Mary M Lyerly

Mary M. Lyerly 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. She manages a diverse portfolio of acquisitions focused on technical services that enhance NGA’s data infrastructure, analytical capabilities, and operational support systems. Her work centers on soliciting and awarding contracts under FAR Part 15, with an emphasis on performance-based requirements for IT modernization, language services, and mission-critical facilities support. Lyerly ensures alignment between contracting actions and NGA’s strategic priorities in geospatial innovation and intelligence dissemination. Her primary contractor relationship is with ECS Federal, LLC, a trusted partner delivering integrated IT and mission support solutions. Lyerly frequently collaborates with this vendor on complex, multi-year task orders requiring high assurance, cybersecurity compliance, and rapid scalability. Her procurement patterns reflect a preference for established, capable contractors with proven track records in federal geospatial and language services environments, indicating a reliance on long-term, performance-driven partnerships rather than transactional engagements. Lyerly’s contracting activity shows a strong preference for open competition, with 92.3% of awards issued without set-aside restrictions. Only 7.7% of awards are designated as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, reflecting a strategic focus on capability over socioeconomic categorization, while still maintaining compliance with small business participation goals. Her primary NAICS focus areas include Translation and Interpretation Services (541930) and Computer Systems Design Services (541512), underscoring expertise in language-enabled intelligence support and geospatial IT architecture. She also regularly procures Computer Facilities Management Services (541513) and Language Schools (611630), indicating a need for workforce development and secure, mission-aligned language training infrastructure to sustain NGA’s global operational readiness.