Ricky L. Harris

Ricky L. Harris serves as a procurement professional responsible for managing acquisitions in specialized education and health services sectors. His role centers on planning, soliciting, and awarding contracts that support training and insurance-related mission objectives, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations and strategic sourcing guidelines. He typically handles service-based contracts requiring technical evaluation of instructional delivery, curriculum design, and insurance program administration, often coordinating with program managers to align procurement strategy with operational needs. His work is critical to enabling workforce development and healthcare access through efficient, transparent contracting practices. Mr. Harris maintains a broad vendor engagement strategy, working with a diverse pool of service providers including flight training academies, language instruction institutions, and direct health insurance carriers. While no single contractor dominates his portfolio, he consistently engages firms with demonstrated expertise in regulatory compliance, curriculum accreditation, and healthcare plan management. His contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, clear statement of work development, and rigorous source selection processes to ensure quality and accountability across vendor deliverables. Mr. Harris’s procurement activity is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a deliberate focus on market-wide access and technical merit over socioeconomic preference categories. While he does not prioritize 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB set-asides, his process remains fully compliant with all federal small business participation goals, and he actively considers qualified small businesses within open competitions based on capability and value. His primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 611512 (Flight Training), where he sources certified flight instructor services and aviation curriculum development, and NAICS 611630 (Language Schools), supporting linguistic readiness programs. He also procures services under NAICS 524114 (Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers), ensuring coverage solutions meet federal health service requirements. His expertise spans operational training systems, language acquisition frameworks, and insurance plan administration, making him a key liaison between technical requirements and contract execution in mission-critical service domains.