Shonta Dawkins

Shonta Dawkins serves as a key procurement leader within the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, driving strategic acquisition initiatives aligned with HUD’s mission to advance equitable housing and community development. She specializes in the procurement of custom software and digital infrastructure solutions, particularly those supporting modernized grant management systems and data analytics platforms that enhance service delivery for housing and health-related programs. Her work ensures that technology acquisitions are aligned with federal compliance standards and agency-wide digital transformation goals, making her a critical link between operational needs and contract execution. Dawkins collaborates primarily with small business vendors specializing in custom computer programming services, fostering long-term partnerships with firms capable of delivering agile, secure, and scalable software solutions. Her contracting approach emphasizes collaborative vendor engagement, requiring responsive support, iterative development cycles, and interoperability with legacy federal systems. She consistently prioritizes vendors with proven experience in public-sector digital modernization, particularly those capable of integrating with HUD’s existing grant and housing assistance platforms. Her procurement portfolio reflects a 100% commitment to small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, with no awards issued to large businesses. This reflects a deliberate strategy to maximize economic opportunity for small, disadvantaged, and locally based technology firms, reinforcing HUD’s equity-focused mission. She actively encourages participation from all small business categories, including HUBZone, WOSB, and SDVOSB entities, ensuring broad socioeconomic inclusion across the acquisition lifecycle. Dawkins’ primary focus is on NAICS 541511—Custom Computer Programming Services—where she procures bespoke software development, system integration, data visualization tools, and backend analytics platforms tailored to HUD’s housing assistance and community planning workflows. Her technical domain expertise lies in cloud-enabled, secure applications that support real-time reporting, compliance tracking, and performance monitoring for federal housing programs, ensuring technology investments directly advance mission-critical outcomes.