Katrina Pritchett

Katrina Pritchett serves as a Contract Specialist within the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, where she plays a critical role in executing procurements that support the agency’s mission to ensure equitable access to nutrition assistance programs. She manages the full lifecycle of acquisitions for research and analytical services, ensuring compliance with federal procurement regulations while advancing FNS’s strategic priorities in program evaluation, data-driven policy development, and operational modernization. Her work directly supports key initiatives under SNAP, WIC, and the National School Lunch Program by securing expert technical support for behavioral research, program impact assessments, and evidence-based intervention design. Pritchett collaborates with a diverse range of contractors, primarily academic institutions, policy research organizations, and social science consulting firms with demonstrated expertise in public health analytics and program evaluation. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for long-term, performance-based partnerships with vendors capable of delivering rigorous, peer-reviewed research and longitudinal data analysis. She fosters collaborative relationships with contractors who bring methodological rigor to federal nutrition program oversight, emphasizing transparency, reproducibility, and stakeholder engagement. Pritchett’s procurement portfolio is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of her acquisitions awarded under standard competitive procedures without socioeconomic set-asides. While she does not prioritize 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB designations, her process remains fully compliant with all federal small business participation goals, and she actively encourages broad competition among qualified firms regardless of size or certification status. Her primary procurement focus is on NAICS 541720—Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities—reflecting her specialization in securing services related to behavioral economics, nutrition policy analysis, program fidelity studies, and public assistance system evaluations. She consistently procures qualitative and quantitative research services, survey design, statistical modeling, and implementation science support to inform federal nutrition policy and improve program outcomes.