Bryton Curtis

Bryton Curtis serves as a secondary procurement liaison within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), supporting the agency’s mission to advance environmental science through strategic acquisitions of research, instrumentation, and operational services. While not the primary contracting officer, Curtis plays a critical role in facilitating the planning, solicitation, and administration of technical contracts aligned with NOAA’s priorities in oceanographic research, atmospheric monitoring, and coastal resilience. Their work typically involves supporting complex procurements for scientific equipment, data systems, and environmental service contracts, ensuring alignment with federal acquisition regulations and agency technical requirements. Curtis maintains consistent collaboration with a core group of contractors including WISCONSIN EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD, TRONCONI SEGARRA & ASSOCIATES LLP, JNB SERVICES LLC, PURE ENVIRO-MANAGEMENT, LLC, and THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO. These partnerships reflect a balanced mix of academic research institutions, specialized environmental service providers, and engineering firms delivering technical support, data analysis, and facility management services. The working relationships are characterized by recurring engagements on multi-year task orders and research-based contracts, indicating a preference for established, vetted vendors with proven technical capability. Curtis’s procurement portfolio reflects a strong inclination toward small business participation, with 41.6% of awards structured as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. While no other socioeconomic set-asides are dominant, the consistent use of small business set-asides signals a deliberate strategy to foster innovation and capacity-building among qualified small firms in environmental and technical service sectors. The primary NAICS focus areas—541715 for physical and engineering research, 334519 for specialized measuring and controlling devices, and 561730 for landscaping services—reveal a diverse but mission-driven procurement profile. Curtis supports acquisitions of environmental monitoring instruments, scientific R&D services, and site-specific ecological maintenance, demonstrating expertise in procuring both high-tech instrumentation and niche operational services critical to NOAA’s field operations and research infrastructure.