Lydia M Patrick

Lydia Patrick supports the procurement mission of the Sat Team 2 FWS within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, managing acquisitions critical to habitat restoration, conservation infrastructure, and operational readiness across federal wildlife refuges and fishery sites. She handles a diverse portfolio of contracts spanning equipment maintenance, land management services, and specialized field support, ensuring alignment with the agency’s ecological stewardship goals. Her work directly enables field teams to execute scientific monitoring, invasive species control, and ecosystem rehabilitation through timely and compliant contracting actions. Patrick maintains strong working relationships with key contractors including EarthBalance Corporation, Coast Machinery LLC, Ontic Engineering & Manufacturing, Inc., John Deere Shared Services, LLC, and Life Technologies Corporation. These partnerships reflect a focus on high-reliability equipment servicing, habitat engineering, and biological monitoring technologies. Her procurement approach emphasizes vendor reliability, technical specificity, and long-term service capacity, often prioritizing firms with demonstrated expertise in conservation-grade machinery and ecological support systems. Her contracting patterns show a strong preference for open competition, with 67.6% of awards issued without set-aside designations, while 32.4% are structured as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a balanced commitment to leveraging small business innovation while maintaining flexibility to meet urgent operational needs. She consistently facilitates opportunities for small businesses capable of delivering specialized field services, particularly those with environmental or mechanical technical capabilities. Her primary NAICS focus includes Soil Preparation, Planting, and Cultivating (115112), Commercial and Industrial Machinery Repair and Maintenance (811310), and Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (336999), indicating deep engagement with habitat restoration equipment, off-road vehicle servicing, and custom conservation infrastructure. She procures precision tools for invasive species control, field-ready machinery, and ecological monitoring systems, demonstrating technical fluency in conservation engineering and land management operations.