Lynne M. Ware.

Lynne M. Ware serves as a Contract Specialist at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), where she plays a pivotal role in executing complex acquisitions that support the agency’s mission of delivering timely, accurate geospatial intelligence for national security and defense operations. She manages the full lifecycle of procurements for technical services and advanced geospatial systems, with a focus on mapping, data analytics, and infrastructure solutions that enable precision decision-making. Her work ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations while aligning contract outcomes with NGA’s strategic priorities in automation, digital terrain modeling, and imagery exploitation. Lynne maintains established relationships with key industry partners including ESRI, L3Harris Technologies, Garmin International, Voyager Search, and Dynamic Gravity Systems LLC. These contractors provide critical capabilities in geospatial software development, satellite data processing, navigation systems, and analytical platforms. Her contracting approach emphasizes long-term vendor collaboration, performance-based outcomes, and technical innovation, often leveraging commercial-off-the-shelf solutions integrated with custom analytics to meet mission-critical requirements. Her procurement portfolio reflects a strong preference for open competition, with 90% of awards issued without set-asides. However, she consistently supports small business participation, with approximately 10% of awards directed toward service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, demonstrating a deliberate commitment to socioeconomic goals while maintaining mission readiness. Lynne’s primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541370 (Surveying and Mapping Services) and 518210 (Computing Infrastructure and Data Processing Services), with additional emphasis on custom programming (541511) and geophysical surveying (541360). She regularly acquires advanced geospatial analytics tools, cloud-hosted data platforms, automated mapping systems, and terrain modeling software—capabilities essential to NGA’s mission of transforming raw imagery into actionable intelligence for military and intelligence stakeholders.