Andrea Ross

Andrea Ross serves as a procurement professional at NASA Headquarters, supporting the agency’s mission to advance space and Earth science through strategic acquisition of technical and scientific services. She manages a diverse portfolio of contracts focused on research support, engineering systems, and advanced technology development, ensuring alignment with NASA’s strategic priorities in planetary science, astrophysics, and space instrumentation. Her work directly enables mission-critical programs by securing specialized expertise and high-precision hardware through competitive solicitation processes under FAR guidelines. Ross maintains relationships with a broad spectrum of contractors, including engineering firms, scientific consultants, and manufacturers of aerospace-grade electronic and measuring devices. She engages both large prime contractors and small business subcontractors, fostering collaborative partnerships that emphasize technical innovation, compliance with NASA’s stringent quality standards, and rapid prototyping capabilities. Her procurement approach prioritizes performance-based outcomes and risk-mitigated acquisition strategies tailored to complex R&D environments. Her contracting patterns reflect a strong preference for open competition, with 85.7% of acquisitions conducted without set-asides, indicating a focus on technical merit and capability over socioeconomic categorization. However, she consistently allocates 14.3% of opportunities to Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a measured commitment to small business inclusion without compromising mission-critical requirements. Ross’s primary NAICS focus areas include engineering services, scientific and technical consulting, computer-related services, and the manufacturing of precision electronic and control devices. She routinely procures custom instrumentation, data acquisition systems, software development for mission analytics, and specialized aerospace electronics, reflecting deep expertise in domains critical to NASA’s robotic and human spaceflight missions. Her work ensures the agency maintains technological leadership through acquisition of next-generation systems and expert technical support.