Ricardo Espitia

Ricardo Espitia serves as a key procurement professional within the Peace Corps Office of Administrative and Contract Management (OACM), supporting the agency’s mission to enable safe, effective, and sustainable global service delivery. He manages the acquisition lifecycle for mission-critical services that ensure volunteer readiness, operational continuity, and institutional resilience, with a focus on background investigations, medical support services, workforce training, and digital infrastructure solutions. His acquisitions are strategically aligned with the Peace Corps’ core priorities of safeguarding personnel and enhancing workforce capacity through specialized, non-commodity contracting. Espitia maintains a primary contracting relationship with Biometrics4All, Inc., a trusted vendor providing advanced biometric screening and identity verification services critical to volunteer vetting and security protocols. His procurement approach emphasizes long-term, performance-based partnerships with vendors capable of delivering secure, scalable, and compliant technical solutions. He consistently engages contractors with proven expertise in federal compliance, data privacy, and global operational support, favoring vendors with demonstrated reliability and technical precision in high-stakes environments. His contracting activity reflects a 100% preference for non-set-aside procurements, indicating a focus on capability-driven sourcing rather than socioeconomic classifications. While he does not prioritize 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB set-asides, his acquisitions remain open to all qualified vendors, with selection criteria centered on technical merit, past performance, and mission alignment. Espitia’s procurement portfolio is exclusively aligned with NAICS 921190—Other General Government Support—reflecting his specialization in non-defense, mission-enabling services. He procures professional consulting, operational support, background investigation systems, training delivery platforms, and secure communications infrastructure, demonstrating deep expertise in the administrative and human capital domains that underpin international development operations.