Beatrice Lopez-Pollard

Beatrice Lopez-Pollard serves as the IST Chief and Contracting Officer, where she is responsible for overseeing procurement operations and managing the acquisition lifecycle. In this capacity, she ensures that the agency's procurement mission is met through the strategic sourcing of technical and industrial requirements. Regarding set-aside preferences, the procurement patterns indicate a strong reliance on full and open competitions, with the vast majority of awards categorized as No Set-Aside. There is a limited commitment to small business participation, with a small percentage of acquisitions designated as Total Small Business Set-Asides. Her procurement focus is heavily concentrated within the medical and industrial manufacturing sectors. The primary technical domain expertise involves the acquisition of medical, dental, and hospital equipment and supplies, as well as miscellaneous manufacturing and surgical instrument production. Additionally, her procurement activity extends to rubber product manufacturing and commercial and service industry machinery.