Victoria L. Johnson

Victoria L. Johnson serves as a Small Business Specialist, playing a pivotal role in advancing the agency’s mission to foster equitable access to federal contracting opportunities for small businesses. In this capacity, she provides strategic guidance on socioeconomic set-asides, ensures compliance with FAR Part 19, and collaborates with contracting teams to design acquisition strategies that maximize small business participation. Her work directly supports the agency’s commitment to inclusive procurement by identifying opportunities for small business engagement, facilitating pre-solicitation outreach, and ensuring contract requirements are structured to encourage competition from eligible firms. She primarily handles professional, scientific, and technical services acquisitions, often supporting complex, mission-critical projects requiring specialized expertise. While specific contractor relationships are not publicly enumerated, Johnson works closely with a broad network of small business vendors, particularly those certified under socioeconomic programs such as 8(a), HUBZone, and Women-Owned Small Businesses. Her engagement model emphasizes early vendor outreach, mentor-protégé coordination, and post-award support to ensure successful contract performance. She fosters long-term partnerships with small businesses by promoting transparency, providing feedback on proposal weaknesses, and advocating for streamlined evaluation criteria that reward capability over size. Johnson exhibits a 100% preference for Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, reflecting an unwavering commitment to expanding opportunities for small businesses across all phases of the acquisition lifecycle. She actively avoids full and open competition unless justified under strict regulatory exceptions, ensuring that every eligible small business has a meaningful chance to compete. Her contracting patterns consistently prioritize socioeconomic goals over traditional cost-based selection, reinforcing the agency’s dedication to economic inclusion. Her primary procurement focus is NAICS 541990—All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services—encompassing a wide range of specialized support functions including consulting, technical analysis, program evaluation, and research services. She routinely procures services requiring niche expertise in policy analysis, data management, and operational support, making her a key liaison between mission needs and the small business community capable of delivering them.