Lisa Monahan

Lisa Monahan serves as a key procurement professional within the Office of Acquisition and Grants at the Social Security Administration, where she manages the acquisition of critical administrative and IT-enabled services that underpin the agency’s mission to deliver secure and reliable social security benefits. Her responsibilities center on sourcing human resources consulting services to support workforce planning, talent management, and organizational development initiatives across SSA’s nationwide operations. She oversees the full lifecycle of contract actions—from requirements definition and market research to award and performance monitoring—ensuring alignment with federal acquisition regulations and agency strategic goals. Monahan maintains consistent, long-term relationships with primary contractors CA, Inc. and COLORID, LLC, both of which provide specialized HR consulting, workforce analytics, and organizational effectiveness solutions. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, requiring vendors to deliver data-driven insights and scalable service models that enhance SSA’s internal capacity. These partnerships are characterized by structured task order execution under multiple-award contracts, with a focus on continuity, compliance, and mission-critical service delivery. Monahan’s procurement portfolio reflects a strict preference for full and open competition, with 100% of awards issued without set-asides for 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or other socioeconomic categories. This reflects a strategic emphasis on leveraging broad market capabilities to meet complex, enterprise-wide HR modernization needs, rather than targeted socioeconomic contracting. Her primary procurement focus is squarely on NAICS 541612 (Human Resources Consulting Services), encompassing workforce planning, succession strategy, change management, and HR systems integration. She routinely procures services related to workforce analytics platforms, talent acquisition optimization, and HR process automation—domains requiring deep expertise in federal personnel policy and enterprise-scale HR transformation.