Tisha R. McLelland

Tisha McLelland serves as a Contracting Officer within the FA8773 Acc 38 Cons organization under the Department of the Air Force, where she manages mission-critical acquisitions supporting cyberspace operations, space security, and secure IT infrastructure. Her portfolio focuses on procuring advanced information services, systems design, and specialized electronic components essential to sustaining high-tempo cyber and space missions. She exercises full contracting authority for complex, performance-based solicitations, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations while aligning procurements with the agency’s strategic objectives in cyber readiness and secure communications. McLelland maintains a primary working relationship with Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC, a trusted vendor delivering specialized cyber operations support and mission-enabling technology solutions. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for established, technically capable contractors with proven experience in defense-grade IT environments. She engages with vendors through competitive sealed bidding and negotiated procurements, prioritizing technical excellence, cybersecurity compliance, and rapid delivery timelines over cost alone. Her partnerships are characterized by long-term operational alignment rather than transactional procurement cycles. McLelland’s contracting portfolio reflects a 100% no set-aside approach, indicating a focus on full and open competition. She does not routinely utilize socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs, instead emphasizing technical capability and mission alignment as the primary selection criteria. This approach ensures access to the most qualified industry partners capable of meeting the stringent requirements of Air Force cyber and space operations. Her procurement activity is concentrated in NAICS 519290 (Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services) and 541512 (Computer Systems Design Services), each accounting for 40% of her portfolio, with an additional 20% in 334419 (Other Electronic Component Manufacturing). She regularly acquires custom software platforms, secure network architectures, embedded systems, and mission-specific information services tailored to classified and sensitive computing environments, demonstrating deep expertise in defense-oriented IT and cyber infrastructure procurement.