David Rivera

David Rivera serves as a key procurement lead within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), overseeing acquisitions critical to advancing oceanic, atmospheric, and coastal scientific research. He manages a specialized portfolio of contracts supporting data collection systems, environmental modeling tools, and operational instrumentation essential to NOAA’s mission of environmental monitoring and climate resilience. His work directly enables the agency’s capacity to deliver accurate weather forecasts, protect marine ecosystems, and maintain coastal infrastructure integrity through the acquisition of advanced scientific and technical services. Rivera maintains consistent partnerships with a select group of contractors, including the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board, Tronconi Segarra & Associates LLP, JNB Services LLC, Pure Enviro-Management, LLC, and The Regents of the University of Colorado. These relationships reflect a focus on research institutions, environmental consulting firms, and specialized service providers with expertise in data analytics, environmental compliance, and scientific communications. His contracting patterns emphasize long-term, mission-aligned collaborations with vendors capable of delivering high-precision technical solutions under complex regulatory and scientific standards. Rivera demonstrates a full commitment to small business participation, with 100% of his acquisitions structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This consistent preference underscores a strategic emphasis on fostering innovation and capacity within the small business community, particularly among firms qualified to support NOAA’s specialized scientific and environmental missions. His contracting approach prioritizes socioeconomic equity while ensuring access to niche technical capabilities. His procurement focus is exclusively centered on NAICS code 511210—Software Publishers—reflecting deep specialization in the acquisition of custom environmental software, data processing platforms, predictive modeling tools, and digital infrastructure for oceanic and atmospheric research. He routinely procures mission-critical applications that support real-time data ingestion, visualization, and analysis, making him a key enabler of NOAA’s digital transformation in environmental science.