Marcos Ocadiz

Marcos Ocadiz serves as a key procurement specialist within the USDA Agricultural Research Service’s Agricultural Research Facility Management and Procurement Division, where he facilitates the acquisition of mission-critical scientific infrastructure and technical services essential to advancing agricultural research. He manages a portfolio of contracts focused on high-precision laboratory instrumentation, specialized maintenance services, and custom software solutions that support high-throughput biological and environmental analysis. His work directly enables the agency’s mission to secure food systems through cutting-edge science by ensuring timely access to state-of-the-art analytical tools and research-enabling technologies. Ocadiz maintains consistent relationships with a select group of specialized vendors, including GermFree Laboratories, LLC for controlled-environment research facilities, J’s Associates, LLC for technical support services, and Millennium Enterprise Corp. for integrated laboratory automation solutions. His contracting patterns reflect a preference for vendors with deep domain expertise in scientific equipment integration, precision maintenance, and bespoke software development, often engaging firms with proven track records in federal research environments. These partnerships are characterized by long-term, performance-based engagements rather than transactional procurements. Ocadiz’s procurement activity is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of contracts awarded through full and open competition. This reflects a strategic focus on technical capability and performance over socioeconomic categorization, prioritizing the highest technical merit and operational readiness of vendors to meet the rigorous demands of federal research infrastructure. His primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541511 (Custom Computer Programming Services) and 541519 (Other Computer-Related Services), reflecting a strong emphasis on developing and integrating custom software platforms for data acquisition, laboratory information management, and instrumentation control. He also frequently procures services under NAICS 511210 for scientific data processing and analytics. His expertise centers on the intersection of laboratory automation, bioinformatics, and research facility systems, ensuring that USDA ARS maintains world-class capabilities in agricultural science.