Lila Schmideke

Lila Schmideke serves as a primary procurement lead within the Federal Acquisition Service under the General Services Administration, where she plays a critical role in advancing the agency’s mission to modernize federal IT infrastructure and streamline government-wide acquisition processes. She specializes in managing complex, mission-critical contracts for advanced technology services, with a focus on cybersecurity, digital platform modernization, and enterprise IT solutions. Her acquisitions are strategically aligned with the GSA’s mandate to deliver secure, scalable, and interoperable systems to federal customers, ensuring compliance with federal cybersecurity frameworks and cloud adoption standards. Schmideke maintains consistent, high-volume contracting relationships with leading defense and federal IT integrators, including Science Applications International Corporation, Booz Allen Hamilton, CACI Inc. - Federal, HII Mission Technologies, and ManTech Advanced Systems International. These partnerships reflect a preference for large, experienced contractors with proven capabilities in delivering classified and unclassified IT modernization services, systems integration, and cyber defense solutions. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, robust contract management, and adherence to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) standards for complex technical deliverables. Schmideke’s contracting portfolio reflects a 100% non-set-aside profile, indicating a strategic focus on full and open competition to ensure access to the broadest pool of qualified vendors with enterprise-scale capacity. This pattern underscores a prioritization of technical capability and mission readiness over socioeconomic set-asides, aligning with the Federal Acquisition Service’s mandate to rapidly deploy mission-critical systems across the federal enterprise. Her primary procurement activity centers on NAICS 541519 (Other Computer Related Services), encompassing a wide range of IT professional services including systems engineering, cybersecurity operations, cloud migration, data analytics, and software development lifecycle support. She consistently procures advanced technical services that underpin federal digital transformation initiatives, demonstrating deep expertise in the technical domains of federal IT modernization and secure infrastructure deployment.