Gay B. Ray

Gay B. Ray serves as a Contracting Officer at the GSA/FAS Region 7 Acquisition Center, where she manages the procurement of mission-critical industrial and institutional supplies essential to federal operational readiness. Her portfolio focuses on high-volume, standardized manufactured goods that sustain federal facilities, logistics, and administrative functions, with an emphasis on streamlining acquisition pathways for durable equipment and consumables. Ray leverages GSA’s multiple-award schedules and basic ordering agreements to deliver efficient, compliant, and scalable solutions aligned with federal supply chain resilience goals. Ray maintains established working relationships with key contractors including MACGYVER SOLUTIONS, INC., FEDERAL SUPPLY SERVICES INTERNATIONAL LLC., B.W. WILSON PAPER COMPANY, INCORPORATED, and COMSIS SOLUTIONS LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for vendors with proven capacity in manufacturing, distribution, and logistics of standardized industrial goods. Her contracting approach prioritizes reliability, compliance with federal specifications, and consistent delivery performance, fostering long-term vendor collaboration under indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) and blanket purchase agreement (BPA) structures. Ray’s contracting patterns reflect a strong emphasis on open competition, with 90.2% of awards issued without set-asides. The remaining 9.8% are awarded under Total Small Business Set-Asides per FAR 19.5, demonstrating a measured but intentional commitment to small business participation without compromising mission needs. She does not routinely utilize 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB set-asides, instead favoring broad-based small business eligibility through the Total Small Business category to maintain competition and efficiency. Her primary NAICS focus areas include 339115 (Ophthalmic Goods Manufacturing) and 326199 (All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing), each representing 18.2% of her portfolio, followed by 326160 (Plastics Bottle Manufacturing) and 332919/332912 (Metal Valve and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing). Ray specializes in procuring precision-engineered medical, industrial, and institutional products requiring strict adherence to federal standards, demonstrating technical fluency in materials science, manufacturing tolerances, and supply chain traceability for regulated federal use.