Natale A. (Nate) Prattico

Nate Prattico serves as a Contracting Officer, where he is responsible for managing the acquisition process and ensuring regulatory compliance for the agency's procurement mission. He handles the solicitation and award of contracts to secure necessary goods and services required for operational success. Regarding set-aside preferences, the procurement data indicates a strong preference for full and open competitions, with the vast majority of acquisitions categorized as No Set-Aside. There is a modest level of small business participation, primarily through Total Small Business Set-Asides and a smaller percentage of 8(a) competed procurements. Prattico's procurement activity is heavily concentrated in chemical and industrial manufacturing. His primary focus areas include Paint and Coating Manufacturing and Adhesive Manufacturing. Additionally, his technical procurement domain extends to Steel Wire Drawing, the manufacturing of overhead traveling cranes, hoists, and monorail systems, and other electronic component manufacturing.