Lisa A. Padilla

Lisa A. Padilla serves as a Purchasing Agent within the W6QK Acc-apg Cont Ct Software Sector, a critical unit of the Department of the Army focused on advancing secure communications, software, and information technology systems for battlefield readiness. She manages the acquisition of mission-critical software platforms, wireless communications infrastructure, and data systems that enable command and control, intelligence processing, and network resilience across distributed operations. Her role involves end-to-end procurement execution, from requirements validation to contract award and administration, ensuring alignment with Army modernization priorities and federal acquisition regulations. Padilla maintains strategic relationships with key contractors including British Telecommunications Public Limited Company, Liberty Communications, Inc., and Southwestern Industrial Contractors & Riggers, Inc., reflecting a blend of large-scale telecommunications and specialized technical services providers. Her contracting patterns emphasize performance-based outcomes, often leveraging indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) mechanisms and firm-fixed-price contracts to ensure cost predictability and technical reliability in complex IT environments. While the majority of her acquisitions are conducted as unrestricted procurements (64.1%), she consistently supports small business participation through Total Small Business Set-Asides (35.9%), demonstrating a deliberate commitment to socioeconomic contracting under FAR 19.5. Her approach prioritizes broad vendor engagement while maintaining rigorous performance standards for mission-critical systems. Her procurement focus is concentrated in NAICS 334290 (Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing) and 334310 (Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing), indicating a strong specialization in secure hardware-integrated communication systems. She also procures supporting infrastructure through NAICS 238390, reflecting the need for integrated physical and digital environments. Her technical domain expertise centers on secure field-deployable IT systems, tactical networking, and interoperable data platforms essential to modern Army operations.