Candice Charlton

Candice Charlton serves as a key procurement professional within the Cincinnati Acquisition Division of the Environmental Protection Agency, supporting the agency’s mission to advance environmental science through strategic acquisitions of technical and operational services. She manages a diverse portfolio of contracts focused on environmental consulting, laboratory instrumentation support, and facilities management, ensuring that the EPA’s regulatory and monitoring programs are equipped with the highest standards of scientific and technical capability. Her work directly enables evidence-based environmental decision-making by securing mission-critical services that underpin compliance, risk assessment, and environmental data integrity. Charlton maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of contractors including Pegasus Technical Services, Inc., Biospyder Technologies, Inc., Boh Environmental, L.L.C., Omega Painting & Contracting LLC, and Verina Consulting Group LLC. These partnerships span environmental analysis, laboratory support, facility maintenance, and management consulting, reflecting a preference for specialized, high-precision service providers with proven technical expertise. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, long-term vendor reliability, and alignment with EPA’s scientific standards. Her procurement patterns show a strong preference for open competition, with 90.9% of awards issued without set-asides, indicating a focus on technical merit and market-wide competition. Nevertheless, she actively supports small business participation, with 9.1% of awards designated as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a balanced commitment to both efficiency and socioeconomic goals. Charlton’s primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541611 (management consulting), 541620 (environmental consulting), 541930 (translation and interpretation), 561210 (facilities support), and 541330 (engineering services). She routinely acquires services related to environmental sampling, data interpretation, laboratory calibration, site remediation support, and technical documentation—reflecting deep expertise in the intersection of environmental science and federal acquisition policy.