Amanda Vance

Amanda Vance serves as a key procurement lead within the Headquarters of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), supporting the agency’s mission to combat illicit drug trafficking through advanced technological capabilities. She manages acquisitions focused on secure communications, surveillance systems, forensic analysis tools, and intelligence platforms critical to lawful intercept operations and digital evidence collection. Her portfolio emphasizes mission-critical technologies that enhance operational intelligence, ensuring DEA field units are equipped with reliable, encrypted, and forensically sound tools. Vance’s work directly enables the agency’s modernization goals by aligning procurement strategy with evolving threats in digital narcotics networks. She maintains sustained relationships with specialized contractors including OCTASIC US INC. and OBSIDIAN INTEGRATION, LLC, which provide advanced signal interception and data analytics solutions, as well as CAYMAN CHEMICAL CO INC. for forensic chemical reference standards. Focus Camera LLC and SECURITY PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL, LLC support her acquisition of high-resolution surveillance and secure evidence-gathering hardware. These partnerships reflect a preference for niche vendors with deep technical expertise in law enforcement-grade equipment, often requiring custom configurations and compliance with federal security standards. Vance’s contracting approach equally prioritizes small business participation, with nearly half of her awards structured as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. While no other socioeconomic set-asides dominate her portfolio, her consistent use of small business set-asides demonstrates a strong commitment to fostering innovation from emerging vendors in the law enforcement technology sector. Her primary NAICS focus centers on hazardous waste collection (562112), reflecting DEA’s need for compliant disposal of controlled substances and chemical evidence, alongside procurement in photographic equipment supplies (423410) and other computer-related services (541519). This blend underscores her expertise in managing both forensic and digital infrastructure needs, bridging physical evidence handling with cutting-edge digital intelligence systems.