Elaine Hamilton

Elaine Hamilton serves as a key procurement professional within the CDC Office of Acquisition Services, supporting the agency’s mission to safeguard public health through strategic acquisition of critical scientific and medical resources. She manages complex contracting actions focused on laboratory diagnostics, biomedical research tools, and data infrastructure essential for disease surveillance and rapid response operations. Her work ensures timely access to high-performance analytical instruments, clinical diagnostics, and technical consulting services that underpin the CDC’s operational readiness and scientific innovation. Hamilton maintains established relationships with leading contractors including General Dynamics Information Technology, GlaxoSmithKline, MRIGLOBAL, and Cepheid, partnering with organizations capable of delivering advanced diagnostic platforms, biotechnology solutions, and large-scale public health support systems. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based contracting, technical compliance, and lifecycle support for mission-critical equipment and services, often requiring stringent regulatory alignment with FDA and CLIA standards. Her contracting activity reflects a strong preference for full and open competition, with no set-asides applied across her portfolio. This indicates a focus on technical capability and scale over socioeconomic classifications, prioritizing mission-critical outcomes over socioeconomic targeting. While small business participation is not formally structured through set-asides, she engages with qualified small firms as subcontractors within larger prime contracts. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 334516 for analytical laboratory instrumentation, supporting high-throughput sequencing and pathogen detection systems. She also frequently procures services under 541690 for scientific consulting and 541714 for biotechnology R&D, reflecting deep expertise in infectious disease diagnostics, clinical epidemiology, and public health data analytics. Her domain knowledge centers on enabling next-generation laboratory capacity and real-time public health intelligence.