Monica M. Yankle

Monica M. Yankle serves as a key procurement professional within the Social Security Administration’s Office of Acquisition and Grants, supporting the agency’s mission to secure reliable, secure, and efficient operational infrastructure for critical social benefit programs. She manages a diverse portfolio of acquisitions focused on software development, systems integration, cybersecurity, and administrative services that underpin the SSA’s digital transformation and mission-critical operations. Her work ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations while aligning procurement outcomes with modernization goals, including IT modernization, data integrity, and service continuity for millions of beneficiaries. Yankle maintains consistent working relationships with established federal contractors including CA, Inc. and COLORID, LLC, primarily engaging them for enterprise-level IT solutions, systems modernization, and specialized technical services. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based contracting and outcome-driven deliverables, fostering long-term vendor partnerships that prioritize scalability, interoperability, and cybersecurity resilience. These relationships reflect a preference for proven vendors with demonstrated experience in federal environments and a track record of delivering complex, mission-aligned solutions. Her contracting patterns show a strong emphasis on open competition, with 88.9% of awards issued without set-aside restrictions. While small business participation is present, it is targeted rather than predominant, with 7.4% of awards designated as total small business set-asides and 3.7% allocated to HUBZone firms. This reflects a strategic balance between leveraging large-capability vendors and ensuring meaningful, compliant opportunities for qualified small businesses. Yankle’s procurement focus centers on NAICS codes related to professional organizations, software publishing, and computer-related services, indicating deep engagement with IT consulting, systems integration, and digital platform development. She routinely procures cybersecurity frameworks, application modernization services, and backend processing systems essential to SSA’s benefit delivery infrastructure, demonstrating expertise in technical domains critical to federal digital transformation.