Clint Lott

Clint Lott serves as a key procurement professional within the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) at the Minneapolis field office, supporting critical biosecurity and operational missions through strategic acquisitions. He manages a diverse portfolio of contracts essential to safeguarding U.S. agricultural resources, including logistics, aviation maintenance, laboratory support, and infrastructure services. His work directly enables APHIS’s ability to respond to invasive species, conduct diagnostic surveillance, and maintain high-integrity containment systems, ensuring compliance with federal biosecurity standards and operational readiness. Lott maintains consistent relationships with specialized contractors including Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC, Thorobred Aviation Maintenance, Inc., Trace First Limited, and AR6 Construction & Engineering, LLC. These partnerships reflect a focus on niche technical capabilities—particularly in aviation support for wildlife surveillance, rapid-response logistics, and facility upgrades for biosafety-level operations. His contracting patterns indicate a preference for vendors with proven expertise in regulated environments, often requiring compliance with USDA and CDC biosafety protocols, and a demonstrated capacity for mission-critical, time-sensitive execution. Lott exhibits a strong, unwavering commitment to small business participation, with 100% of his acquisitions structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate strategy to cultivate capacity among small, agile vendors capable of delivering specialized services in high-stakes agricultural protection environments. His contracting approach prioritizes socioeconomic inclusion, consistently awarding contracts to small businesses without preference for subcategories like 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB, suggesting a broad-based commitment to small business development across the spectrum. While NAICS data is not available, his procurement activity centers on technical domains including aviation maintenance, environmental engineering, field diagnostics, and biocontainment infrastructure. He procures services and equipment critical to pest detection, wildlife monitoring, and laboratory readiness, demonstrating deep familiarity with the operational needs of federal animal health response teams.