Jeanine Goral

Jeanine Goral serves as a primary procurement lead for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, overseeing acquisition strategies critical to safeguarding U.S. agricultural biosecurity. In this role, she manages a diverse portfolio of contracts supporting operational readiness, facility maintenance, and scientific infrastructure essential to APHIS’s mission of detecting and containing invasive pests and animal diseases. Her acquisitions span facility services, specialized aviation maintenance, and agricultural chemical supply chains, ensuring that field operations and laboratory systems remain fully resourced and compliant with federal biosecurity protocols. Goral maintains consistent working relationships with a select group of contractors, including Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC; Thorobred Aviation Maintenance, Inc.; Trace First Limited; and AR6 Construction & Engineering, LLC. These partnerships reflect a focus on niche service providers capable of delivering specialized aviation support, facility upgrades, and logistical solutions tailored to APHIS’s mobile surveillance and containment operations. Her contracting patterns favor vendors with proven expertise in regulated environments and mission-critical service delivery, often requiring stringent compliance with USDA and USDA-APHIS safety standards. A strong commitment to socioeconomic inclusion defines her procurement approach, with 80% of her awards structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate strategy to prioritize small business participation, particularly among firms certified under HUBZone, SDVOSB, and general small business programs, reinforcing APHIS’s mandate to foster equitable economic opportunity within the agricultural security sector. Her primary NAICS focus areas include Janitorial Services (561720), reflecting facility upkeep needs at field stations and labs, and Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (325320), supporting pest and disease control operations. Additional emphasis on Other Animal Food Manufacturing (311119) and Flour Milling (311211) indicates procurement for animal feed safety and diagnostic supply chains. Her technical domain expertise lies at the intersection of biosecurity operations, environmental compliance, and mission-critical infrastructure support.