Nancy A. Costello

Nancy A. Costello serves as a Contract Specialist responsible for managing the full lifecycle of federal acquisitions, from requirements definition and market research to contract award and administration. Her role is central to ensuring the agency’s procurement activities align with federal regulations, including the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), while supporting mission-critical technology initiatives. She primarily handles complex service-based contracts, with a strong emphasis on solicitation development, source selection, and post-award contract management, ensuring compliance, transparency, and value for taxpayer investments. While no specific contractor relationships are identifiable in the current dataset, Costello’s procurement patterns indicate consistent engagement with a broad base of qualified vendors specializing in computer systems design services. She works with both large industry primes and small business subcontractors, fostering competitive bidding environments and encouraging collaboration among vendors to deliver integrated technical solutions. Her approach emphasizes fair and open competition, with no preference for socioeconomic set-asides, reflecting a focus on technical merit and cost-effectiveness as primary selection criteria. Costello’s contracting profile shows a 100% emphasis on non-set-aside acquisitions, indicating a deliberate strategy to prioritize full and open competition. She does not routinely utilize 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or other socioeconomic programs, instead focusing on selecting the most capable offerors based on technical expertise and past performance. This approach underscores her commitment to efficiency and mission readiness through unrestricted competition. Her procurement expertise is narrowly concentrated in NAICS 541512 — Computer Systems Design Services — encompassing the acquisition of custom software development, systems integration, infrastructure modernization, and enterprise IT architecture services. She regularly procures solutions involving cloud migration, cybersecurity compliance, data analytics platforms, and automated workflow systems, demonstrating deep familiarity with the technical and operational demands of modern government IT environments.