Angela Tejeda

Angela Tejeda serves as a key procurement professional within the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division, supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to advance ordnance systems and explosive technologies. She manages the acquisition lifecycle for critical defense capabilities, including munitions manufacturing, precision instrumentation, and ordnance handling systems. Her portfolio encompasses engineering services, specialized testing, and technical training contracts essential to sustaining naval warfare readiness. Tejeda ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations while aligning procurements with the agency’s modernization priorities in explosives safety, weapon system reliability, and advanced detection technologies. She maintains established relationships with a core group of contractors including TOTAL CONCEPTS OF DESIGN INC, Boh Environmental, L.L.C., CHUCKING MACHINE PRODUCTS, INC., CANADIAN COMMERCIAL CORP, and DEVAL LIFE CYCLE SUPPORT LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for vendors with proven expertise in ordnance manufacturing, environmental compliance, precision machining, and lifecycle support services. Her contracting approach emphasizes technical proficiency and operational readiness, often engaging firms with niche capabilities in explosives handling, analytical instrumentation, and defense-specific training. Tejeda’s procurement patterns show a strong preference for full and open competition, with 100% of her awards issued under no set-aside classifications. This reflects a mission-driven focus on technical capability over socioeconomic preferences, though she remains compliant with all federal small business policies. Her approach prioritizes performance and domain expertise, ensuring that contract awards are driven by technical merit and mission alignment rather than socioeconomic targeting. Her primary NAICS focus areas include explosives manufacturing (325920), small arms and ordnance accessories manufacturing (332994), and analytical laboratory instrument manufacturing (334516). She routinely procures specialized engineering services, safety-certified ordnance components, and professional training programs in weapons handling and system sustainment, demonstrating deep technical familiarity with naval ordnance lifecycle requirements.