Valerie Ballard

Valerie Ballard serves as a Contracting Officer, where she is responsible for managing the acquisition lifecycle and ensuring procurement integrity within her agency. Her role involves overseeing the solicitation and award process to support the agency's operational requirements through strategic sourcing and contract administration. Regarding set-aside preferences, the procurement data indicates a strong leaning toward full and open competitions, with no set-aside requirements applied to the vast majority of actions. However, there is a targeted commitment to small business participation, specifically through Total Small Business Set-Asides and 8(a) sole-source awards. Her procurement activity is heavily concentrated within the information technology sector. Her primary industry focus includes software publishing and custom computer programming services, with additional expertise in other computer-related services. This indicates a technical specialization in the acquisition of software solutions and specialized programming services.