Wanda Armwood

Wanda J. Armwood serves as a Contracting Officer at the Securities and Exchange Commission, where she manages complex procurements critical to the agency’s mission of enforcing federal securities laws and safeguarding market integrity. Her portfolio centers on technology-enabled regulatory oversight, including data analytics platforms, financial surveillance systems, and mission-critical IT infrastructure. She executes acquisitions under FAR Part 15, prioritizing performance-based contracting and risk-mitigated solutions that support real-time market monitoring and fraud detection. Her work directly enables the SEC’s strategic modernization of its regulatory technology stack. Armwood maintains enduring relationships with leading federal contractors including General Dynamics Information Technology, Booz Allen Hamilton, Maximus Federal Consulting, Team Greenzone JV, and Procentrix, LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for established firms with proven expertise in financial data systems, cybersecurity, and analytical services. She consistently engages these vendors through competitive negotiated procurements, leveraging their technical depth to deliver scalable, secure, and compliant solutions aligned with SEC’s operational demands. Her contracting approach is overwhelmingly non-set-aside, with 95.7% of awards issued without socioeconomic set-asides, reflecting the technical specificity and scale of requirements that often necessitate large, experienced contractors. While small business participation is limited, she occasionally utilizes Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5 when market conditions permit, demonstrating a measured but compliant commitment to socioeconomic goals without compromising mission-critical outcomes. Armwood’s procurement focus is concentrated in NAICS 541611 (management consulting), 518210 (data processing and cloud infrastructure), 541990 (specialized technical services), and 511130 (data publishing), with additional activity in 523999 (financial investment services). She routinely acquires advanced analytics platforms, algorithmic trading surveillance tools, and secure data aggregation services that underpin the SEC’s market oversight capabilities, requiring deep domain expertise in financial technology and regulatory compliance systems.