Sherry Jones-Quashie

Sherry Jones-Quashie serves as a Contract Specialist within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), supporting the agency’s mission to advance environmental science through strategic procurement of engineering, construction, and technical services. She manages the full lifecycle of federal acquisitions, from requirements development and market research to contract award and administration, ensuring compliance with FAR and agency-specific regulations. Her portfolio primarily encompasses infrastructure and research-supporting contracts critical to NOAA’s oceanographic, atmospheric, and coastal monitoring initiatives, including the procurement of specialized construction, engineering analyses, and environmental systems. Jones-Quashie maintains consistent working relationships with a core 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 partnerships reflect a preference for established firms with demonstrated expertise in civil engineering, environmental management, and applied scientific services. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, technical rigor, and long-term vendor reliability, fostering collaborative relationships built on compliance and mission alignment rather than volume-driven procurement. Her acquisition strategy reflects a 100% non-set-aside orientation, indicating a focus on full and open competition across all socioeconomic categories. While she does not prioritize 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB set-asides, her process remains transparent and equitable, ensuring that all eligible vendors compete on technical merit and capability. This approach aligns with NOAA’s need for specialized, high-complexity services where niche expertise outweighs socioeconomic preferences. Her primary NAICS focus includes Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction (237990) and Commercial and Institutional Building Construction (236220), underscoring her work on coastal resilience infrastructure and research facility development. She also frequently procures Engineering Services (541330) for environmental modeling and data system integration, alongside Petrochemical Manufacturing (325110) for specialized sensor and monitoring equipment. Her domain expertise lies at the intersection of environmental science and physical infrastructure, ensuring procurement decisions directly support NOAA’s operational and scientific objectives.