Shelita Saint-Louis

Shelita Saint-Louis serves as a Contracting Officer within the IBC Acq Svcs Directorate (140D04) of the Department of the Interior’s Departmental Offices, where she manages the acquisition of specialized professional and technical services critical to federal land management and resource stewardship. Her portfolio encompasses high-stakes contracts for real estate valuation, aviation logistics, scientific research, and systems design—services essential to maintaining the integrity of public landholdings and supporting mission-critical infrastructure. She exercises full contracting authority under FAR and agency-specific procedures, ensuring compliance with federal procurement standards while aligning acquisitions with strategic priorities in land use, environmental science, and operational aviation support. Shelita maintains consistent working relationships with a select group of experienced contractors, including Phoenix Air Group, Inc., Papillon Airways Inc., Mathemtica Inc., Brainerd Helicopters, Inc., and HMC Helicopter Service LLC. These partnerships reflect a focus on niche providers with proven capabilities in aviation support, data-driven analysis, and technical consulting for federal land management. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, long-term vendor reliability, and technical specificity, often resulting in repeat engagements with firms that demonstrate deep domain expertise and operational readiness in complex federal environments. Shelita’s procurement activity is exclusively conducted under non-set-aside authorities, with 100% of her awards issued through full and open competition. This reflects a strategic alignment with the agency’s need for specialized, mission-critical services where qualified small businesses may be limited in capacity or scope. While she does not utilize socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB, her contracting decisions prioritize technical merit, past performance, and mission alignment over socioeconomic preferences. Her primary NAICS focus areas—531120 (Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings), 541910 (Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling), and 541990 (All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services)—reveal a broad yet precise procurement profile centered on real estate asset management, data analytics, and highly specialized technical consulting. She routinely acquires services supporting land appraisal, environmental modeling, aviation operations support, and systems integration for federal land agencies, demonstrating deep expertise in professional and technical service procurement within the public land management domain.