Lorna L Craig

Lorna L. Craig serves as a Contracting Officer within the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, Office of Acquisition and Supply Chain Management (OAS PCMB), where she leads the acquisition of advanced analytical and laboratory systems critical to national food safety. Her portfolio centers on securing cutting-edge diagnostic instrumentation, laboratory consumables, and data analytics platforms to enable real-time detection of biological and chemical hazards in meat, poultry, and egg products. She manages full lifecycle procurements under FAR Part 15, ensuring compliance with scientific requirements and federal acquisition standards while aligning acquisitions with FSIS’s mission to safeguard the public health through science-driven inspection. Craig maintains strategic relationships with a diverse range of vendors, including manufacturers of analytical laboratory equipment, custom software developers, and logistics providers supporting the secure transport of sensitive materials. She collaborates closely with technical evaluators and laboratory scientists to ensure vendor solutions meet rigorous performance benchmarks for accuracy, reliability, and regulatory compliance. Her contracting approach emphasizes vendor responsiveness, technical capability, and lifecycle support, fostering long-term partnerships with firms capable of delivering mission-critical capabilities under tight operational timelines. Craig demonstrates a strong commitment to small business participation, with approximately 40% of her acquisitions structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. She actively seeks qualified small businesses in technical sectors, prioritizing socioeconomic programs that expand access for disadvantaged entrepreneurs while maintaining high standards for performance and innovation. Her contracting patterns reflect a balanced approach between competitive small business engagement and open competition to ensure best value. Her primary NAICS focus areas include analytical laboratory instrument manufacturing (334516), custom computer programming (541511), and computer systems design services (541512), reflecting her specialization in procuring high-precision diagnostic tools and data-driven surveillance systems. She also routinely engages firms in industrial process control instrumentation (334513) and local freight logistics (484110) to support end-to-end deployment of complex laboratory infrastructure.