Claire Murphy

Claire Murphy serves as a key procurement professional within the Cincinnati Acquisition Division of the Environmental Protection Agency, where she manages the acquisition of critical environmental science and regulatory support services. Her role centers on ensuring the agency’s access to high-precision analytical capabilities and expert technical consultation to advance evidence-based environmental decision-making. She oversees the full lifecycle of contracts for environmental consulting, laboratory instrumentation, and field operational support, aligning procurements with federal environmental compliance mandates and scientific integrity standards. Murphy maintains consistent partnerships with a select group of specialized contractors, including Pegasus Technical Services, Inc., Biospyder Technologies, Inc., Boh Environmental, L.L.C., and Verina Consulting Group LLC. These relationships reflect a preference for niche vendors with proven expertise in environmental sampling, data analysis, and regulatory compliance services. Her contracting approach emphasizes long-term vendor collaboration, performance-based outcomes, and technical responsiveness, fostering reliable delivery of mission-critical environmental assessments. She maintains a 100% Total Small Business Set-Aside strategy under FAR 19.5, demonstrating an unwavering commitment to socioeconomic diversity in federal contracting. All of her acquisitions are reserved exclusively for small businesses, ensuring equitable access to federal opportunities for firms certified under small business programs. This pattern reinforces the agency’s mission to empower specialized small entities capable of delivering high-quality environmental science services. Her procurement focus is exclusively aligned with NAICS 541620—Environmental Consulting Services—encompassing air and water quality monitoring, risk assessment, remediation planning, and environmental data management. She consistently acquires services requiring advanced analytical methodologies, field deployment of sensor technologies, and regulatory reporting frameworks, underscoring her deep technical understanding of environmental science procurement needs.