Sally A Saunders

Sally A. Saunders serves as a Contracting Officer responsible for managing federal acquisitions in support of mission-critical services across diverse sectors. In her role, she ensures compliance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) while advancing agency objectives through transparent, competitive procurement processes. She primarily handles service-based and specialized manufacturing contracts, with a focus on delivering cost-effective, high-quality solutions that meet federal operational needs. Her work is integral to the agency’s broader mission of efficient and equitable resource allocation, particularly through the use of socioeconomic set-asides to foster market access for underserved businesses. Saunders cultivates strategic relationships with a diverse pool of vendors, particularly those certified under small business programs. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages with firms capable of delivering specialized facilities support, religious organizational services, and custom manufacturing of institutional furnishings such as showcases, partitions, and lockers. Her contracting approach emphasizes fair competition, clear performance metrics, and collaborative vendor engagement, fostering long-term partnerships built on reliability and regulatory adherence. A staunch advocate for small business participation, Saunders applies a 100% Total Small Business Set-Aside policy across her acquisition portfolio, in alignment with FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate and comprehensive commitment to empowering small businesses without further socioeconomic subcategories such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB. Her consistent use of full small business set-asides demonstrates a strategic intent to maximize market entry and economic opportunity for small firms across all eligible categories. Her primary procurement focus centers on three NAICS categories: 813110 (Religious Organizations), 337215 (Showcase, Partition, Shelving, and Locker Manufacturing), and 561210 (Facilities Support Services). She routinely procures institutional furniture, operational support services, and administrative infrastructure tailored to faith-based and public-service environments. This specialization reflects deep technical familiarity with the unique compliance, durability, and accessibility requirements of these domains.