Cory L. Worley

Cory L. Worley serves as a key procurement professional within the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), supporting the agency’s mission to advance measurement science, standards, and technological innovation critical to national security and industrial competitiveness. He manages a diverse portfolio of acquisitions focused on precision instrumentation, semiconductor process equipment, and analytical laboratory systems, ensuring NIST maintains cutting-edge capabilities in physical sciences and advanced manufacturing. His contracting activities are aligned with NIST’s strategic priorities in quantum technologies, semiconductor metrology, and next-generation materials characterization, requiring highly specialized technical procurement expertise. Worley maintains consistent working relationships with leading suppliers of scientific instrumentation, including Quality Biological, Inc., Advanced Technologies and Laboratories (ATL) International, Inc., and Physical Electronics USA, Inc. These partnerships reflect a preference for vendors with deep technical capabilities in vacuum systems, surface analysis tools, and high-precision calibration equipment. His procurement approach emphasizes long-term vendor collaboration, technical compliance, and performance reliability, often involving complex solicitation strategies for mission-critical hardware and service integrations. His contracting patterns show a strong inclination toward open competition, with 73.2% of awards issued without set-asides, while 26.8% are designated as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This balance reflects a commitment to leveraging small business innovation without compromising technical requirements, with frequent engagement from small firms capable of delivering specialized analytical and industrial control systems. Worley’s primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 334516 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing) and 334513 (Industrial Process Control Instruments), with additional activity in semiconductor manufacturing (334413) and related device categories. He consistently acquires mass spectrometers, electron spectrometers, metrology tools, and process control systems essential to NIST’s research in nanotechnology, quantum sensing, and semiconductor standards development.