Amanda Bursaw

Amanda Bursaw serves as a key procurement professional within the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA), supporting the agency’s mission to deliver high-quality K-12 education to military-connected students worldwide. She manages a diverse portfolio of contracts focused on educational technology, instructional support, and operational infrastructure, ensuring alignment with DoDEA’s strategic priorities in curriculum delivery and student services. Her acquisitions span professional services critical to maintaining academic excellence across globally dispersed school systems, with an emphasis on compliance, equity, and mission readiness. Bursaw maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of contractors including AMD INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, CORETECH CONSULTING INC., EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES LLC, RESIDENTIAL ENHANCEMENTS, INC., and FGI SOLUTIONS LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for firms capable of delivering specialized educational technology solutions, management consulting, and institutional support services. Her contracting approach prioritizes long-term vendor collaboration, ensuring continuity in service delivery and institutional knowledge retention across complex, geographically dispersed operations. She demonstrates a strong commitment to small business participation, with 75% of her acquisitions structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate strategy to foster economic opportunity and enhance innovation through partnerships with small, woman-owned, and other socioeconomically disadvantaged firms. Her contracting patterns consistently prioritize socioeconomic diversity while maintaining rigorous performance standards. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541512 (Computer Systems Design Services), 541990 (Other Professional Services), and 611430 (Professional and Management Development Training), with additional emphasis on 541611 (Management Consulting) and 611710 (Educational Support Services). She routinely procures IT infrastructure, curriculum development tools, staff training programs, and administrative support services tailored to the unique needs of military school communities.