Tawana Sizemore

Tawana Sizemore serves as a key procurement professional within the W6QK Acc-rsa office of the Department of the Army, supporting the modernization and sustainment of critical aerial and missile defense systems. She manages complex acquisitions for mission-critical aerospace technologies, including avionics, propulsion systems, sensor integration, and testing services essential to platforms such as the UH-60 Black Hawk and AH-64 Apache. Her work directly enables the Army’s strategic objectives in air and missile defense, ensuring operational readiness through timely and compliant contract execution across technical domains requiring high reliability and national security clearance. Sizemore maintains established working relationships with prime contractors including Lockheed Martin Corporation and Alaska Aerospace Corp., engaging them on large-scale systems integration, advanced testing, and mission support services. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes and technical compliance, often leveraging Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) and Other Transaction Authority (OTA) mechanisms to accelerate innovation. She collaborates closely with engineering and program management teams to align procurement strategy with technical requirements and lifecycle support needs. Her procurement portfolio reflects a balanced approach to socioeconomic goals, with 25% of awards structured as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a consistent commitment to expanding opportunities for small businesses in high-technology defense sectors. While the majority of acquisitions remain open competition, she actively prioritizes qualified small businesses in specialized technical areas such as testing, software development, and sensor manufacturing. Sizemore’s primary NAICS focus spans 541380 (Testing Laboratories and Services), 541519 (Other Computer Related Services), 928110 (National Security), and 334519 (Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing), underscoring her expertise in procuring advanced instrumentation, cybersecurity-enabled systems, and classified test and evaluation services. Her domain knowledge centers on aerospace systems lifecycle support, electronic warfare components, and mission-critical software development for defense applications.