Robert L, D. Reynolds

Robert Reynolds serves as the Program Point of Contact for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, playing a critical role in aligning acquisition strategies with the agency’s public health mission. He facilitates the procurement of scientific, technical, and communications services essential to disease surveillance, outbreak response, and health communication initiatives. While not a contracting officer, Reynolds acts as the primary liaison between program teams and procurement specialists, ensuring that acquisition requirements reflect technical needs and operational priorities. He typically supports non-construction, service-based acquisitions tied to research, data analytics, and public health outreach. Reynolds collaborates closely with a diverse array of contractors, including scientific consulting firms, advertising agencies, and research organizations that support CDC’s mission-critical functions. His working relationships are characterized by sustained engagement with vendors capable of delivering specialized expertise in health communication, behavioral science research, and technical analysis. He does not manage contract awards directly but provides essential input on vendor capabilities, performance expectations, and technical scope, ensuring alignment between contractor deliverables and public health outcomes. His procurement patterns reflect a strong preference for open competition, with 83.3% of acquisitions issued without set-asides. However, he consistently supports small business participation, with 16.7% of opportunities designated as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, indicating a deliberate effort to include qualified small firms in CDC’s service acquisition pipeline. Reynolds’ primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541810 (Advertising Agencies) and 541690 (Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services), reflecting CDC’s need for strategic health messaging and expert technical advisory services. He also supports acquisitions in 541712 (Research and Development in Physical and Life Sciences) and 541720 (Social Sciences Research), underscoring his involvement in evidence-based program design, behavioral health studies, and public health communications infrastructure. His domain expertise centers on translating complex scientific objectives into actionable, vendor-ready procurement requirements.