Lynnette M Harris

Lynnette M. Harris serves as Supervisory Contract Specialist at the Federal Correctional Institution in Greenville, overseeing the acquisition of mission-critical food and dietary services for the Federal Bureau of Prisons. In this role, she ensures compliance with federal nutrition standards, religious dietary accommodations, and constitutional requirements for incarcerated populations. Her portfolio encompasses a broad range of procurement actions under the Federal Acquisition Regulation, including sealed bids, negotiated contracts, and simplified acquisitions for perishable goods, specialty food items, and religiously compliant meal services. She plays a pivotal role in aligning procurement strategy with the agency’s commitment to humane, equitable, and logistically sustainable subsistence operations. Harris collaborates with a diverse network of vendors, including general line grocery wholesalers, dairy product distributors, commercial bakeries, and perishable food manufacturers. She also engages with religious organizations that provide faith-based dietary services, ensuring that procurement practices uphold constitutional protections for inmate religious expression. Her working relationships emphasize reliability, scalability, and adherence to strict food safety and delivery timelines, fostering partnerships with suppliers capable of meeting the unique demands of institutional feeding programs. A strong advocate for small business participation, Harris consistently prioritizes small business set-asides, with 67% of her acquisitions designated under FAR 19.5 as total small business set-asides. Her contracting patterns reflect a deliberate effort to expand economic opportunity for small, minority-owned, and women-owned firms, aligning with federal socioeconomic goals while maintaining operational integrity. Her primary procurement focus centers on NAICS 424410 (grocery wholesaling), 424430 (dairy distribution), 311812 (commercial baking), and 311991 (perishable prepared foods), with additional emphasis on 813110 (religious organizations) to support dietary accommodations. This technical expertise positions her as a specialist in institutional food systems, navigating complex supply chains for temperature-sensitive, culturally appropriate, and medically prescribed nutrition services within a federal correctional environment.