Margaret Fitting

Margaret Fitting serves as a Contracting Officer within the IBC Acquisition Services Directorate (140D04) of the Department of the Interior’s Departmental Offices, where she manages the acquisition of specialized professional and technical services critical to federal land management and resource stewardship. Her portfolio centers on procuring expert support for real estate valuation, aviation logistics, scientific research, and systems design to sustain public trust assets and infrastructure integrity. She routinely handles complex, performance-based contracts under FAR Part 12 and Part 37, emphasizing outcome-driven deliverables and mission-critical service delivery across high-risk operational environments. Fitting maintains consistent working relationships with a select group of niche contractors, including PHOENIX AIR GROUP, INC., PAPILLON AIRWAYS INC., BRAINERD HELICOPTERS, INC., and HMC HELICOPTER SERVICE LLC, primarily for aviation and logistics support. She also regularly engages MATHEMATICA INC. for data analytics and modeling services. Her contracting approach reflects a preference for long-term, mission-aligned partnerships with vendors possessing proven technical expertise in federal land management domains, often leveraging indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) and other flexible contract vehicles to ensure responsive, scalable support. Her set-aside preferences are heavily skewed toward open competition, with 92.3% of awards issued without socioeconomic set-asides, reflecting a mission-driven focus on technical capability over socioeconomic criteria. Nevertheless, she maintains a consistent 7.7% commitment to Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a measured but intentional engagement with qualified small businesses when competition permits and technical requirements align. Fitting’s procurement activity is dominated by NAICS 541512 (Computer Systems Design Services) and 541519 (Other Computer Related Services), with significant emphasis on 541611 (Management Consulting Services). She specializes in acquiring custom software development, systems integration, data analytics, and administrative management support tailored to land use planning, environmental modeling, and operational logistics—reflecting deep expertise in technical domains that underpin the Department’s stewardship responsibilities.