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Our Mission
OAG’s mission is to consistently meet the grant and procurement needs of SSA by bringing a wealth of knowledge to help our partners make the right decisions in service to the American public. We are customer focused, highly trained and experienced business advisors, who use the highest standards to deliver the best products, solutions and services.
Our Vision
To drive excellence in acquisition and grants programs to strategically support SSA's goals, ensuring efficiency, accountability, and delivering exceptional value to the public we serve.
The Office of Acquisition and Grants (OAG) is the principal procurement office of SSA. Adam Goldstein is the Associate Commissioner and Pamela Kontz is the Deputy Associate Commissioner for OAG.
The Office of the Associate Commissioner has overall responsibility for the award and administration of contracts and grants for SSA.
The Office of Information Technology Acquisition, whose Director is Syreeta Gay, is responsible for acquisition of information technology products and related services.
The Office of Operations Contracts, directed by John Andrews, is responsible for acquisition of headquarters and regional facilities services and acquisition of all other non-IT products and services.
The Office of Acquisition Support, whose Director is Dawn Caracci, provides acquisition policy and cost analysis audit support to OAG. This office also administers the purchase card program.
Important Alerts
COVID-19 FAQs for Contractors & Subcontractors, UPDATED 03/27/2023
See the list of COVID-19 FAQs for Contractors and Subcontractors with employees working at SSA facilities.
Social Security Administration - 12/09/21 Update on Implementation of Executive Order 14042, Ensuring Adequate Covid Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors
The Government will take no action to enforce the clause implementing requirements of Executive Order 14042, absent further written notice from the agency, where the place of performance identified in the contract is in a U.S. state or outlying area subject to a court order prohibiting the application of requirements pursuant to the Executive Order (hereinafter, “Excluded State or Outlying Area”). In all other circumstances, the Government will enforce the clause, except for contractor employees who perform substantial work on or in connection with a covered contract in an Excluded State or Outlying Area, or in a covered contractor workplace located in an Excluded State or Outlying Area. A current list of such Excluded States and Outlying Areas is maintained at https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/.
Bundling Notices
Social Security Administration’s Senior Procurement Executive has made the determination that the bundling of the following requirement is necessary and justified in accordance with FAR 7.107-5(b)(1) Bundling:
Consolidation Notices
Social Security Administration’s Senior Procurement Executive has made the determination that the consolidation of the following requirement is necessary and justified in accordance with FAR 7.107-2 Consolidation:
SSA Vendor Repository
This document provides instructions on how vendors can submit information to be included in the newly created SSA vendor database. This database will be used for Contract Officer Technical Representative (COTR) market research.
System for Award Management (SAM)
The System for Award Management (SAM) is the primary Government repository for prospective Federal awardee and Federal awardee information and the centralized Government system for certain contracting, grants, and other assistance-related processes. There is no charge for registration in SAM.
Attention - Prime Contractors and Small Business Subcontractors
On July 11, 2012, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued Memorandum M-12-16, "Providing Prompt Payment to Small Business Subcontractors," to further the goal established in OMB's September 14, 2011 Memorandum M-11-32, "Accelerated Payments to Small Business for Goods and Services."
Memorandum M-12-16 (as extended by OMB Memorandums M-13-15, M-14-10, and M-17-13, “Extension of Policy to Provide Accelerated Payment to Small Business Subcontractors,” until December 31, 2017) established a policy for Federal agencies to accelerate payments to all prime contractors allowing them to accelerate payments to their small business subcontractors. Consistent with Memorandum M-11-32, the goal was to make payments to all prime contractors quickly upon receipt of a proper invoice and required documentation.
The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) now requires agencies to: take measures to ensure prime contractors pay small business subcontractors on an accelerated timetable to the maximum extent practicable upon receipt of accelerated payments from the Government; and include FAR clause 52.232-40, "Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors," in all solicitations and contracts. The clause requires:
Prime contractors to make accelerated payments to their small business subcontractors to the maximum extent practicable upon receipt of accelerated payments from the Government, and prior to when such payments are required under the contract or subcontract after receipt of a proper invoice and other required documentation.
Additionally, prime contractors are to include this clause in all subcontracts with small business concerns.
NOTE: This acceleration does not provide any new rights under the Prompt Payment Act (PPA) and does not affect the application of the Prompt Payment Act's (PPA) late-payment interest penalty provisions. Under the PPA, when an agency does not pay the contractor the amount due by "the required payment date", it triggers an interest penalty. This acceleration does not modify the "required payment date" and does not otherwise modify the operation of the interest penalty.
Please direct questions to the Office of Acquisition and Grants, Division of Acquisition Policy and Purchase Card Administration at DCBFM.OAG.DPPCA@ssa.gov.
Contacts
Baltimore Headquarters Mailing Addresses
We welcome your business. Should you wish to send any advertisements or other literature concerning the products or services you offer, please use one of the following address formats:
Mailings related to acquisition of information technology products and related services
SSA Office of Acquisition and Grants
Attention: OITA
1540 Robert M. Ball Building
6401 Security Blvd.
Baltimore, MD 21235
Mailings related to small and disadvantaged business utilization
SSA Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
1540 Robert M. Ball Building
6401 Security Blvd.
Baltimore, MD 21235
Mailings related to acquisition of construction & facilities services, or other types of products and services not related to information technology
SSA Office of Acquisition and Grants
Attention: OOC
1540 Robert M. Ball Building
6401 Security Blvd.
Baltimore, MD 21235
Mailings related to Grants
SSA Office of Acquisition and Grants
Attention: Grants Management
1540 Robert M. Ball Building
6401 Security Blvd.
Baltimore, MD 21235
Service | Contact | Phone # |
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Agency Specific Acquisition Policies & Procedures | Dawn Caracci Junghie Elky |
(410) 965-9465 (410) 965-9579 |
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) | Aminta Freeman | (410) 966-0850 |
Grants/Cooperative Agreements | Brenda Monch | (410) 965-9521 |
Purchase Card Program | Audrey Adams | (410) 965-9469 |
Strategic Sourcing | Junghie Elky |
(410) 965-9579 |
Unsolicited Proposals | Junghie Elky | (410) 965-9579 |
Headquarters Contracting Officer Phone Directory
(Revised 11/2/2023)
Name | Position | Phone |
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Gay, Syreeta | Supervisory Contract Specialist | (410) 965-9510 |
Leach-Walker, Traci | Contract Specialist (Senior Technical Advisor) | (410) 965-9539 |
Pickwell, Randall | Contract Specialist (Senior Technical Advisor) | (410) 966-1325 |
Name | Position | Phone |
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Sneeringer, Lawrence | Supervisory Contract Specialist | (410) 965-3369 |
Norris, Valerie | Lead Contract Specialist | (410) 965-2644 |
Briscoe, Deborah | Contract Specialist | (410) 966-3281 |
Jackson, Symone | Purchasing Agent | (410) 966-2529 |
Kloman, Ryan | Contract Specialist | (212) 264-7291 |
McLain, Sheri | Contract Specialist | (410) 965-1383 |
Mulbah, Vachael | Purchasing Agent | (410) 965-2044 |
Ouedraogo, Alassane | Contract Specialist | (410) 965-4301 |
Parson, Kimberly | Contract Specialist | (410) 966-5653 |
Pham, Thu-Ann | Contract Specialist | (410) 966-2546 |
Riggin, Adriane | Contract Specialist | (410) 965-4904 |
Shanklin, Greg | Contract Specialist | (410) 965-9517 |
Name | Position | Phone |
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Barnes, Pamela | Supervisory Contract Specialist | (410) 966-3116 |
Hemming, Terry | Lead Contract Specialist | (410) 965-0527 |
Alfonso, Abel | Contract Specialist | (410) 965-6066 |
Alford, Marie | Contract Specialist | (410) 966-4249 |
Aston, Evan | Contract Specialist | (410) 965-1288 |
McGrath, Keelin | Contract Specialist | (410) 965-1334 |
Schell, Kathleen | Contract Specialist | (410) 965-9493 |
Twigg, Roger | Purchasing Agent | (410) 965-6820 |
Williams, Sherrie | Contract Specialist | (410) 965-9540 |
Name | Position | Phone |
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Speca, Joe | Supervisory Contract Specialist | (410) 965-9487 |
Derr, Samantha | Contract Specialist | (410) 965-5751 |
Latif, Manahel | Contract Specialist | (410) 965-2047 |
Randall, Collin | Contract Specialist | (410) 965-9482 |
Rivera, Melinda | Contract Specialist | (410) 966-9907 |
Sanders, Chantille | Contract Specialist | (410) 965-1993 |
Seipp, Molly | Contract Specialist/Technical Advisor | (410) 965-2605 |
Name | Position | Phone |
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Monch, Brenda | Supervisory Contract Specialist | (410) 965-9521 |
Brennan, Christopher | Contract Specialist/Technical Advisor | (410) 966-0392 |
Dennis, Daniel | Grants Management Assistant | (410) 965-5393 |
Flood, Sherie | N/A | (410) 965-6599 |
Mitchell, Dionne | Grants Management Specialist/Technical Advisor | (410) 965-9534 |
O'Brien, Anita | Grants Management Specialist | (410) 965-1819 |
Oglesby, Jada | Contract Specialist | (410) 966-9894 |
Piegols, Marissa | Contract Specialist | (410) 965-5885 |
Quijote, Jeremiah | Contract Specialist | (410) 965-5750 |
Saunders, Tonya | Grants Management Specialist | (410) 965-9501 |
Strawther, Delbert | N/A | (410) 966-4608 |
Tompkins, Andrew | Contract Specialist | (410) 965-6496 |
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Name | Position | Phone |
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Andrews, John T. | Supervisory Contract Specialist | (410) 965-3468 |
Ely, Timothy | Contract Specialist (Senior Technical Advisor) | (410) 965-1094 |
Thompson, Hilton | Contract Specialist (Senior Technical Advisor) | (410) 965-3786 |
Name | Position | Phone |
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Pishioneri, Melissa | Supervisory Contract Specialist | (410) 965-9522 |
Applewhaite, Lucrecia | Contract Specialist | (404) 562-5762 |
Bildner, Robert | Contract Specialist | (410) 966-3823 |
Carrington, Sydney | Contract Specialist | (410) 966-5664 |
Lee, Jun Ho | Contract Specialist | (410) 965-5821 |
Littlejohn, Babafemi | Contract Specialist | (214) 767-3233 |
Puryear, Stephanie | Purchasing Agent | (410) 966-9885 |
Scott, DiAndre | Contract Specialist | (410) 966-2538 |
Seidle, Linda | Contract Specialist | (215) 597-9143 |
Shaney, Adrianna | Contract Specialist/Technical Advisor | (410) 965-2566 |
Name | Position | Phone |
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Easter, Derek | Supervisory Contract Specialist | (410) 965-8083 |
Medeiros, Katherine | Lead Contract Specialist | (410) 965-1067 |
Batchelder, Jamie | Contract Specialist | (410) 965-1327 |
Givens, Ganae | Contract Specialist | (410) 966-2574 |
Karbeling, Bradley | Contract Specialist | (410) 965-9505 |
Kochar, Prachi | Contract Specialist | (410) 966-9919 |
Ky, Baonhu | Contract Specialist | (410) 966-9884 |
Mann, Alexander | Purchasing Agent | (410) 965-1938 |
Norris, Robyn | Purchasing Agent | (410) 966-7597 |
Richardson, Ravyn | Contract Specialist | (410) 965-1397 |
Name | Position | Phone |
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Walker, Daniel | Supervisory Contract Specialist | (410) 965-4188 |
Asper, Joshua | Contract Specialist | (410) 966-5647 |
Buenger, Jenelle | Contract Specialist | (410) 966-5652 |
Christake, Whitney | Contract Specialist | (410) 965-5809 |
Daniels, Christen | Contract Specialist | (410) 965-1369 |
Gahagan, Sean | Contract Specialist | (410) 594-2032 |
Hrybyk, Lindsay | Contract Specialist | (410) 965-3767 |
Taylor, Kristin | Contract Specialist/Technical Advisor | (410) 965-9547 |
Name | Position | Phone |
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Argiro, Andrew | Supervisory Contract Specialist | (410) 966-3863 |
Wade, Shannon | Lead Contract Specialist | (410) 965-4355 |
Crowley, Terry | Contract Specialist | (816) 936-5538 |
Diapoulis, Lindsay | Contract Specialist | (410) 966-5638 |
Gould, Kelsey | Purchasing Agent | (410) 965-3709 |
Lee, Angela | Contract Specialist | (212) 264-3529 |
Lee, Ruby | Purchasing Agent | (510) 970-4079 |
Mullin, Elizabeth | Contract Specialist | (410) 965-2015 |
Requena, Juan | Contract Specialist | (410) 965-9488 |
Wellman, Mai | Contract Specialist | (703) 605-8052 |
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