Natasha Bitsoi

Natasha Bitsoi serves as a key procurement professional within the Indian Education Acquisition Office, operating under the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education. She manages acquisitions aligned with the agency’s mission to advance educational equity and cultural responsiveness for Native American students, focusing on contracts that support safe learning environments, behavioral health services, and specialized educational infrastructure. Her work centers on procuring goods and services that directly enhance tribal school operations, with an emphasis on culturally appropriate solutions and community-driven outcomes. She handles a diverse portfolio of construction, therapeutic, security, and operational support contracts, ensuring alignment with federal acquisition regulations and tribal sovereignty principles. Bitsoi maintains consistent working relationships with a select group of contractors, including RJS Construction Inc., Maguire Iron, Inc., and Tami Jollie-Trottier PhD PLLC, reflecting a preference for vendors with demonstrated experience in tribal education settings. Her partnerships span construction firms delivering facility upgrades, behavioral health providers offering speech and occupational therapy services, and security systems specialists ensuring campus safety. These relationships are characterized by long-term engagement, performance-based evaluations, and a shared commitment to serving Indigenous communities with culturally competent delivery. Her procurement strategy prioritizes socioeconomic inclusion, with over half of her awards directed toward Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise (ISBEE) set-asides, underscoring a strong commitment to tribal-owned enterprises. She also actively utilizes Total Small Business and Indian Economic Enterprise set-asides, consistently favoring vendors certified under Department of the Interior-specific socioeconomic programs over general small business or non-set-aside mechanisms. This pattern reinforces the agency’s statutory mandate to empower Native-owned businesses and foster economic self-determination. Bitsoi’s primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 238220 (plumbing, heating, and HVAC), 621340 (therapy and audiology services), and 561621 (security systems), reflecting her specialization in infrastructure modernization, student wellness support, and school safety. Her technical expertise spans the integration of therapeutic services into school curricula, facility upgrades compliant with tribal standards, and security systems tailored to remote or culturally sensitive educational sites.