Eugene L. Gutierrez Jr.

Eugene L. Gutierrez Jr. serves as a primary procurement lead within the CDC Office of Acquisition Services, overseeing the acquisition of critical scientific, technical, and operational support services that enable the agency’s public health mission. He manages a diverse portfolio of contracts focused on laboratory diagnostics, biomedical research infrastructure, and data-driven surveillance systems, ensuring timely delivery of mission-critical capabilities to respond to infectious disease threats. His work directly supports CDC’s strategic priorities in strengthening national laboratory capacity and advancing real-time epidemiological analytics through technology-enabled solutions. Gutierrez maintains consistent partnerships with key contractors including General Dynamics Information Technology, GlaxoSmithKline, New York City Health & Hospitals Corp, MRIGLOBAL, and Cepheid. These relationships reflect a pattern of engaging both large-scale scientific and technical service providers and established public health institutions, often for complex, multi-year task orders requiring high levels of regulatory compliance and scientific rigor. His procurement approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, technical expertise, and operational readiness over cost alone. His contracting activity shows no preference for socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic alignment with CDC’s need for rapid, scalable, and technically advanced solutions, prioritizing capability and mission alignment over socioeconomic targeting in this domain. Gutierrez’s procurement focus is concentrated in four primary NAICS categories: Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance (811210), All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (541990), Other Computer Related Services (541519), and Computer Facilities Management Services (541513). These reflect a deep specialization in procuring laboratory instrumentation maintenance, bioinformatics support, clinical data systems, and secure IT infrastructure essential to CDC’s diagnostic and surveillance operations. His expertise lies at the intersection of public health science and mission-critical technology procurement.