Roberta Smith

Roberta Smith serves as a Contract Specialist within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), where she manages the acquisition lifecycle for scientific and environmental research contracts critical to NOAA’s mission of oceanic, atmospheric, and coastal system monitoring. She specializes in procuring complex research and development services, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations while aligning procurements with NOAA’s strategic priorities in marine science, climate modeling, and environmental data collection. Her portfolio primarily supports technical contracts for physical and engineering sciences, with a focus on advancing predictive modeling capabilities and ecosystem research infrastructure. Smith maintains consistent working relationships with a select group of specialized contractors, including WISCONSIN EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD, TRONCONI SEGARRA & ASSOCIATES LLP, JNB SERVICES LLC, PURE ENVIRO-MANAGEMENT, LLC, and THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO. These partnerships reflect a preference for academic institutions, environmental consulting firms, and research-driven service providers capable of delivering high-precision scientific outputs. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, technical rigor, and long-term collaboration with vendors possessing domain-specific expertise in oceanographic and atmospheric sciences. A significant portion of her acquisitions—44%—are structured as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a strong institutional commitment to small business participation. While no other socioeconomic set-asides dominate her portfolio, her consistent use of small business set-asides underscores her dedication to expanding market access for qualified small firms in the environmental science and engineering sectors. Her procurement focus is heavily concentrated in NAICS 541715 and 541712, reflecting deep specialization in research and development within the physical and engineering sciences. She routinely procures services related to environmental data analysis, sensor system development, field observation programs, and coastal resilience studies, with minor activity in marine fishing and civil engineering construction. Her expertise lies in bridging scientific requirements with compliant, efficient contracting solutions to advance NOAA’s mission-critical research objectives.