Kristie M. Christie

Kristie M. Christie serves as a Contract Specialist responsible for managing the acquisition lifecycle for specialized scientific and industrial instrumentation. She plays a critical role in ensuring the agency’s procurement activities align with federal contracting regulations, including FAR Part 19 small business programs and technical specification compliance. Her portfolio primarily encompasses complex procurements for analytical laboratory equipment, electrical signal measurement systems, and industrial process control instrumentation. Christie works closely with technical evaluators and program managers to develop solicitation documents that clearly define performance requirements, ensuring competitive, fair, and compliant outcomes. While specific contractor names are not available, Christie maintains a vendor ecosystem composed of manufacturers and integrators with demonstrated capability in precision instrument design and calibration. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for established suppliers with proven technical expertise in laboratory and industrial instrumentation, often engaging firms capable of supporting post-award technical validation, calibration services, and long-term maintenance contracts. She prioritizes vendors with robust quality management systems and adherence to ANSI/ISO standards relevant to measurement and control devices. Christie’s procurement approach reflects a strong orientation toward open competition, with 88.9% of her awards issued without set-aside restrictions. However, she consistently supports small business participation, allocating 11.1% of her acquisitions to Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. This demonstrates a balanced commitment to fostering competition among small manufacturers while maintaining access to high-performance, mission-critical instrumentation. Her technical focus centers on NAICS 334516, 334515, and 334513, indicating deep expertise in procuring analytical instruments, electrical signal measurement devices, and industrial process control systems. She routinely handles acquisitions for chromatographs, spectrometers, data acquisition systems, and programmable logic controllers, requiring precise technical evaluations and adherence to industry-specific standards such as NIST traceability and IEC 61010 compliance.