Patrina James

Patrina James supports the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) in managing critical information technology and financial systems acquisitions, ensuring alignment with the agency’s mission of fiscal accountability and operational readiness. While her formal title is not publicly listed, her procurement activities center on securing advanced software solutions, custom programming services, and integrated financial management systems that enhance audit readiness and automate compliance workflows. She routinely handles complex, high-impact contracts under the Federal Acquisition Regulation, prioritizing modernization initiatives that strengthen DFAS’s digital infrastructure and support enterprise-wide financial reporting capabilities. Her contractor relationships are anchored with established providers of financial analytics, software publishing, and IT services, including Soderberg Company Inc., Ecology Mir Group LLC, Bloomberg Industry Group, Inc., and Roche Diagnostics Corporation. These partnerships reflect a preference for vendors with proven expertise in financial data systems, regulatory reporting tools, and secure cloud-based platforms. James fosters long-term vendor collaborations that emphasize scalability, cybersecurity compliance, and interoperability with legacy DoD financial architectures. Her contracting patterns show a strong inclination toward open competition, with 85.7% of awards issued without set-aside designations, indicating a focus on technical merit and performance capability over socioeconomic preferences. However, she maintains a consistent 14.3% allocation to Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating measured but intentional support for small business participation in mission-critical IT procurements. James’s primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541519 (Other Computer Related Services) and 541511 (Custom Computer Programming Services), with significant activity in software publishing (513210). She specializes in acquiring enterprise software, automated financial reporting tools, data integration platforms, and system modernization services that underpin DFAS’s transition to a fully auditable, digitally enabled financial management ecosystem.