Lissa Kobeissi

Lissa Kobeissi serves as a Contract Specialist responsible for managing the full lifecycle of procurement actions within a federal aviation training environment. She ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations while executing competitive solicitations, evaluating proposals, and administering contracts to support flight training services. Her role is central to fulfilling the agency’s mission of maintaining a highly skilled aviation workforce through timely, transparent, and efficient contracting practices. She routinely handles performance-based service acquisitions, including instructor services, simulator maintenance, curriculum development, and flight operations support, with a strong emphasis on delivering mission-critical training outcomes. Lissa collaborates with a diverse range of contractors specializing in aviation training solutions, including flight schools, aviation service providers, and instructional systems designers. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she fosters long-term partnerships with firms possessing proven expertise in FAA-aligned training standards and military aviation curricula. Her working relationships are characterized by proactive communication, rigorous performance monitoring, and a focus on contractor accountability to ensure readiness and compliance. Lissa’s contracting activity is entirely non-set-aside, reflecting a strategic preference for open competition across the industry. This approach prioritizes technical merit, past performance, and cost-effectiveness over socioeconomic classifications, resulting in a procurement environment that emphasizes capability and reliability over set-aside categories. While she does not routinely utilize 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB set-asides, her process remains fully compliant with all small business participation requirements and encourages broad market access. Her primary focus is on NAICS code 611512 (Flight Training), where she specializes in procuring pilot training, recurrent flight instruction, ground school programs, and aviation safety curriculum development. She possesses deep technical familiarity with FAA Part 61 and Part 141 standards, military flight training requirements, and simulation-based learning systems, ensuring all acquisitions align with operational aviation readiness objectives.