Ashley Harding

Ashley Harding serves as a primary procurement contact, managing acquisitions and overseeing the contractual requirements necessary to support the agency's operational mission. The agency demonstrates a heavy commitment to small business participation, with a significant majority of its procurement activity designated as Total Small Business Set-Asides. Only a small fraction of the agency's contracting activity is conducted without a set-aside preference, indicating a strong institutional focus on socioeconomic contracting goals. Procurement activity is concentrated across several diverse technical domains. The primary focus is on food supply and processing, specifically meat processed from carcasses. Additionally, there is a notable emphasis on industrial manufacturing and facility infrastructure, including switchgear and switchboard apparatus, as well as commercial and industrial refrigeration and heating equipment manufacturing. The agency also procures specialized facility maintenance services, specifically roofing contracting.