James Sprigler

James Sprigler supports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Office of Acquisition Services in executing mission-critical procurement actions that enable public health infrastructure, laboratory diagnostics, and data-driven surveillance systems. He manages a diverse portfolio of acquisitions centered on computing infrastructure, data processing services, and professional scientific technical support, ensuring the CDC can rapidly deploy tools for infectious disease detection, genomic analysis, and real-time epidemiological reporting. His work directly advances the agency’s mandate to safeguard national and global health through agile, science-based procurement. Sprigler maintains established relationships with key contractors including General Dynamics Information Technology, GlaxoSmithKline, New York City Health & Hospitals Corp, MRIGLOBAL, and Cepheid. These partnerships reflect a balanced approach between large, established providers with deep technical capacity and specialized firms capable of delivering rapid-response diagnostics and bioinformatics solutions. His contracting patterns emphasize performance-based outcomes, often leveraging indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) and multiple-award contract vehicles to ensure scalability and responsiveness during public health emergencies. His procurement strategy reflects an equal commitment to full and open competition and small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, with approximately half of his acquisitions designated as total small business set-asides. This balanced approach ensures broad market participation while maintaining access to high-capacity vendors, demonstrating a deliberate effort to foster innovation through socioeconomic contracting without compromising mission readiness. Sprigler’s primary focus lies in NAICS 518210 (computing infrastructure and data processing services) and NAICS 541990 (other professional, scientific, and technical services), where he procures cloud-based data platforms, laboratory information management systems, bioinformatics analytics, and epidemiological modeling tools. His technical expertise spans digital health infrastructure, biosurveillance systems, and laboratory automation technologies critical to modern public health operations.