Alyssa Rittenhouse

Alyssa Rittenhouse serves as Deputy Commissioner for the Social Services Agency of Wayne County, New York, where she oversees the strategic procurement of forensic and biological services critical to enforcing child support obligations and validating familial relationships for public benefit eligibility. In her primary contracting role, she manages acquisitions centered on DNA testing and laboratory analysis to support legal determinations in custody, paternity, and welfare proceedings. Her portfolio is narrowly focused on high-precision medical laboratory services that ensure regulatory compliance and judicial admissibility of biological evidence, aligning directly with the agency’s mission to uphold family integrity through scientifically rigorous processes. Rittenhouse maintains consistent relationships with accredited medical laboratories specializing in forensic DNA analysis, including private-sector providers certified by the American Association of Blood Banks and compliant with FBI’s DNA Index System standards. Her contracting approach emphasizes vendor reliability, chain-of-custody protocols, and adherence to state and federal forensic accreditation requirements. While no single contractor dominates her award history, she prioritizes vendors with proven track records in high-volume paternity testing and interoperability with state child support enforcement systems. Rittenhouse’s procurement strategy reflects a uniform preference for open competition, with 100% of acquisitions conducted without set-aside designations. This reflects a mission-driven focus on technical capability and turnaround speed over socioeconomic preferences, ensuring that only laboratories meeting stringent forensic quality controls are selected. While small business participation is not formally incentivized, vendors of all sizes must demonstrate full compliance with CLIA and ISO 17025 standards. Her primary procurement activity is concentrated under NAICS 621511 (Medical Laboratories), specifically for forensic DNA testing services, including autosomal STR analysis, Y-STR profiling, and kinship testing. She exclusively sources laboratory services that support legal determinations in child support enforcement and public assistance eligibility, requiring high-throughput, court-admissible results with rigorous audit trails and data security protocols.