Lawrence B Frazier

Lawrence B. Frazier serves as a Small Business Specialist within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), supporting the agency’s mission to advance environmental science through strategic procurement. In this role, he facilitates the integration of small businesses into NOAA’s acquisition lifecycle, ensuring compliance with federal socioeconomic goals while enhancing innovation and competition in the procurement of scientific, technical, and operational services. He works closely with contracting officers to identify opportunities for small business participation, particularly in areas critical to oceanic and atmospheric research, environmental monitoring, and coastal resilience infrastructure. Frazier maintains strong working relationships with a consistent cohort of contractors, including the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board, Tronconi Segarra & Associates LLP, JNB Services LLC, Pure Enviro-Management, LLC, and The Regents of the University of Colorado. These partnerships reflect a blend of academic, environmental consulting, and technical services providers, underscoring his focus on firms capable of delivering specialized expertise in data collection, ecosystem analysis, and scientific instrumentation support. His approach emphasizes collaborative engagement and capacity-building with vendors who align with NOAA’s technical and operational needs. While the majority of NOAA’s acquisitions under his purview are not set-aside (80%), Frazier actively promotes and administers Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a clear commitment to expanding small business access to federal contracts. His socioeconomic contracting patterns prioritize broad-based small business inclusion, with no singular emphasis on 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs, indicating a preference for inclusive, non-targeted small business opportunities that foster competitive bidding. Although specific NAICS codes are not available, Frazier’s procurement activities center on scientific research services, environmental monitoring systems, data analytics, and coastal management support—domains requiring technical proficiency in oceanography, meteorology, and ecological modeling. His expertise lies in aligning small business capabilities with NOAA’s mission-critical science and infrastructure requirements.