Melissa Pishioneri

Melissa L. Pishioneri supports the Social Security Administration’s Office of Acquisition and Grants in managing mission-critical procurement activities that enable the secure and efficient delivery of social security programs. She oversees the acquisition of complex IT systems, cybersecurity solutions, and administrative infrastructure services essential to modernizing benefit delivery platforms. Her work centers on ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations while aligning procurements with the agency’s strategic priorities in digital transformation, data integrity, and operational resilience. She routinely handles high-stakes contracts for software development, systems integration, and facility support services that underpin SSA’s public-facing and internal operations. Pishioneri maintains longstanding relationships with key contractors including CA, Inc., Johnson Controls, Inc., East Coast Welding & Construction Co., Inc., and ColorID, LLC. These partnerships reflect a balanced approach to sourcing—engaging large, established vendors for enterprise-grade IT and facility modernization while ensuring technical reliability and scalability. Her contracting patterns emphasize performance-based outcomes, lifecycle support, and service-level agreements that prioritize system uptime, data security, and regulatory compliance across distributed federal environments. Her procurement portfolio demonstrates a strong preference for open competition, with 94.4% of awards issued without set-aside designations. Only 5.6% are designated as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, indicating a strategic focus on competitive bidding rather than socioeconomic preferences. While small business participation is not a primary driver, she adheres to all statutory requirements and evaluates vendor capability, past performance, and technical merit as primary selection criteria. Pishioneri’s primary NAICS focus is on 519130 (Other Information Services), reflecting extensive procurement of custom software, data management platforms, and digital service solutions. She also regularly acquires computing infrastructure services (518210) and media buying support (541830), demonstrating expertise in both technical and administrative procurement domains. Her technical acumen spans cloud-enabled systems, identity verification platforms, and secure data processing environments critical to SSA’s mission of reliable benefit administration.