Syreeta Gay

Syreeta Gay serves as a Contracting Officer within the Office of Acquisition and Grants at the Social Security Administration, where she plays a pivotal role in securing mission-critical goods and services that support the agency’s core functions of benefit delivery and operational integrity. She manages a diverse portfolio of acquisitions centered on IT modernization, systems integration, cybersecurity, and administrative support services, ensuring compliance with federal procurement regulations while advancing the SSA’s strategic goals of efficiency, reliability, and public trust. Her work directly enables the deployment of secure, scalable digital infrastructure essential to nationwide social security operations. Gay maintains established relationships with key contractors including CA, Inc., Johnson Controls, Inc., East Coast Welding & Construction Co., Inc., and ColorID, LLC, reflecting a balanced mix of large-capability vendors delivering complex IT, facility, and identity management solutions. Her contracting patterns demonstrate a preference for long-term, performance-based partnerships with firms capable of delivering integrated, mission-critical systems under fixed-price and cost-reimbursement contract types. She consistently engages contractors with proven expertise in federal compliance, cybersecurity frameworks, and large-scale systems deployment. Her procurement strategy prioritizes broad market access, with 69.1% of awards issued under open, non-set-aside competitions, while maintaining a strong commitment to small business participation. She actively leverages Total Small Business Set-Asides (20.0%) and 8(a) competed contracts (7.3%), with targeted use of HUBZone set-asides (3.6%), demonstrating a deliberate effort to foster socioeconomic diversity among vendors without compromising acquisition efficiency or technical rigor. Gay’s primary NAICS focus areas include Other Computer Related Services (541519), Translation and Interpretation Services (541930), and Computer Training (611420), reflecting her specialization in technical services that support digital transformation, accessibility, and workforce readiness. She also procures facility-related services and specialized administrative support, underscoring a holistic approach to sustaining the SSA’s operational backbone through integrated, mission-aligned contracting.