Amanda L. Long, Zid, Email

Amanda L. Long serves as the primary contracting professional for SPRMM1 DLA Mechanicsburg, a key node within the Defense Logistics Agency’s Maritime division. She is responsible for managing the acquisition of mission-critical electronic, electrical, and mechanical components that sustain the U.S. Navy’s propulsion, control, communications, and power distribution systems. Her portfolio centers on high-reliability hardware essential to naval platform readiness and modernization, with a focus on procurement strategies that ensure supply chain resilience and technical interoperability across complex maritime platforms. She executes full lifecycle contract actions, from requirements validation through award and performance oversight, ensuring compliance with DoD acquisition regulations and technical specifications for defense-grade components. Long maintains consistent working relationships with leading defense contractors including Electric Boat Corporation, Southwest Research Institute, Thales Defense & Security Inc., ECI Defense Group, Inc., and RFD Beaufort Inc. These partnerships reflect a preference for established industrial base vendors with proven expertise in naval systems integration, bare printed circuit board fabrication, and specialized machinery manufacturing. Her contracting approach emphasizes technical capability, quality assurance, and long-term sustainment support, fostering collaborative relationships with vendors who meet stringent military standards for reliability and traceability. Long’s procurement activity is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic emphasis on technical merit and industrial capacity over socioeconomic set-asides, prioritizing mission-critical performance and supply chain continuity for high-consequence naval systems. Her primary NAICS focus areas—333998 (All Other Miscellaneous General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing) and 334412 (Bare Printed Circuit Board Manufacturing)—indicate deep specialization in the procurement of custom-engineered mechanical subsystems and high-density bare PCBs. These categories underscore her technical expertise in sourcing components for ruggedized naval electronics, including control modules, power converters, and embedded systems requiring MIL-STD compliance and extended lifecycle support.