Lindsay C. Bourne

Lindsay C. Bourne serves as a Contract Specialist with the Virginia Contracting Activity (HHM402), a key component of the Defense Intelligence Agency under the Department of Defense. In this role, she manages the acquisition of mission-critical technical services that support classified intelligence operations, including systems design, data exploitation, and real-time analytical capabilities. Her procurement portfolio emphasizes advanced engineering, software development, and specialized laboratory instrumentation, ensuring the agency maintains operational superiority in high-stakes national security environments. She executes full lifecycle contracting actions—from market research and solicitation to award and administration—ensuring compliance with FAR and DOD regulatory frameworks while aligning acquisitions with strategic intelligence priorities. Lindsay collaborates with a diverse array of contractors, including niche technical firms specializing in classified systems integration, analytical instrument manufacturers, and management consultants supporting intelligence process optimization. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages vendors with proven expertise in secure environments and cleared personnel, fostering long-term partnerships built on technical reliability and regulatory compliance. Her approach prioritizes performance-based contracting and risk mitigation, particularly for projects involving sensitive data handling and hardware-software interoperability. Lindsay maintains a balanced commitment to socioeconomic contracting, with equal emphasis on open competition and Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. She actively promotes small business participation without reliance on specialized set-asides like 8(a) or HUBZone, reflecting a strategic preference for broad-based competition among qualified small entities. This approach ensures innovation and agility while maintaining a level playing field for firms capable of delivering mission-essential capabilities. Her primary NAICS focus spans specialty trade contracting, administrative management consulting, office furniture manufacturing, and analytical laboratory instrument manufacturing. These categories reflect the agency’s need for both high-tech instrumentation and operational infrastructure support. Lindsay’s expertise lies in procuring custom-engineered systems, secure data processing tools, and specialized equipment that enable intelligence analysts to extract actionable insights from complex, classified data streams.