced, flight-capable platforms and associated sensor, communication, and data collection systems used in FBI aerial surveillance and forensic evidence recovery operations. This specialization underscores her technical expertise in procuring highly engineered, mission-specific systems that integrate avionics, imaging, and secure data transmission technologies for federal law enforcement applications.