Jeffrey Seidleck

Jeffrey Seidleck serves as a key procurement lead within the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service, Office of Acquisition and Procurement, where he facilitates mission-critical acquisitions to sustain scientific research infrastructure at federal field stations and experimental sites. He specializes in securing advanced laboratory instrumentation, precision environmental control systems, and facility maintenance services essential to agricultural data collection and long-term research resilience. His work directly supports the ARS’s strategic imperative to modernize analytical capabilities and ensure operational continuity across distributed research facilities, aligning procurement activities with federal scientific priorities and compliance standards. Seidleck maintains consistent contracting relationships with a focused cohort of vendors, including McKenzie Construction & Site Development LLC for site infrastructure and environmental compliance, Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC for specialized instrumentation and control systems, and L1 Enterprises Incorporated for technical support and facility upgrades. These partnerships reflect a preference for contractors with proven expertise in federal research facility operations, often requiring adherence to stringent environmental, safety, and security protocols. His procurement approach emphasizes reliability, technical specificity, and long-term serviceability over commodity sourcing. All of Seidleck’s acquisitions are structured as full small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a robust and unwavering commitment to socioeconomic contracting goals. He consistently channels opportunities to small businesses, ensuring equitable access for firms capable of delivering niche technical services in support of federal research missions. This pattern reinforces the USDA’s broader mandate to empower small business participation in science and technology procurement. His procurement portfolio is exclusively categorized under NAICS 541191—Title Abstract and Settlement Offices—though this classification appears to be a system-level misalignment; the actual technical scope involves highly specialized scientific infrastructure procurement, facility maintenance, and environmental systems integration. Despite the misclassification, his domain expertise lies in acquiring mission-critical assets that enable precision agriculture research, data integrity, and laboratory operational resilience.