Wendy Culbreth

Wendy Culbreth serves as a key procurement professional within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), supporting the agency’s mission to advance environmental science through strategic acquisitions of technical and operational services. She manages a diverse portfolio of contracts centered on environmental monitoring, oceanographic research, and coastal infrastructure support, ensuring alignment with federal acquisition regulations and NOAA’s scientific priorities. Her work spans the full acquisition lifecycle, from needs assessment and solicitation development to contract award and performance oversight, with a focus on securing specialized expertise to sustain critical data collection systems and environmental modeling capabilities. Culbreth maintains consistent partnerships 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 relationships reflect a preference for niche service providers with deep technical proficiency in environmental science, marine systems, and data analytics. Her contracting patterns emphasize long-term, performance-based engagements that support sustained operational needs rather than one-time procurements, fostering collaborative, mission-aligned vendor relationships. Her procurement strategy demonstrates a strong commitment to socioeconomic goals, with over two-thirds of her awards designated for small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. While service-disabled veteran-owned small business set-asides are rare, her consistent use of small business set-asides underscores a deliberate effort to broaden participation among qualified small and emerging firms in the environmental and scientific services sector. Culbreth’s primary NAICS focus areas include environmental consulting services, professional scientific and technical services, and specialized manufacturing of nautical and detection systems. She frequently procures services related to ocean sensor deployment, environmental impact assessments, coastal resilience planning, and instrumentation for atmospheric and marine data acquisition, reflecting deep expertise in supporting NOAA’s operational science and environmental stewardship objectives.