Alice Pagan

Alice Pagan serves as a Contracting Officer responsible for managing the full lifecycle of federal acquisitions in support of scientific and technical research initiatives. She oversees the solicitation, evaluation, award, and administration of contracts aligned with the agency’s mission to advance physical, engineering, and life sciences innovation. Her procurement portfolio is exclusively focused on research and development services, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations and promoting technical excellence in contracted work. She plays a critical role in translating agency scientific priorities into actionable procurement strategies that deliver high-value, mission-critical outcomes. Alice Pagan’s contracting activity is characterized by a broad and competitive marketplace, with no single contractor dominating her award stream. She engages with a diverse range of vendors—from large research institutions and engineering firms to specialized small businesses—fostering an open, transparent, and merit-based competition environment. Her approach emphasizes technical capability, past performance, and compliance over sole-source or limited-source arrangements, encouraging innovation through robust market engagement and clear evaluation criteria. Her contracting patterns reflect a strict preference for full and open competition, with 100% of her awards issued without any socioeconomic set-asides, including 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB designations. This reflects a deliberate strategy to prioritize technical merit and mission alignment over socioeconomic targeting, aligning with the nature of highly specialized R&D requirements where specialized expertise takes precedence over certification status. Alice Pagan’s primary procurement focus is on NAICS 541715—Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences. She routinely procures services such as applied scientific research, laboratory testing, engineering analysis, data modeling, and technical consulting in domains including materials science, environmental engineering, and non-biotech life sciences. Her expertise lies in evaluating complex technical proposals and ensuring contractor capabilities meet rigorous scientific and regulatory standards, making her a key steward of federally funded innovation in non-biotechnology research.