Amy Paradis

Amy Paradis serves as a primary contracting professional within DLA Troop Support, responsible for managing the acquisition of critical logistical and sustainment assets essential to military readiness. Her work directly supports the agency’s mission to procure durable, mission-critical equipment and infrastructure that enables troop welfare and operational effectiveness across global deployments. She routinely handles complex procurements under FAR Part 13 and Part 15, focusing on specialized systems including climate control, air handling, deployable containers, and perishable food supply chains. Her acquisitions are strategically aligned with the Department of Defense’s sustainment priorities, ensuring timely delivery of high-performance, field-deployable solutions. Paradis maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of established defense contractors, including WESTLAND TECHNOLOGIES, INC., ENGINEERED COIL COMPANY, ECI DEFENSE GROUP, INC., AEROSPACE & COMMERCIAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, and JOHNSON CONTROLS NAVY SYSTEMS, LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for vendors with proven expertise in military-grade environmental systems, thermal management, and logistics support equipment. Her contracting approach emphasizes technical compliance, performance-based requirements, and long-term vendor reliability, fostering stable, repeat engagements with suppliers who meet rigorous DoD quality and certification standards. While the majority of her procurements—82.3%—are conducted as full and open competitions without set-asides, she actively supports small business participation through Total Small Business Set-Asides (17.6%), aligning with FAR 19.5. Her contracting patterns demonstrate a measured but deliberate commitment to socioeconomic goals, consistently integrating qualified small businesses into the supply chain without compromising mission-critical performance requirements. Her primary procurement focus centers on NAICS codes related to food manufacturing—311991, 311511, and 311812—reflecting her oversight of the agency’s field feeding and sustainment supply lines. She specializes in procuring refrigerated rations, fluid milk, and baked goods compliant with military nutritional standards, demonstrating deep expertise in the technical and logistical demands of expeditionary food service systems.