Samantha June Lyth

Samantha June Lyth serves as the primary contracting lead for the FA8201 agency under the Department of the Air Force, where she manages mission-critical acquisitions supporting air base infrastructure, aerospace systems sustainment, and operational readiness. Her portfolio encompasses the procurement of specialized aircraft components, advanced avionics, and facility construction services essential to maintaining airfield functionality and modernizing critical installations. Lyth plays a pivotal role in translating technical requirements into compliant, performance-based contracts that align with Air Force strategic priorities, ensuring timely delivery of capabilities that sustain global air operations. She maintains consistent working relationships with key contractors including L3Harris Technologies, Inc. and LiveView Technologies Inc., partnering with firms that deliver high-assurance sensing systems, surveillance technologies, and integrated mission support solutions. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance outcomes and technical interoperability, often engaging vendors with proven expertise in defense-grade electronics, real-time data analytics, and secure communications infrastructure. Lyth fosters long-term vendor partnerships grounded in reliability, compliance, and innovation, ensuring continuity across multi-year sustainment cycles. Lyth demonstrates a strong commitment to socioeconomic contracting, with over two-thirds of her awards designated as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, and one-third reserved for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses. Her contracting patterns reflect a deliberate strategy to expand opportunities for small, mission-aligned vendors, consistently prioritizing SDVOSB participation and fostering a competitive, inclusive supplier base that enhances resilience and innovation. Her primary NAICS focus areas—812210, 333112, and 493110—reveal an unconventional but strategically intentional alignment with funeral services, lawn and garden equipment manufacturing, and general warehousing. These reflect specialized logistics, facility support, and infrastructure maintenance contracts tied to base operations, including non-combat support services critical to daily airfield functionality and personnel readiness. Lyth’s expertise lies in interpreting complex operational needs into precise procurement requirements across diverse, non-traditional domains.