Stephanie Smith

Stephanie Smith serves as a Contract Specialist at the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS), where she plays a pivotal role in executing complex acquisition strategies that support the agency’s mission of delivering secure, audit-ready financial systems across the Department of Defense. She manages the full lifecycle of procurement actions for information technology and financial services contracts, ensuring compliance with FAR, DFARS, and agency-specific policies. Her work directly enables the modernization of financial infrastructure, automation of accounting workflows, and enhancement of fiscal transparency through targeted acquisitions of software, data analytics, and systems integration services. Smith maintains consistent contracting relationships with a core group of vendors including Soderberg Company Inc., Ecology Mir Group LLC, Bloomberg Industry Group, Inc., and Roche Diagnostics Corporation, primarily engaging firms that deliver specialized financial reporting tools, compliance automation platforms, and enterprise software solutions. Her procurement approach emphasizes vendor reliability, technical proficiency, and long-term service delivery capacity, fostering stable partnerships with contractors experienced in federal financial systems and regulatory environments. Her contracting patterns reflect a strong preference for open competition, with 82.3% of awards issued without set-asides, while still maintaining a meaningful 17.6% commitment to total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. Though not heavily focused on 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs, she actively supports small business participation through broad-based competition and clear evaluation criteria that prioritize technical merit and past performance. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 511210 (Software Publishers), reflecting a heavy emphasis on financial software development and licensing. She also regularly procures services under 541519 and 541511, including custom programming and computer systems design, demonstrating deep expertise in financial automation, data integration, and mission-critical IT modernization within the defense accounting domain.