Lisabeth. L. Day

Lisabeth L. Day serves as Procurement Chief for Federal Prison Industries (Unicor), where she leads the strategic acquisition of goods and services that support the agency’s mission of rehabilitation through industrial employment. In this role, she oversees the full lifecycle of procurement activities, ensuring compliance with federal contracting regulations while advancing Unicor’s goal of reducing government costs and providing vocational training to incarcerated individuals. Her portfolio includes complex acquisitions for facility infrastructure, maintenance services, and technical support systems, all aligned with the agency’s operational needs and statutory obligations under 18 U.S.C. § 4124. Day maintains strong, enduring relationships with a select group of contractors, including Veterans Range Solutions, LLC, Krueger International, Inc., Veterans Environmental Group, LLC, Blind Industries and Services of Maryland, and Nightingale Corp. These partnerships reflect a preference for vendors with specialized capabilities in facility operations, environmental services, and workforce development programs that align with Unicor’s rehabilitative mission. Her contracting approach emphasizes long-term collaboration, performance accountability, and alignment with mission-driven outcomes over transactional procurement. Her procurement strategy demonstrates a balanced commitment to socioeconomic programs, with nearly equal distribution between total small business set-asides and non-set-aside awards, and a notable 14.3% focus on service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) set-asides. This pattern underscores a deliberate effort to integrate veteran-owned enterprises and socially disadvantaged businesses into Unicor’s supply chain, reinforcing both federal socioeconomic goals and the agency’s broader values of opportunity and inclusion. Day’s technical focus centers on NAICS categories including industrial building construction, electrical contracting, real estate services, computer-related services, and professional technical services. She routinely manages acquisitions for facility modernization, utility systems, IT infrastructure, and specialized maintenance services—domains requiring precise regulatory compliance and coordination with correctional facility constraints. Her expertise lies in aligning technical procurement with operational security and workforce development objectives.