Paul Le

Paul Le serves as a Contract Specialist, managing the acquisition process and ensuring procurement activities align with agency requirements. In this role, he is responsible for the administration of contracts and the execution of procurement strategies to support the agency's operational mission. Regarding set-aside preferences, the procurement patterns show a primary reliance on full and open competitions, with no set-aside designations applied to the majority of actions. However, there is a documented commitment to small business participation, with a notable percentage of awards designated as Total Small Business Set-Asides and a specific focus on 8(a) competed procurements. His industry expertise is heavily concentrated in food and beverage manufacturing and distribution. The primary focus areas include commercial bakeries, soft drink manufacturing, and perishable prepared food manufacturing, with additional procurement activity in fluid milk manufacturing and grocery-related merchant wholesale.