Shamekia Lawson

Shamekia S. Lawson serves as a Contract Specialist at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), where she plays a pivotal role in executing mission-critical acquisitions that support the agency’s core function of delivering timely geospatial intelligence to national security and defense stakeholders. She manages the full lifecycle of contracts for technical services related to geospatial data analysis, automated mapping, and digital terrain modeling, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations and alignment with NGA’s strategic imperatives in intelligence innovation. Her work directly enables the agency’s ability to provide precision geospatial insights for military operations and disaster response. Lawson maintains established relationships with leading contractors including ESRI, L3Harris Technologies, Garmin International, Voyager Search, and Dynamic Gravity Systems LLC, all of which provide specialized geospatial software, sensor integration, and analytical platforms. She consistently engages with vendors possessing deep domain expertise in imagery exploitation, geospatial information systems, and real-time mapping technologies, fostering collaborative partnerships that ensure the delivery of secure, scalable, and interoperable solutions. Her procurement approach emphasizes technical rigor, performance-based outcomes, and long-term vendor reliability. Her contracting activity reflects a strong preference for unrestricted competitions, with 97.4% of awards issued without set-asides, indicating a focus on broad market competition to meet high-performance requirements. Only 2.6% of awards are structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, reflecting a selective but intentional approach to small business participation when technical capabilities align with mission needs. Lawson’s portfolio is heavily concentrated in NAICS 541370 (Surveying and Mapping Services), with additional activity in computer systems design, custom programming, and facilities management services. She procures advanced geospatial analytics tools, automated cartographic systems, and terrain modeling platforms, demonstrating deep technical familiarity with the geospatial intelligence lifecycle and the commercial technologies that underpin it.