Amanda Gramlich

Amanda M. Gramlich serves as a Contract Specialist responsible for managing the full lifecycle of complex procurement actions within a federal agency focused on scientific innovation. She leads the planning, solicitation, evaluation, and award of contracts for research and development initiatives, ensuring strict compliance with federal acquisition regulations and mission-aligned outcomes. Her work directly supports the agency’s objective to advance technical capabilities in physical, engineering, and life sciences through strategic sourcing and risk-managed acquisition strategies. Gramlich routinely handles sole-source, competitive, and negotiated procurements for high-technical-content services requiring specialized domain expertise. Gramlich collaborates with a diverse array of contractors, including research institutions, engineering firms, and independent scientific consultants, all of whom possess proven capabilities in experimental design, data analysis, and technical systems development. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages vendors with demonstrated expertise in laboratory automation, analytical instrumentation, and computational modeling. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based contracting, clear statement of work development, and rigorous source selection criteria to ensure technical excellence and accountability. Gramlich’s contracting patterns reflect a strong preference for open competition, with 100% of her awards issued under non-set-aside authorities. This indicates a focus on selecting the most qualified offerors regardless of socioeconomic status, prioritizing technical merit and mission need over preferential programs. While she does not currently utilize 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB set-asides, her process remains fully compliant with small business outreach requirements and encourages participation through broad market research and industry engagement. Her primary procurement focus is exclusively on NAICS 541712—Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology). She specializes in acquiring services such as applied scientific research, prototype development, environmental testing, and advanced data analytics, often requiring cleared personnel, specialized equipment, and proprietary methodologies. Gramlich’s domain expertise lies in supporting mission-critical R&D projects that bridge laboratory innovation with operational deployment.