Yolanda Bent

Yolanda V. Bent serves as a Contracting Specialist at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), where she plays a pivotal role in acquiring mission-critical geospatial intelligence capabilities to support national defense and disaster response operations. She manages the full lifecycle of procurements for advanced mapping systems, automated analytics platforms, and geospatial data services, ensuring alignment with NGA’s strategic priorities in digital terrain modeling and imagery exploitation. Her work directly enables precision decision-making across military and intelligence communities through timely, compliant, and technically sound contracting actions. Bent maintains strong, ongoing relationships with industry leaders including ESRI, L3Harris Technologies, Garmin International, Voyager Search, and Dynamic Gravity Systems LLC. These partnerships reflect her focus on high-performance geospatial software, sensor integration, and terrain analysis solutions. She consistently engages with vendors possessing deep domain expertise in geospatial data processing, cartographic systems, and real-time geolocation services, fostering collaborative procurement environments that prioritize innovation and operational readiness. Her contracting portfolio reflects a clear preference for full and open competition, with 100% of her awards issued without set-asides, indicating a focus on technical capability over socioeconomic classifications. While she does not prioritize 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB set-asides, her approach ensures that all procurements are driven by mission need and technical merit, maintaining rigorous standards for performance and compliance. Bent’s primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541370 (Surveying and Mapping Services) and 541611 (Management Consulting Services), with significant activity in geophysical surveying (541360) and custom software development (541511/541512). She specializes in acquiring geospatial analytics platforms, automated mapping tools, and systems that integrate satellite, airborne, and ground-based sensor data—supporting NGA’s mission to deliver actionable intelligence through cutting-edge geospatial technology.