Maria del Mar Ruiz ( Contract Specialist)

Maria del Mar Ruiz serves as a Contract Specialist, where she is responsible for managing the acquisition lifecycle and ensuring procurement activities align with the agency's mission. She handles the solicitation and awarding of contracts to secure essential goods and services required for agency operations. The agency demonstrates a strong commitment to small business participation, with a significant majority of its procurement activity directed toward Total Small Business Set-Asides. Only a small fraction of the agency's contracting actions are conducted without a set-aside requirement, reflecting a consistent socioeconomic strategy to prioritize small business engagement. Her procurement focus is heavily concentrated in the hospitality and food service sectors. Primary NAICS specializations include hotel and motel accommodations and food service contracting. Additionally, her technical domain expertise extends to the procurement of miscellaneous food manufacturing products, food product machinery, and ambulance services.