Nathan Johnson

Nathan Johnson serves as a key procurement professional within the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he manages contracts critical to advancing the agency’s biosecurity and surveillance missions. His responsibilities center on acquiring specialized services that support diagnostic infrastructure, pest detection systems, and operational readiness for biological threat mitigation. He primarily handles acquisitions under NAICS 541612, focusing on human resources consulting services that enable APHIS to scale workforce capabilities, streamline compliance, and enhance workforce planning for field and laboratory personnel engaged in high-stakes agricultural protection operations. Johnson maintains consistent contracting relationships with a select group of vendors, including Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC; Thorobred Aviation Maintenance, Inc.; Trace First Limited; and AR6 Construction & Engineering, LLC. These partnerships reflect a pattern of engaging firms with niche expertise in logistics support, facility maintenance, and operational consulting aligned with APHIS’s field-based mission. His procurement approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, leveraging long-term vendor relationships to ensure continuity in mission-critical support functions. A defining feature of Johnson’s contracting profile is his exclusive use of Small Business Set-Aside authority under FAR 19.5, with 100% of his acquisitions reserved for small businesses. This unwavering commitment ensures that economically disadvantaged, women-owned, and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses have equitable access to federal opportunities within the agricultural biosecurity sector. His contracting strategy actively promotes socioeconomic inclusion while maintaining rigorous performance standards. His technical domain is narrowly focused on human resources consulting services, encompassing talent acquisition, workforce development, regulatory compliance training, and organizational effectiveness consulting tailored to federal agricultural agencies. This specialization supports APHIS’s need for agile, compliant, and mission-aligned staffing solutions in a dynamic regulatory environment.