Natosha Y. Allen

Natosha Y. Allen serves as a Contract Specialist within the Department of the Air Force’s FA7014 office, where she manages complex professional services acquisitions critical to sustaining Air Force operational readiness. Her portfolio centers on systems engineering and technical assistance (SETA), enterprise IT modernization, cybersecurity infrastructure, and mission-critical analytics. She executes full lifecycle contracting actions under FAR and DFARS guidelines, ensuring alignment with Air Force strategic priorities while maintaining compliance with federal procurement standards. Her work directly supports the agency’s mission to modernize technical capabilities through high-integrity, performance-based contracts. Allen maintains consistent working relationships with key contractors including SIGMATECH, INC. and PURDUE UNIVERSITY, reflecting a balanced approach between industry specialists and academic research partners. She frequently engages firms providing advanced technical advisory services, data analytics, and IT infrastructure support, fostering collaborative, long-term vendor partnerships that emphasize innovation, scalability, and mission alignment. Her contracting approach prioritizes performance outcomes and technical excellence, often leveraging indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) and other flexible contract vehicles to meet dynamic operational needs. While the majority of her acquisitions are conducted as open competitions (75% no set-aside), Allen demonstrates a strong commitment to small business participation, consistently allocating 25% of opportunities as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. She actively promotes equitable access for small businesses in professional services sectors, ensuring socioeconomic goals are integrated into acquisition planning without compromising technical requirements. Her procurement focus is concentrated in NAICS 541110 (legal services) and 511210 (software publishing), with significant activity in 541512 (computer systems design) and 541513 (computer facilities management). This reflects deep expertise in procuring legal advisory support, software development, and enterprise IT services—domains essential to modernizing Air Force command, control, and data infrastructure.