Joanna Bajsa-Hirsche

Joanna Bajsa-Hirsche serves as a key procurement lead within the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service, Office of Acquisition and Procurement, where she manages mission-critical acquisitions to sustain and modernize scientific research infrastructure. Her work directly supports the agency’s mission of advancing agricultural innovation by securing advanced laboratory instrumentation, precision environmental control systems, and specialized facility maintenance services. She handles complex, high-precision procurements requiring technical rigor, often involving custom-engineered solutions for field stations and experimental research sites, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations and scientific operational requirements. She maintains consistent working relationships with a select group of specialized contractors, including Mckenzie Construction & Site Development LLC for facility upgrades, Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC for technical systems integration, and L1 Enterprises Incorporated for mission-critical support services. These partnerships reflect a preference for vendors with proven expertise in scientific facility operations, environmental control systems, and research-grade construction. Her contracting approach emphasizes reliability, technical competency, and long-term performance over volume-based vendor selection. Bajsa-Hirsche’s procurement portfolio reflects no set-aside preferences, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. While she does not prioritize socioeconomic programs such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB, her focus remains on securing the highest technical capability to meet the agency’s rigorous scientific standards, ensuring operational resilience and data integrity across USDA research facilities. Her primary procurement focus is exclusively under NAICS 541714—Research and Development in Biotechnology—where she procures advanced analytical equipment, biosafety-compliant infrastructure, and integrated data acquisition systems essential for modern agricultural biotechnology research. Her domain expertise lies in supporting cutting-edge scientific environments that demand precision engineering, regulatory compliance, and seamless integration with laboratory information management systems.