Michelle Padfield

Michelle Padfield serves as a Contracting Officer, where she is responsible for managing the acquisition process and overseeing the procurement of goods and services to support the agency's mission. In this role, she handles the administrative and legal requirements of the contracting lifecycle, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations. Regarding set-aside preferences, there is a strong commitment to small business participation. Total Small Business Set-Asides account for half of the procurement activity, while 8(a) competed contracts and partial small business set-asides also represent a portion of the contracting patterns. A significant percentage of acquisitions are conducted without a specific set-aside. Her procurement focus is heavily concentrated in technical and scientific domains. The primary area of expertise is Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences, which comprises the vast majority of her NAICS focus. Additionally, her procurement activity extends to the manufacturing of guided missile and space vehicle parts, propulsion units, and computer peripheral equipment, as well as services related to libraries and archives.