Michelle Brebnor

Michelle Brebnor serves as a key procurement professional within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), supporting the agency’s mission to advance environmental science through strategic acquisitions of technical and analytical services. She manages a focused portfolio of contracts centered on data systems, scientific modeling, and environmental information management, ensuring alignment with NOAA’s priorities in oceanic research, weather forecasting, and coastal resilience. Her work directly enables the agency’s ability to collect, process, and disseminate critical Earth system data through contracted scientific and technical expertise. Brebnor maintains consistent partnerships with a select group of contractors, including the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board, Tronconi Segarra & Associates LLP, JNB Services LLC, Pure Enviro-Management, LLC, and The Regents of the University of Colorado. These relationships reflect a preference for academic institutions, specialized environmental consulting firms, and mission-aligned service providers with demonstrated capabilities in scientific data management, environmental analysis, and communication systems. Her contracting approach emphasizes long-term collaboration with vendors who bring niche technical proficiency and institutional knowledge in marine and atmospheric sciences. Her procurement patterns reveal a balanced commitment to small business participation, with exactly half of her acquisitions structured as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, reflecting a deliberate strategy to foster innovation and capacity within the small business community. She does not rely on other socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a) or HUBZone, instead prioritizing broad small business eligibility to ensure competitive, capability-driven sourcing. Brebnor’s acquisitions are exclusively classified under NAICS 511210—Software Publishers—indicating a singular focus on procuring custom software solutions, data analytics platforms, and scientific modeling tools. Her work supports NOAA’s digital infrastructure needs, including environmental data visualization systems, predictive algorithm development, and real-time observation network integration, requiring deep domain expertise in oceanographic and atmospheric data architectures.