Shenita R. Sylvain

Shenita R. Sylvain serves as an Agreements Officer for the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA), where she plays a pivotal role in executing non-traditional acquisition instruments to support national security objectives. She specializes in negotiating and managing agreements that enable critical personnel vetting, cybersecurity infrastructure, and industrial base protection initiatives. Her portfolio primarily encompasses service-based contracts aligned with DCSA’s mission to secure access to sensitive government systems through rigorous background investigations and digital threat mitigation. Sylvain routinely handles task orders and interagency agreements under the Federal Acquisition Regulation, ensuring compliance with federal standards while accelerating delivery of mission-critical capabilities. She maintains consistent working relationships with key contractors including SWISH DATA CORPORATION, AMD INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, SPATHE SYSTEMS LLC, ROCKWOOD COMPANY LLC, and IDEMIA IDENTITY & SECURITY USA LLC. These partnerships are centered on delivering specialized investigative services, identity verification technologies, and secure system design solutions. Sylvain fosters collaborative, performance-driven vendor relationships that prioritize scalability, compliance, and innovation in support of high-sensitivity defense environments. Her approach emphasizes long-term vendor engagement over transactional procurement, ensuring continuity in mission-critical operations. Sylvain’s contracting activity reflects a strong preference for full and open competition, with 100% of her awards issued without set-aside designations. While she does not routinely utilize socioeconomic programs such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB set-asides, her procurement strategy prioritizes capability, security clearance alignment, and operational readiness over socioeconomic categorization, ensuring the most qualified vendors deliver services essential to national defense. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 561611 (Investigation and Personal Background Check Services), which accounts for two-thirds of her activity, alongside NAICS 541512 (Computer Systems Design Services). She routinely acquires advanced personnel screening platforms, biometric verification systems, secure identity management solutions, and integrated cybersecurity frameworks tailored to the defense industrial base. Her technical expertise spans secure data handling, credentialing automation, and risk-based adjudication systems critical to maintaining the integrity of the national security workforce.