Natalie Owens

Natalie Owens supports the Department of Labor’s Job Corps program through procurement activities focused on operational and educational support services for residential youth training centers. While her official title is not listed, her role centers on managing acquisitions that enable the delivery of vocational education, career transition services, and facility operations across Job Corps East facilities. She handles a range of contract types—including firm-fixed-price and cost-reimbursement arrangements—to secure technical training providers, administrative support vendors, and infrastructure management contractors essential to sustaining the program’s mission of workforce development for underserved youth. Her contractor relationships are primarily with providers of postsecondary technical and trade education services, with a strong emphasis on vendors capable of delivering comprehensive, federally compliant youth training programs. Though specific contractor names are not available, her procurement patterns indicate consistent engagement with firms experienced in residential education environments, curriculum delivery, and compliance with Department of Labor workforce standards. She fosters partnerships with vendors who demonstrate capacity for scalable, nationwide service delivery and robust student support systems. Natalie exhibits a clear preference for small business participation, with approximately one-third of her acquisitions set aside for total small businesses under FAR 19.5. While no other socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB are currently dominant, her consistent use of small business set-asides reflects a deliberate strategy to expand opportunities for qualified small vendors in the career and technical education sector. Her procurement activity is exclusively aligned with NAICS 611519—Other Technical and Trade Schools—indicating deep specialization in contracting for vocational training services. She procures curriculum development, instructor staffing, career counseling, facility maintenance, and student support systems tailored to residential youth education environments, demonstrating expertise in the unique regulatory and operational demands of federally funded job training programs.