Sheila Gonzales

Sheila Gonzales serves as a key procurement lead within Federal Prison Industries (Unicor), supporting the agency’s mission to provide vocational training and meaningful employment to incarcerated individuals through the acquisition of goods and services for federal agencies. She manages a diverse portfolio of contracts aligned with Unicor’s industrial operations, overseeing acquisitions that enable the production of essential federal supplies—from furniture and textiles to metal components and facility maintenance services. Her work directly advances the agency’s dual goals of rehabilitation through industry and cost-efficient federal procurement, ensuring compliance with statutory mandates for inmate labor utilization and federal supply chain resilience. Gonzales maintains strong, recurring relationships with a select group of mission-aligned contractors, including Veterans Range Solutions, LLC, Krueger International, Inc., Veterans Environmental Group, LLC, Blind Industries and Services of Maryland, and Nightingale Corp. These partnerships reflect a preference for organizations that share Unicor’s commitment to social impact, workforce development, and specialized manufacturing capabilities. Her contracting patterns emphasize long-term, performance-based collaborations with vendors capable of scaling production to meet federal demand while adhering to strict quality and security standards. Her procurement strategy is heavily weighted toward small business set-asides, with over two-thirds of awards designated as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, and an additional 16.7% reserved for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses. This reflects a deliberate and sustained commitment to socioeconomic equity, leveraging set-aside authorities to expand opportunities for underserved veteran-owned and small enterprise partners in federal supply chains. Her technical focus centers on NAICS codes 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction) and 921130 (Public Finance Activities), with significant activity in 336360 (Motor Vehicle Seating and Interior Trim Manufacturing) and 332439 (Other Metal Container Manufacturing). She specializes in procuring durable, high-volume industrial products and facility-related services that support federal infrastructure and institutional operations, demonstrating deep expertise in manufacturing supply chain management and institutional procurement frameworks.