Latise Griffin

Latise Griffin serves as a Procurement Technician responsible for supporting the full lifecycle of acquisition activities within a federal agency focused on scientific and technical research. In this role, Griffin facilitates the planning, solicitation, evaluation, and award of contracts to ensure compliance with federal procurement regulations, particularly under the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). They work closely with program managers and technical evaluators to define requirements, draft solicitations, and manage contract administration for complex R&D initiatives, ensuring alignment with agency mission objectives and regulatory standards. While specific contractor names are not available, Griffin’s procurement patterns reflect a consistent engagement with a broad base of vendors, including both large primes and small businesses, primarily in the physical, engineering, and life sciences sectors. Their working relationships are characterized by a focus on technical capability, past performance, and regulatory compliance, with an emphasis on transparent and equitable competition. Vendor interactions are structured to foster innovation and responsiveness in high-technical domains, ensuring that solicitations attract qualified proposers capable of delivering cutting-edge scientific solutions. Griffin demonstrates a strong preference for open competition, with 90% of acquisitions conducted without set-aside restrictions. However, they actively support small business participation, consistently allocating 10% of opportunities under the Total Small Business Set-Aside authority (FAR 19.5), reflecting a deliberate commitment to expanding market access for qualified small businesses without prioritizing other socioeconomic categories such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB. Their procurement focus is exclusively concentrated in NAICS 541712—Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology). This specialization drives the acquisition of technical services including laboratory testing, engineering analysis, data modeling, and scientific instrumentation development, requiring deep domain expertise in research methodologies and compliance with federal science and technology procurement standards.