Amy I Poling

Amy I. Poling serves as a procurement professional specializing in the acquisition of precision measurement, testing, and industrial control instrumentation. Her role centers on managing complex technical procurements aligned with federal requirements for scientific and laboratory-grade equipment, ensuring compliance with FAR and agency-specific acquisition policies. She typically handles competitive sealed bidding and negotiated contracts for high-accuracy devices used in research, quality assurance, and process monitoring environments, bridging technical specifications with procurement strategy to meet mission-critical operational needs. While no specific contractor relationships are identifiable in current data, her procurement patterns indicate consistent engagement with manufacturers of analytical and industrial instrumentation, including both large-scale OEMs and specialized small businesses capable of delivering custom or high-reliability systems. Her contracting approach emphasizes technical evaluation, performance-based requirements, and vendor capability assessments, fostering long-term partnerships with suppliers who demonstrate robust quality control, calibration traceability, and compliance with ANSI/ISO standards. Poling exhibits a strong preference for small business participation, with 21.9% of her acquisitions designated as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. Though no other socioeconomic set-asides are prominently reflected, her consistent use of small business set-asides signals a deliberate commitment to expanding market access for capable small manufacturers, particularly those with niche expertise in instrumentation development. This pattern supports broader federal goals for equitable contracting and innovation infusion from the small business sector. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 334515 (electrical signal measurement instruments), 334513 (industrial process control instruments), and 334516 (analytical laboratory instruments), reflecting deep expertise in scientific and industrial sensing technologies. She routinely acquires devices such as oscilloscopes, data loggers, pressure transducers, and spectrometers—equipment essential for environmental monitoring, manufacturing validation, and laboratory research—demonstrating specialized knowledge in metrology, signal conditioning, and process automation systems.