Allison Reynolds

Allison Reynolds serves as a key procurement lead within the Agricultural Marketing Service’s 3J14 office, overseeing the acquisition of processed and preserved agricultural commodities critical to federal nutrition assistance programs. Her work directly supports the agency’s mission to ensure a reliable, safe, and shelf-stable food supply for vulnerable populations, with a primary focus on high-volume, mission-critical contracts for dairy and prepared food products. She manages full lifecycle acquisitions—from market research and solicitation development to contract award and performance monitoring—specializing in sealed bidding and fixed-price contracts under the Federal Acquisition Regulation. Her portfolio centers on large-scale, standardized procurement actions that require strict adherence to food safety, storage, and distribution standards. Reynolds maintains a consistent working relationship with Navcor Logistics LLC, a primary contractor responsible for the logistics, warehousing, and distribution of perishable and preserved food commodities. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for established, high-capacity vendors with proven capabilities in cold chain management and federal food program compliance. While she engages primarily with a single dominant contractor, her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, quality control metrics, and supply chain resilience, ensuring consistent delivery across geographically dispersed distribution networks. Reynolds does not utilize any socioeconomic set-asides; 100% of her awards are competed without restriction, reflecting a mission-driven prioritization of scale, efficiency, and reliability over socioeconomic preferences. Her contracting strategy is aligned with the agency’s need for uninterrupted supply continuity, favoring vendors with demonstrated capacity to meet high-volume, time-sensitive delivery requirements over small business participation targets. Her procurement focus is exclusively within NAICS 311513 (Cheese Manufacturing), indicating deep technical expertise in dairy processing, pasteurization, shelf-stable preservation, and food safety protocols for canned and frozen dairy products. She specializes in acquiring bulk-form cheese, whey-based ingredients, and value-added dairy preparations tailored for institutional use in school nutrition and food assistance programs, demonstrating specialized knowledge in food science and federal commodity standards.