Amanda Ramirez

Amanda Ramirez serves as a key procurement professional within the W6QM Micc-JB Lewis-McChord, supporting the Department of the Army’s mission to sustain operational readiness through facilities and infrastructure services. She manages a diverse portfolio of construction and maintenance contracts critical to maintaining secure, habitable, and environmentally compliant installations for military and civilian personnel. Her acquisitions focus on mission-critical utilities, building systems, and environmental services, ensuring compliance with federal standards and energy efficiency goals. Ramirez plays a central role in executing strategic infrastructure sustainment initiatives aligned with Army installation resilience priorities. Her contractor relationships are highly targeted, with primary engagement centered on the Port of Moses Lake and a limited but consistent network of specialized vendors. She cultivates long-term partnerships with firms possessing proven expertise in utility infrastructure, building systems, and pest management services, favoring contractors with demonstrated reliability in high-tempo military environments. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based contracting and lifecycle cost analysis, ensuring sustained service delivery under demanding operational conditions. Ramirez exhibits a robust commitment to socioeconomic contracting, directing 100% of her eligible acquisitions toward total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This consistent preference underscores a strategic emphasis on empowering small businesses with the technical capacity to deliver essential base services, reinforcing the Army’s broader goals of inclusive economic opportunity and workforce development within the defense industrial base. Her procurement focus is concentrated in four core NAICS categories: 238210 (electrical installation), 238220 (plumbing, heating, and HVAC systems), 221310 (water supply and irrigation), and 561710 (pest control services). These reflect deep expertise in facility utilities and environmental health systems, with a technical emphasis on integrated building operations, water conservation, and compliant pest management in sensitive military environments. Her domain knowledge ensures acquisitions align with DoD sustainability mandates and installation-wide infrastructure modernization objectives.