Pamela A. Laws

Pamela A. Laws serves as a Purchasing Agent at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), where she plays a critical role in acquiring advanced geospatial technologies and analytical tools essential to national security and defense operations. She manages the procurement lifecycle for mission-critical systems including imagery analysis platforms, automated mapping software, and digital terrain modeling solutions. Her acquisitions directly support NGA’s core mission of delivering precise, timely geospatial intelligence to military and intelligence stakeholders, ensuring that technical capabilities remain at the forefront of operational readiness and decision-making. Laws maintains consistent partnerships with leading technology providers including ESRI, L3Harris Technologies, Garmin International, Voyager Search, and Dynamic Gravity Systems LLC. These relationships reflect a strategic focus on vendors capable of delivering high-performance geospatial data systems, navigation hardware, and custom analytics platforms. Her contracting patterns emphasize long-term vendor collaboration with firms that demonstrate proven expertise in geospatial engineering, real-time data integration, and secure software development environments. Her procurement strategy prioritizes open competition, with 74.4% of awards issued without set-asides, while maintaining a robust 25.6% commitment to total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This balance ensures access to innovative small business solutions while preserving flexibility for complex, large-scale requirements. She actively engages with small businesses capable of delivering specialized geospatial services and software, reinforcing NGA’s broader socioeconomic goals without compromising mission-critical performance standards. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 511210 (Geospatial Services), 541370 (Surveying and Mapping Services), and 541511 (Custom Computer Programming), reflecting deep expertise in geospatial data processing, automated cartography, and tailored software development. She routinely acquires advanced GIS platforms, remote sensing tools, and integrated mapping systems that enable precision geospatial analysis across classified and unclassified domains.