Deborah M Patrick

Deborah M. Patrick serves as a Contracting Officer responsible for managing the acquisition of professional, scientific, and technical services to support federal mission objectives. In this role, she exercises full contracting authority to plan, solicit, award, and administer complex service-based contracts in alignment with federal acquisition regulations. Her portfolio centers on high-value, non-manufacturing procurements requiring specialized expertise, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements and efficient use of public resources. She routinely handles task and delivery order contracts under indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) vehicles, with a focus on performance-based acquisition strategies that emphasize outcomes over inputs. Deborah cultivates relationships with a broad spectrum of contractors, primarily professional services firms offering consulting, analytical, and technical support. While no single contractor dominates her award profile, she engages with a diverse pool of vendors, including mid-sized firms and small businesses, fostering competitive environments that promote innovation and value. Her contracting approach emphasizes fair and open competition, with a preference for clear performance metrics and risk-mitigated contract structures that ensure accountability and deliverability. Her set-aside preferences are exclusively non-set-aside, with 100% of her awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a deliberate strategy to maximize market participation and leverage broad industry capabilities, rather than targeting specific socioeconomic categories. She maintains strict adherence to FAR Part 19 guidelines while prioritizing merit-based selection and transparent evaluation criteria. Deborah’s procurement focus is concentrated in NAICS 541990 (All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services) and NAICS 541690 (Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services). She regularly acquires services such as policy analysis, program evaluation, data analytics, technical advisory support, and operational consulting. Her domain expertise spans cross-functional technical environments requiring subject-matter proficiency in public sector program management and evidence-based decision-making.