Rich Stammer

Rich Stammer serves as a Safety Occupational Health Specialist with the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) at the Minneapolis, MN facility, where he plays a critical role in ensuring compliance with federal occupational safety and environmental health standards across field and laboratory operations. His procurement activities center on acquiring specialized services and equipment essential to maintaining biosecure work environments, including hazardous waste handling, personal protective equipment, and engineered safety systems that support APHIS’s mission to protect U.S. agricultural resources from biological threats. He routinely manages task orders and service contracts aligned with safety protocol implementation, incident response readiness, and regulatory adherence under OSHA and EPA frameworks. Stammer maintains consistent working relationships with a focused group of contractors, including Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC; Thorobred Aviation Maintenance, Inc.; Trace First Limited; and AR6 Construction & Engineering, LLC. These vendors provide niche expertise in aviation safety support, environmental remediation, biohazard containment systems, and facility modifications tailored to high-containment animal health facilities. His procurement approach emphasizes technical proficiency, regulatory compliance, and operational reliability, fostering long-term partnerships with vendors who demonstrate deep domain knowledge in biosafety and occupational health infrastructure. Stammer’s contracting activity reflects a 100% non-set-aside profile, indicating a primary emphasis on technical capability and mission-critical performance over socioeconomic classifications. While small business participation is not formally prioritized in his portfolio, vendors are selected based on demonstrated expertise in handling regulated biological materials and compliance with federal safety standards. His procurement focus is exclusively under NAICS 562119 (Other Waste Collection), reflecting a specialized need for biohazardous and regulated waste management services. This includes the safe transport, treatment, and disposal of animal carcasses, pathogen-contaminated materials, and chemical waste generated during diagnostic testing and quarantine operations, underscoring his technical specialization in environmental health and biosafety logistics.