Robin Irving

Robin M. Irving serves as a Contracting Officer responsible for managing complex procurements across professional, scientific, and technical services. In this role, Irving ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations while advancing mission-critical objectives through strategic sourcing and competitive contracting practices. She primarily handles sole-source and full-and-open competitions for high-technical-service contracts, with a focus on research, diagnostic manufacturing, and specialized consulting services. Her work supports the acquisition lifecycle from solicitation through contract award and administration, ensuring transparency, fairness, and regulatory integrity in all procurements. While specific contractor names are not available, Irving maintains a broad network of vendors spanning large primes and small businesses, particularly in the life sciences and technical services sectors. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for competitive bidding with structured evaluation criteria, fostering an environment where both established firms and emerging vendors can compete on technical merit and past performance. She engages with contractors across the full spectrum of service delivery models, including R&D, custom software development, and logistics consulting, emphasizing performance-based outcomes and risk mitigation in contract structure. Irving’s set-aside preferences reveal a strong commitment to small business participation, with 12.5% of her awards designated as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5 and an additional 3.1% awarded through 8(a) competed programs. Although the majority of her acquisitions—84.4%—are conducted as full-and-open competitions, her consistent use of socioeconomic set-asides demonstrates a deliberate effort to expand opportunities for disadvantaged and small businesses without compromising competition or mission readiness. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541990 (All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services), 325413 (In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing), and 541712 (Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences). She regularly acquires specialized laboratory services, diagnostic reagents, and scientific R&D support, indicating deep technical familiarity with life sciences and analytical instrumentation markets. Her expertise extends to custom programming and logistics consulting, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to meeting complex operational needs.