Amber N. Young

Amber N. Young serves as a key procurement professional within the W7NH Uspfo Activity Ms Arng, a Department of the Army unit responsible for sustaining military readiness at Mississippi National Guard installations. She manages a diverse portfolio of acquisitions focused on training support, logistical services, and facility operations essential to soldier development and base functionality. Her role centers on executing full lifecycle contracting actions in alignment with Department of Defense directives, ensuring timely delivery of mission-critical services that enhance operational preparedness and infrastructure resilience. She routinely handles service-based contracts under FAR Part 12 and Part 37, emphasizing performance-based acquisition methods. Young maintains strategic relationships with a select group of contractors, including LEAPS TRAINING LLC, SPOTTING LIES, INC., and DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION S, which provide specialized instructional services, behavioral analysis training, and rehabilitation support programs. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for niche vendors with domain-specific expertise in military training enhancement and personnel readiness services. These partnerships are characterized by long-term, performance-driven engagements that prioritize mission alignment over volume, with a strong emphasis on quality and compliance. Her procurement strategy is heavily oriented toward small business participation, with over 82% of awards structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate commitment to fostering economic opportunity within the defense ecosystem, consistently prioritizing small disadvantaged, veteran-owned, and HUBZone-certified firms. Her approach aligns with DoD socioeconomic goals, leveraging set-aside authorities to expand vendor diversity and build resilient supply chains. Young’s primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 722320 (catering services), 115310 (forestry support activities), and 721110 (hotel and lodging services), indicating a strong operational need for on-site sustainment, environmental management, and temporary billeting solutions at remote training sites. These categories underscore her expertise in procuring non-traditional defense services that directly enable immersive, field-based readiness operations, blending logistical acumen with mission-specific service delivery.