Amanda Blackburn

Amanda Blackburn serves as a key procurement professional within the W7NA Uspfo Activity Kyang 123, a Department of the Army unit dedicated to sustaining operational readiness in expeditionary and remote environments. She manages the acquisition of mission-critical goods and services essential to daily life and combat support, including lodging, food services, tactical equipment, and environmental control systems. Her work ensures that deployed forces receive reliable, compliant, and timely supplies under strict logistical constraints, aligning acquisitions with Army sustainment doctrine and FAR compliance standards. She handles a diverse portfolio of contracts ranging from commercial off-the-shelf items to specialized military-grade infrastructure solutions. While specific contractor names are not publicly disclosed, Blackburn maintains a robust network of vendors aligned with small business set-asides, consistently engaging qualified small businesses across multiple socioeconomic categories. Her procurement patterns reflect a preference for agile, responsive suppliers capable of meeting rapid deployment timelines and stringent quality controls. She fosters long-term vendor partnerships grounded in performance-based contracting and continuous quality assurance, ensuring reliability in austere operational settings. Blackburn demonstrates an overwhelming commitment to small business participation, with 90.9% of her acquisitions designated as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate strategy to maximize economic opportunity for small, disadvantaged, and service-disabled veteran-owned firms. Her contracting approach prioritizes socioeconomic goals without compromising mission requirements, aligning with Department of Defense mandates to enhance small business inclusion in defense logistics. Her primary NAICS focus areas include hotels and motels (721110) for billeting services, medical and hospital equipment wholesaling (423450) for field medical support, and sporting and athletic goods manufacturing (339920) for tactical gear. She also procures residential environmental control systems (334512) and miscellaneous textile products (314999), demonstrating technical expertise in field-deployable housing and uniform systems. Her domain knowledge spans logistics, field sustainment, and expeditionary supply chain management.