Jennifer Jordan

Dr. Jennifer Jordan serves as a procurement specialist with a focused mandate on advancing scientific and technical research through strategic acquisitions. Her role centers on managing complex contract actions for research and development initiatives in the physical, engineering, and life sciences, ensuring alignment with federal innovation priorities and technical excellence. She oversees the full lifecycle of procurement activities—from market research and solicitation development to contract award and performance monitoring—typically handling high-value, mission-critical R&D contracts that require deep technical evaluation and compliance with federal acquisition regulations. Her work directly supports the execution of national scientific objectives through the acquisition of cutting-edge capabilities and specialized expertise. Dr. Jordan’s contractor relationships are characterized by engagement with a broad spectrum of research institutions, private-sector laboratories, and technical service providers specializing in experimental design, data analytics, and laboratory instrumentation. She routinely collaborates with entities possessing advanced technical capabilities in areas such as materials science, environmental modeling, and computational biology. Her contracting approach emphasizes merit-based selection, rigorous technical evaluation, and performance-based outcomes, fostering long-term partnerships with vendors capable of delivering scalable, reproducible scientific solutions under stringent compliance standards. Dr. Jordan’s procurement portfolio reflects a consistent preference for unrestricted competition, with 100% of her acquisitions conducted under non-set-aside authorities. While she does not prioritize socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs, her approach ensures full and open competition to secure the highest quality technical solutions, aligning with agency mandates that prioritize scientific merit over socioeconomic criteria. Her primary procurement focus is exclusively on NAICS 541712—Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology). She routinely procures services including laboratory testing, prototype development, sensor deployment, and computational modeling, working closely with contractors who possess specialized expertise in experimental design, instrumentation calibration, and peer-reviewed research methodologies. Her domain expertise lies at the intersection of federal science policy and technical acquisition, ensuring that funded projects meet rigorous scientific and regulatory standards.