Jessica Hadley

Jessica Hadley serves as a key procurement professional within the USDA Agricultural Research Service’s Agricultural Research Facility Management and Procurement Division, where she facilitates the acquisition of mission-critical laboratory instrumentation, precision maintenance services, and specialized research infrastructure to support high-throughput biological and environmental science. Her work directly enables the agency’s mandate to advance food security and sustainable agricultural innovation by ensuring researchers have access to state-of-the-art analytical tools, including mass spectrometers, environmental control systems, and sterile research environments. She manages a diverse portfolio of contracts spanning facility upgrades, equipment calibration, and technical support services, aligning procurement decisions with federal acquisition regulations and scientific operational needs. Hadley maintains consistent partnerships with a select group of vendors including Georgia Commercial and Residential Elevator, LLC, Germfree Laboratories, LLC, and Millennium Enterprise Corp., among others. These relationships reflect a focus on niche suppliers capable of delivering specialized engineering, cleanroom construction, and laboratory systems integration services. Her contracting patterns indicate a preference for vendors with proven expertise in regulated research environments, often requiring compliance with biosafety, GMP, or ISO standards. She fosters long-term vendor collaborations grounded in technical reliability and performance accountability. Her procurement strategy reflects a balanced approach to socioeconomic goals, with approximately one-third of awards designated as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a deliberate commitment to small business participation. While the majority of acquisitions are unrestricted, she actively prioritizes small business capabilities when technical requirements align with their niche expertise, particularly in facility maintenance and laboratory support services. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 721110 (Hotels and Motels) and 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction), reflecting her role in managing research facility infrastructure, including lab renovations, HVAC upgrades, and controlled-environment builds. These categories underscore her expertise in procuring complex, mission-critical construction and operational services essential to sustaining advanced agricultural research facilities.