Yunyoung Cho

Ms. Yunyoung Cho serves as a contracting professional responsible for managing acquisitions in environmental remediation and waste management services. She plays a critical role in advancing the agency’s mission to ensure compliance with federal environmental standards through strategic procurement of technical and operational support services. Her portfolio primarily encompasses remediation, hazardous waste treatment, and environmental consulting contracts, requiring deep familiarity with regulatory frameworks such as CERCLA and RCRA. She routinely oversees complex, performance-based acquisitions that demand rigorous technical evaluation and risk mitigation, ensuring taxpayer value and environmental integrity. Ms. Cho collaborates with a diverse range of contractors specializing in environmental science, waste logistics, and remediation engineering. While no single contractor dominates her award profile, she consistently engages firms with proven expertise in site assessment, soil and groundwater remediation, and secure hazardous material handling. Her procurement approach emphasizes vendor capability over size, prioritizing technical qualifications, past performance, and compliance with environmental regulations. She fosters long-term partnerships with firms that demonstrate operational reliability and regulatory adherence across multiple jurisdictions. Her contracting patterns reflect a strong preference for open competition, with 77.8% of awards issued without set-aside restrictions. However, she actively supports small business participation, allocating 22.2% of opportunities to Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. This balanced approach ensures broad market access while maintaining competition and accountability. She does not rely heavily on specialized socioeconomic programs like 8(a) or HUBZone, instead favoring broad small business eligibility to encourage innovation and capacity building across the environmental services sector. Ms. Cho’s primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 562910 (Remediation Services) and NAICS 562211 (Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal), with additional emphasis on environmental consulting (541620) and recyclable material wholesale (423930). Her technical domain expertise centers on soil and groundwater cleanup, containment systems, and compliant waste disposal protocols, making her a key liaison between regulatory requirements and on-the-ground environmental operations.