Lisa A. Simmons

Lisa A. Simmons serves as a key procurement professional within the Federal Correctional Institution at Englewood, operating under the Bureau of Prisons, where she manages acquisitions critical to sustaining institutional operations. Her responsibilities center on securing high-volume food services and essential facility maintenance contracts to ensure the safe, secure, and humane functioning of the federal detention facility. She routinely handles complex, high-demand procurements under FAR Part 12 and Part 13, focusing on commercial item acquisitions for subsistence and infrastructure support. Her work directly enables the agency’s mission to deliver nutritionally compliant meals and maintain mission-critical building systems through reliable, compliant contracting. Simmons maintains consistent relationships with a network of merchant wholesalers and specialty food manufacturers, primarily engaged through competitive sealed bidding and simplified acquisition procedures. While specific vendor names are not publicly disclosed, her procurement patterns reflect long-standing partnerships with firms capable of delivering bulk, FDA-compliant food products and integrated facility services. She prioritizes vendors with proven capacity for just-in-time delivery, cold chain logistics, and compliance with federal dietary standards, fostering vendor reliability through performance-based contract management. A strong advocate for socioeconomic inclusion, Simmons demonstrates a pronounced commitment to small business participation, with 88.9% of her acquisitions set aside for small businesses under FAR 19.5. Her contracting patterns consistently favor small business set-asides, aligning with Bureau of Prisons directives to maximize opportunities for disadvantaged and community-based enterprises. This reflects a deliberate strategy to strengthen local economic resilience while ensuring a diverse, responsive vendor base. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 424410 (General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers), reflecting her dominant need for bulk food distribution, supplemented by 311999 (Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing) for specialized dietary products. She also oversees related contracts in 424490 and select building equipment and flooring services, demonstrating technical expertise in managing integrated supply chains for institutional food service and facility maintenance operations.