Maria Figueroa-Gomez

Maria Figueroa-Gomez serves as a key procurement professional within Washington Headquarters Services, supporting the Department of Defense’s mission to modernize institutional management systems and enhance enterprise-wide operational efficiency. She manages a diverse portfolio of acquisitions focused on professional services, including management consulting, training, and custom software development, ensuring alignment with DoD’s strategic priorities in digital transformation and resource optimization. Her work directly enables mission-critical administrative and technical capabilities across DoD components through compliant, performance-based contracting practices. She maintains enduring relationships with a select group of high-performing contractors, including Clarity Innovations LLC, Cynergy Professional Systems LLC, Guidehouse Inc., AMD International Technologies LLC, and Signature Renovations LLC. These partnerships are characterized by sustained engagement across multiple contract vehicles, reflecting a preference for proven vendors with demonstrated expertise in defense-sector consulting, training delivery, and specialized technical services. Her contracting approach emphasizes quality, continuity, and mission readiness over transactional vendor turnover. Figueroa-Gomez’s procurement activity is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic emphasis on maximizing competition among qualified industry participants rather than socioeconomic set-asides, aligning with WHS’s enterprise-wide need for scalable, high-capacity service providers capable of supporting complex, cross-functional DoD initiatives. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 611430 (Professional and Management Development Training) and 541611 (Administrative and General Management Consulting Services), each accounting for nearly 30% of her portfolio. She also consistently procures custom computer programming services (541511), software publishing (513210), and specialized aeronautical systems manufacturing (334511), demonstrating deep technical expertise in enterprise software solutions, institutional training systems, and mission-critical instrumentation. Her work bridges administrative modernization with advanced technical capabilities essential to DoD’s operational infrastructure.