Amanda L Long

Amanda Lynn Long serves as a key procurement professional within the Defense Logistics Agency’s Distribution command, supporting the end-to-end logistics lifecycle for critical defense materiel. She manages a diverse portfolio of acquisitions focused on maintenance, manufacturing, and industrial support services essential to sustaining military readiness. Her work ensures the timely delivery, storage, and handling of sensitive and hazardous supplies through contracts that uphold Department of Defense standards for packaging, warehousing, and supply chain resilience. She routinely handles service-based and specialized manufacturing procurements aligned with DLA Distribution’s mission to maintain operational continuity across global theaters. Long maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of contractors including Constructicon Corp, Souza Construction, Inc., Martinez Services, Inc., SDC TideWater JV, LLC, and Kingsley Builders, Inc., primarily engaged in industrial facility maintenance, equipment repair, and specialized fabrication. These partnerships reflect a preference for established vendors with proven capabilities in heavy industrial and defense-compliant environments. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, technical compliance, and reliability in high-stakes logistics operations, fostering long-term vendor collaboration grounded in quality and regulatory adherence. Her procurement patterns show a strong emphasis on open competition, with 80.8% of awards issued without set-asides, reflecting a mission-driven focus on capability and readiness over socioeconomic preferences. Nevertheless, she actively supports small business participation through Total Small Business Set-Asides (19.2%), aligning with FAR 19.5 guidelines to ensure competitive access for qualified small firms without compromising operational requirements. Long’s primary procurement focus centers on NAICS 811310 for commercial and industrial machinery repair, NAICS 334511 for defense-grade navigation and guidance systems, and niche manufacturing categories including metal valve fabrication and urethane foam production. These reflect deep technical expertise in sustaining specialized military equipment, hazardous material handling systems, and mission-critical component manufacturing, ensuring supply chain continuity for high-reliability defense applications.