Mafalda Weldon

Mafalda Weldon serves as a key procurement lead within the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) at the Mrpbs Minneapolis MN office, managing contract actions critical to sustaining the agency’s biosecurity and operational infrastructure. Her responsibilities center on executing full-cycle acquisitions for facility support services, ensuring compliance with federal procurement regulations while advancing APHIS’s mission to protect U.S. agricultural systems from biological threats. She primarily handles service-based contracts aligned with facility maintenance, logistics support, and operational readiness, with a strong emphasis on mission-critical janitorial and sanitation services essential to high-containment laboratory and inspection environments. Weldon maintains consistent contracting relationships with a focused group of vendors, including AEROSPACE & COMMERCIAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, THOROUGHBRED AVIATION MAINTENANCE, INC., TRACE FIRST LIMITED, and AR6 CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING, LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for specialized service providers capable of delivering compliant, high-standard janitorial and facility support under strict biosecurity protocols. Her contracting patterns indicate a reliance on vendors with proven experience in federal facility operations, particularly those adept at navigating sensitive environments such as animal health laboratories and quarantine stations. Her procurement strategy is uniformly aligned with full small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, reflecting a steadfast commitment to socioeconomic inclusion. All awarded contracts are reserved exclusively for small businesses, reinforcing APHIS’s dedication to equitable access and capacity building within the federal contracting ecosystem. This pattern underscores her role in empowering small, locally based service providers to contribute to national biosecurity objectives. Weldon’s primary NAICS focus is 561720 (Janitorial Services), indicating deep specialization in contracted cleaning, decontamination, waste management, and sanitation services tailored to federal biosafety Level 2 and 3 facilities. Her technical expertise lies in procuring services that meet USDA and CDC biosafety standards, ensuring that facility operations remain compliant, sterile, and mission-ready in support of disease surveillance and containment programs.