Jean Copes

Jean Copes serves as a Contracting Officer responsible for managing complex procurement actions across technical and scientific domains. In this role, she ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations while advancing mission-critical acquisitions that support advanced manufacturing, analytical instrumentation, and communications technologies. Her portfolio primarily encompasses competitive sealed bidding and negotiated contracts under FAR Part 15, with a strong emphasis on technical evaluation and source selection processes. She plays a pivotal role in aligning procurement strategy with agency objectives, ensuring timely delivery of high-precision equipment and software solutions critical to research and development missions. While specific contractor names are not available, Jean Copes maintains a procurement environment that fosters robust competition among vendors specializing in laboratory instrumentation, electronic computing systems, and wireless communications equipment. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for open market opportunities balanced with intentional socioeconomic set-asides, encouraging participation from small businesses across diverse technical niches. She engages with a broad spectrum of vendors—from established manufacturers to niche suppliers—emphasizing performance-based contracting and clear statement of work development to ensure accountability and quality outcomes. Jean Copes demonstrates a pronounced commitment to small business participation, with over 52% of her awards designated as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. Her contracting approach consistently prioritizes small business inclusion, with minimal use of 8(a) competed set-asides, indicating a preference for broad-based small business competition rather than targeted developmental programs. This pattern reflects a strategic alignment with federal goals to expand economic opportunity while maintaining competitive integrity in source selection. Her primary procurement focus centers on NAICS 334516 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing) and 511210 (Software Publishers), underscoring expertise in procuring precision scientific instruments and specialized software solutions. Additional emphasis on electronic computer manufacturing (334111) and wireless communications equipment (334220) reveals a technical domain proficiency in hardware-software integration for research and communications applications. She routinely manages acquisitions requiring compliance with technical specifications, cybersecurity standards, and supply chain integrity requirements.