Shana Cochran

Shana Cochran serves as a key procurement lead within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), supporting mission-critical acquisitions aligned with environmental science and operational infrastructure. She manages a diverse portfolio of contracts spanning scientific instrumentation, environmental monitoring systems, and technical services essential to NOAA’s oceanic, atmospheric, and coastal research objectives. Her work ensures the agency acquires high-precision equipment and specialized expertise to sustain data collection, predictive modeling, and ecosystem protection initiatives, directly enabling NOAA’s scientific and operational resilience. Cochran maintains consistent partnerships with a select group of 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 relationships reflect a strategic emphasis on collaboration with academic institutions, niche environmental service providers, and technical consultants capable of delivering specialized research, analytical support, and infrastructure solutions tailored to NOAA’s unique operational environments. Her contracting patterns favor long-term, performance-based engagements with vendors demonstrating domain-specific expertise in environmental science and field instrumentation. A strong advocate for small business participation, Cochran prioritizes Small Business Set-Aside contracts under FAR 19.5, with over 75% of her acquisitions designated for small businesses. This reflects a deliberate commitment to fostering innovation and capacity within the small business community, particularly among firms with specialized capabilities in environmental management, laboratory instrumentation, and coastal operations. Her socioeconomic contracting strategy consistently channels opportunities to small disadvantaged, service-disabled veteran-owned, and HUBZone-eligible vendors aligned with NOAA’s mission. Her procurement focus centers on NAICS codes 238220 (plumbing, heating, and air-conditioning contractors for facility infrastructure), 334516 and 334519 (manufacturing of analytical and environmental monitoring instruments), and 541715 (physical and engineering research and development). These reflect deep technical expertise in procuring precision environmental sensors, data acquisition systems, and applied research services critical to NOAA’s observational networks and climate resilience programs.