Yolandatheresa Gray-Thomas

Yolandatheresa Gray-Thomas serves as a Senior Contract Specialist within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), where she plays a pivotal role in executing complex procurements that advance the agency’s mission of environmental monitoring, climate resilience, and oceanographic research. She manages the full lifecycle of acquisitions for scientific and technical services, ensuring compliance with federal contracting regulations and aligning procurement strategies with NOAA’s strategic priorities in data infrastructure, predictive modeling, and ecosystem science. Her portfolio primarily encompasses research and development contracts, computing services, and environmental management solutions critical to operationalizing NOAA’s Earth observation systems. Gray-Thomas maintains enduring relationships with a diverse set of contractors, including the 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 blend of academic, non-profit, and small business entities engaged in environmental research, data analytics, and technical support services. Her procurement approach emphasizes collaboration with organizations possessing specialized scientific expertise and proven capacity in delivering mission-critical solutions under stringent federal standards. A consistent 40% of her acquisitions are structured as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, underscoring a strong commitment to socioeconomic inclusion and small business development. While the majority of her contracts are unrestricted, she actively prioritizes small business participation, fostering opportunities for firms capable of delivering innovative, scalable services in environmental and computational domains. Her procurement focus is concentrated in NAICS 541712 (Research and Development in Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences), 541519 (Other Computer Related Services), 518210 (Computing Infrastructure Providers), and 517919 (Other Telecommunications). These reflect deep expertise in acquiring scientific research, data processing, cloud-based infrastructure, and specialized environmental management services essential to NOAA’s operational and scientific missions.