Shelly Thieme

Shelly Thieme serves as a key procurement professional within the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA), supporting the agency’s mission to secure the national defense industrial base through personnel vetting and cybersecurity compliance. She manages a portfolio of acquisitions centered on background investigation services, insider threat mitigation, and security operations support, ensuring that contractors meet stringent federal standards for handling sensitive national security information. Her work directly enables DCSA’s continuous vetting programs and secure information systems management, making her a critical link between policy requirements and operational execution through contract award and oversight. Thieme maintains established relationships with leading defense and security contractors including Peraton Risk Decision Inc., CACI Premier Technology, LLC, Echelon Services, LLC, DDC IT Services LLC, and RELX Inc. These partnerships reflect a preference for experienced, high-capacity vendors capable of delivering large-scale personnel security services, data analytics, and compliance automation solutions. Her contracting patterns indicate a reliance on proven industry performers with demonstrated expertise in federal background investigation systems and secure information management platforms. Thieme’s procurement activity shows a strong orientation toward open competition, with 94.1% of awards issued without set-aside designations. Only 5.9% of contracts are structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, indicating a focus on capability and capacity over socioeconomic preferences, though small business participation remains a recognized component of her strategy. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 561611 (Investigation and Personal Background Check Services), which accounts for over half of her activity, followed by management consulting (541611) and educational support services (611710). This reflects deep expertise in personnel security operations, security training, and administrative support for the National Background Investigations Bureau (NBIB) ecosystem, positioning her as a specialist in mission-critical security infrastructure procurement.