Ricardo Ramos

Ricardo Ramos serves as a key procurement professional within the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health under the Department of Health and Human Services. He manages acquisitions critical to advancing biomedical research, with a focus on analytical laboratory instrumentation, specialized research services, and biologic data infrastructure. His work directly supports NHLBI’s mission to enable precision medicine, single-cell genomics, and translational research by securing cutting-edge technologies and scientific capabilities. Ramos typically handles complex, high-technical-demand contracts requiring stringent compliance with federal research standards and performance-based acquisition methodologies. He maintains established working relationships with a select group of institutional and commercial contractors, including the University of Mississippi Medical Center, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, TDA Research, Inc., and the Ohio Department of Administrative Services. These partnerships reflect a preference for academic medical centers and specialized technology firms capable of delivering bespoke research solutions, from instrument calibration to bioinformatics platform development. His contracting approach emphasizes long-term collaboration, technical validation, and performance metrics aligned with scientific outcomes rather than commodity procurement. Ramos does not utilize socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of his acquisitions conducted under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic focus on technical capability and scientific merit over socioeconomic criteria, prioritizing the highest-quality solutions to meet NHLBI’s rigorous research demands. While small business participation is not formally incentivized through set-asides, qualified small firms are regularly awarded based on competitive technical evaluations. His primary procurement focus centers on NAICS 334516 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing) and NAICS 811219 (Other Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Repair and Maintenance), indicating deep expertise in procuring mass spectrometers, flow cytometers, sequencing platforms, and specialized maintenance services for high-throughput biomedical systems. His domain knowledge spans genomics, proteomics, and clinical research instrumentation, ensuring acquisitions align with evolving scientific priorities in cardiovascular and hematologic disease research.