Deborah Worrells

Deborah Worrells serves as a secondary procurement contact within the DOL’s Cas Division 1 Procurement, supporting the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management in acquiring specialized technical services and precision instrumentation critical to occupational health and regulatory compliance. She facilitates the procurement of analytical laboratory systems, industrial process monitoring equipment, and expert consulting services that underpin evidence-based labor policy development. Her role involves coordinating acquisition planning, ensuring regulatory alignment, and supporting contract execution for high-precision measurement technologies and scientific analysis tools essential to the Department’s mission of workplace safety and economic security. She maintains consistent working relationships with key contractors including Franklin Young International, Incorporated, and Berkeley Research Group, LLC, both of which provide advanced technical consulting, data analytics, and specialized instrumentation support. Her procurement patterns reflect a preference for established firms with proven expertise in scientific and technical domains, often engaging vendors capable of delivering complex, mission-critical solutions under performance-based contract structures. These partnerships are typically non-competitive or competitively awarded based on technical merit and past performance. Worrells’ contracting portfolio demonstrates a strong orientation toward open competition, with 63.4% of acquisitions conducted without set-aside restrictions. Nevertheless, she actively supports small business participation, with over one-third of awards designated as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. Smaller proportions reflect targeted efforts toward 8(a), HUBZone, and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, indicating a balanced approach that prioritizes capability while maintaining socioeconomic inclusion. Her procurement focus centers on NAICS categories related to analytical laboratory instrument manufacturing (334516), industrial process measurement devices (334513 and 334519), and professional scientific services (541990), with additional emphasis on social science research (541720). She routinely acquires calibrated instrumentation, data acquisition systems, and expert technical services to support regulatory monitoring, workplace hazard analysis, and labor policy research, reflecting deep domain expertise in scientific and technical procurement within the federal regulatory landscape.