Maria Mosher

Maria C. Mosher serves as a Contracting Officer within the Federal Prison System, part of the Department of Justice, where she manages the acquisition of critical services essential to the operational and humanitarian integrity of federal correctional facilities. Her portfolio encompasses medical care, dietary services, infrastructure maintenance, and technology systems designed to ensure constitutional standards of humane treatment for incarcerated populations. She oversees full and open competitions as well as limited-source procurements under FAR Part 13 and Part 15, prioritizing compliance with federal health, safety, and accessibility mandates. Her acquisitions are mission-critical, often involving complex requirements tied to inmate welfare, facility sustainability, and regulatory adherence. Mosher maintains enduring relationships with key contractors including Federal Prison Industries, Inc., NaphCare Inc., and McKenzie Construction & Site Development LLC, reflecting a consistent reliance on specialized vendors capable of delivering institutional healthcare, correctional facility upgrades, and operational support services. Her contracting patterns indicate a preference for established, high-capacity contractors with proven experience in federal correctional environments, though she actively engages joint ventures and integrated service providers to meet multifaceted operational needs. These partnerships are typically long-term, performance-based, and governed by robust quality assurance and compliance protocols. While the majority of her acquisitions—82.9%—are conducted as no set-aside competitions, she maintains a meaningful commitment to small business participation, with 17.1% of awards structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a balanced approach: prioritizing mission readiness while ensuring opportunities for qualified small businesses to contribute to the agency’s core functions. Her procurement focus centers on NAICS 541512 (Computer Systems Design Services) and 511210 (Software Publishers), indicating strong demand for digital health records, inmate management systems, and data integration platforms. She also regularly procures services under 621320 (Optometry) and 611699 (Miscellaneous Instruction), underscoring her role in supporting comprehensive inmate health and educational programming within federal prisons.