Emily Saari

Emily Saari serves as a key procurement professional within the DOL’s CAS Division 4 Procurement, supporting the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management in acquiring specialized instrumentation critical to federal workplace safety enforcement. She manages the full lifecycle of contracts for precision measuring and monitoring devices, including gas detectors, analytical spectrometers, and industrial process sensors used by OSHA inspectors and laboratory personnel. Her work directly enables the Department of Labor’s mission to ensure compliance with occupational health and safety standards through technically rigorous, mission-critical acquisitions. She routinely handles complex procurements requiring compliance with federal technical specifications and calibration standards, often coordinating with scientific and engineering stakeholders to define performance-based requirements. Emily maintains a broad network of vendors capable of delivering high-precision analytical equipment and associated technical services, though no single contractor dominates her portfolio. She engages with a diverse range of suppliers—from established manufacturers of industrial instrumentation to niche firms specializing in sensor calibration and field support services—emphasizing technical capability, quality assurance, and delivery reliability over vendor size or history. Her contracting approach prioritizes competitive, open bidding and performance-based outcomes, fostering relationships built on technical transparency and regulatory compliance. Her procurement activity is exclusively non-set-aside, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition, reflecting a deliberate strategy to ensure access to the broadest possible pool of qualified technical providers. This approach underscores her commitment to selecting the most capable solution, regardless of socioeconomic status, while still adhering to all federal small business participation goals through inclusive sourcing practices. Emily’s primary focus lies within NAICS 541720, which encompasses research and development in the social sciences and humanities, though in practice this classification supports the acquisition of advanced instrumentation and technical services tied to workplace hazard analysis. Her expertise centers on procuring calibrated, field-deployable sensors and analytical systems that meet OSHA, NIST, and ANSI standards, demonstrating deep familiarity with metrology, environmental monitoring, and industrial safety technology domains.