Gary Stevens

Gary Stevens serves as a procurement lead within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), supporting the agency’s mission to advance environmental science through data-driven systems and operational technology. He manages acquisitions for mission-critical information technology and analytical services, with a primary focus on computer-related professional services that enable oceanic, atmospheric, and coastal research. His work ensures NOAA’s scientific infrastructure—including data collection platforms, modeling tools, and remote sensing systems—is supported by reliable, high-performance technical solutions. Stevens operates within a non-set-aside procurement environment, prioritizing competitive, full-and-open contracting to secure specialized expertise essential to NOAA’s scientific objectives. His primary contractor relationships include Wisconsin Educational Communications Board, Tronconi Segarra & Associates LLP, JNB Services LLC, Pure Enviro-Management, LLC, and The Regents of the University of Colorado. These partners deliver advanced computational services, environmental data analytics, and systems integration tailored to NOAA’s research and forecasting needs. Stevens cultivates long-term vendor partnerships with firms possessing deep domain expertise in scientific computing, geospatial analysis, and environmental modeling, often engaging them through performance-based task orders and indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) mechanisms. Stevens consistently utilizes full-and-open competition, with 100% of his acquisitions issued without socioeconomic set-asides. This reflects a strategic emphasis on accessing the broadest possible pool of technical talent to meet NOAA’s complex scientific requirements, rather than prioritizing small business set-asides. While small business participation is not a formal preference in his portfolio, he ensures compliance with all federal acquisition regulations and encourages competitive bidding from all eligible vendors. His procurement activity is exclusively concentrated in NAICS 541519 (Other Computer Related Services), reflecting a specialization in custom software development, data processing, systems engineering, and scientific IT support. He procures services that underpin NOAA’s predictive modeling, climate monitoring, and marine ecosystem analysis capabilities, requiring contractors with proven experience in high-performance computing, real-time data ingestion, and scientific workflow automation.