Carlton Taylor

Carlton Taylor serves as a key procurement lead within the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, supporting the agency’s mission to advance scientific understanding of environmental influences on human health. He manages a diverse portfolio of acquisitions centered on research infrastructure, analytical instrumentation, and computational tools for environmental risk assessment. His work directly enables cutting-edge studies in toxicology, exposure science, and biotechnology by securing mission-critical technologies and services. Taylor routinely handles complex contracts for software development, laboratory equipment, and specialized research services, ensuring alignment with NIH’s scientific priorities and federal acquisition regulations. His primary contractor relationships are anchored with Consolidated Safety Services Incorporated, a trusted partner delivering specialized technical and operational support for environmental health research environments. Taylor cultivates long-term vendor partnerships focused on high-reliability service delivery, system integration, and compliance with federal biosafety and data integrity standards. His contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, technical validation, and sustained vendor accountability, fostering stable collaborations that support multi-year research initiatives. Taylor’s procurement patterns show a strong preference for full and open competition, with 100% of awards issued without set-asides, indicating a focus on technical capability over socioeconomic categorization. While he does not prioritize 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB set-asides, his acquisitions remain open to all qualified vendors, with selection driven by technical merit, past performance, and alignment with NIH’s scientific objectives. His procurement activity is heavily concentrated in NAICS 513210 (Software Publishers) and 541511 (Custom Computer Programming Services), reflecting a core demand for bioinformatics platforms, data analysis tools, and computational toxicology models. He also procures analytical laboratory instruments under 334516 and biotechnology R&D services under 541714, demonstrating deep expertise in environmental health informatics, high-throughput screening systems, and precision instrumentation essential to modern exposure science.