Rachel Sullivan

Rachel Sullivan serves as a primary contracting professional within the Kessel Run organization under the Department of the Air Force, where she plays a pivotal role in accelerating the acquisition of mission-critical software and digital systems for air and space operations. Focused on rapid, agile delivery models, she manages procurements aligned with DevSecOps principles, cloud-native architectures, and secure digital platforms—including initiatives like the Aerospace Readiness Enterprise System (ARES). Her work directly supports the agency’s mission to modernize combat command and control through iterative, user-centered software development, overseeing contracts for software engineering, system integration, and digital infrastructure modernization. Her primary contractor relationships center on THE BOEING COMPANY, reflecting a strategic reliance on large defense integrators with proven capabilities in complex aerospace software systems. While Boeing dominates her portfolio, she also engages with a broad ecosystem of defense technology vendors capable of delivering secure, scalable, and rapidly deployable digital solutions under tight operational timelines. Her contracting patterns emphasize performance-based outcomes, continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines, and compliance with DoD cybersecurity standards such as RMF and CMMC. Sullivan’s procurement activity is overwhelmingly non-set-aside, with 95.2% of awards issued under full and open competition, indicating a strong preference for technical capability over socioeconomic classifications. Small business participation is minimal but present, primarily through Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, suggesting targeted opportunities for qualified firms with proven agility in defense software environments. Her NAICS focus reveals a heavy emphasis on engineering services and computer-related support, with significant activity in 541330 (Engineering Services) and 541519 (Other Computer Related Services). While anomalies like 813110 (Religious Organizations) appear in data, her actual domain expertise lies in mission-critical software development, cloud migration, and digital modernization for aerospace command and control systems.