Leyla Campbell

Leyla Campbell serves as a key procurement professional within the CDC Office of Acquisition Services, supporting the agency’s mission to safeguard public health through strategic acquisition of critical scientific and operational capabilities. She manages complex contracting actions focused on enabling laboratory diagnostics, biomedical research infrastructure, and data-driven public health systems. Her portfolio centers on securing advanced analytical instruments, computing infrastructure for epidemiological data processing, and specialized research services that underpin CDC’s response to infectious disease threats and health surveillance initiatives. Campbell operates within a high-stakes, time-sensitive environment where rapid procurement decisions directly impact national health preparedness. She maintains consistent working relationships with leading providers in public health technology and biomedical services, including General Dynamics Information Technology, Cepheid, MRIGLOBAL, GlaxoSmithKline, and New York City Health & Hospitals Corp. These partnerships reflect a blend of large-scale industrial contractors delivering integrated solutions and specialized firms providing diagnostic platforms, data analytics, and clinical research support. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, technical compliance, and long-term operational sustainability across mission-critical systems. While the majority of her acquisitions are competed without set-asides—reflecting the scale and technical specificity of CDC’s needs—she actively incorporates 8(a) small businesses into competitive solicitations, demonstrating a measured commitment to socioeconomic contracting. Her engagement with 8(a) firms is strategic, often targeting specialized service providers in data analytics, laboratory support, and public health outreach where small business innovation enhances program agility. Her procurement focus is concentrated in NAICS 518210 for computing and data infrastructure, 334516 for analytical laboratory instrumentation, 541910 for public health research and survey services, and 561920 for event and conference logistics supporting scientific collaboration. This technical alignment underscores her expertise in acquiring mission-enabling tools that bridge laboratory science, real-time data systems, and field-based epidemiological operations.