Marcco Castaneda

Marco Castaneda serves as a key procurement lead within the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s Office of Contracting Services, supporting the agency’s mission to deliver timely, accurate geospatial intelligence for national security and defense operations. He manages a diverse portfolio of acquisitions focused on advanced data infrastructure, analytical platforms, and mission-critical training services. His responsibilities include soliciting, evaluating, and awarding contracts aligned with NGA’s strategic modernization goals, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations while integrating cutting-edge technologies into operational workflows. Castaneda’s work directly enables the agency’s capacity to process, analyze, and disseminate geospatial data across DoD and interagency partners. He maintains a strong working relationship with ECS Federal, LLC, a trusted contractor delivering specialized geospatial analytics, cloud-based data processing, and mission support services. His contracting patterns reflect a preference for established industry partners with proven expertise in defense-sector technical domains, while also fostering collaborative, performance-based vendor relationships that emphasize innovation and mission alignment. His engagements are characterized by consistent recompetition and long-term service delivery frameworks that prioritize reliability and scalability. Castaneda’s procurement strategy reflects a balanced approach to socioeconomic goals, with 25% of awards designated as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, and the remainder awarded through unrestricted competitions. While he does not routinely favor specific socioeconomic categories such as 8(a) or HUBZone, his consistent use of small business set-asides demonstrates a deliberate commitment to expanding market access for qualified small entities in high-technology sectors. His primary procurement focus lies in three NAICS categories: 339999 for specialized manufacturing of geospatial hardware components, 611430 for professional and management development training tailored to intelligence analysts, and 518210 for computing infrastructure and data hosting services. These reflect NGA’s core needs in sensor integration, workforce readiness, and secure cloud-based geospatial data environments.