Laura Nachison

Laura Nachison serves as a key procurement lead within the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s Office of Contracting Services, supporting the agency’s mission to deliver timely, actionable geospatial intelligence to national security and defense stakeholders. She manages a diverse portfolio of acquisitions focused on professional training, custom software development, and analytical services that enhance NGA’s geospatial data infrastructure. Her work ensures the agency maintains cutting-edge capabilities in data processing, mission-critical analytics, and operational support systems, aligning procurement strategy with NGA’s modernization priorities and technological innovation goals. Her primary contractor relationships center on ECS Federal, LLC, a trusted partner in delivering enterprise-level geospatial solutions and training services. Nachison consistently engages with a mix of large federal contractors and small businesses to fulfill mission requirements, fostering long-term vendor partnerships grounded in performance reliability and technical adaptability. Her contracting approach emphasizes collaboration with vendors capable of integrating complex geospatial systems, supporting agile development cycles, and meeting stringent DoD compliance standards. While the majority of her acquisitions—80.8%—are conducted without set-asides, she maintains a measurable commitment to small business participation, with 15.4% of awards designated as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5 and an additional 3.9% reserved for women-owned small businesses. Her socioeconomic contracting patterns reflect a balanced strategy that prioritizes mission efficacy while actively promoting diversity in the federal contractor base. Her procurement focus is heavily concentrated in NAICS 611430 (Professional and Management Development Training), reflecting NGA’s need for specialized workforce development in geospatial analysis and intelligence tradecraft. She also regularly procures custom computer programming services (541511), research and development in physical sciences (541715), and computing infrastructure services (518210), underscoring her expertise in acquiring technical solutions that underpin the agency’s data-driven intelligence ecosystem.