Celeste Valderas

Celeste Valderas serves in a secondary role within the agency's procurement framework, supporting the acquisition mission through the management of contractual requirements and administrative oversight. The agency demonstrates a strong commitment to small business participation, with a significant preference for Total Small Business Set-Asides, which account for the vast majority of their procurement activity. A smaller portion of their contracting landscape is dedicated to non-set-aside acquisitions and specific small business set-asides. The agency's procurement focus is heavily concentrated in the food manufacturing and distribution sectors. Primary technical expertise and acquisition patterns are centered on miscellaneous food manufacturing, commercial bakeries, and fresh fruit and vegetable merchant wholesaling. Additional procurement activity is focused on poultry processing and creamery butter manufacturing.