Antoinette M. Petsche

Antoinette M. Petsche serves as a key procurement professional responsible for managing complex industrial and defense-related acquisitions, with a focus on critical manufacturing sectors supporting national infrastructure and defense systems. She oversees the full lifecycle of contracts for specialized metal products, fluid power components, and armored vehicle subsystems, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations and technical performance standards. Her role is central to securing high-integrity components used in military and industrial applications, aligning procurement strategy with operational readiness goals across defense and industrial supply chains. Her contractor relationships are primarily with mid-to-large manufacturers specializing in precision metal fabrication and engineered mechanical systems. She engages with firms possessing advanced manufacturing capabilities in steel and copper processing, pipe system fabrication, and fluid power technologies. These partnerships are typically established through competitive sealed bidding and performance-based contracting mechanisms, emphasizing technical certification, quality control systems, and supply chain traceability. While no single vendor dominates her portfolio, she consistently works with manufacturers holding AS9100 and ISO 9001 certifications to ensure reliability in mission-critical applications. Petsche’s contracting activity is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic emphasis on technical capability and production scale over socioeconomic preferences, indicating a procurement environment prioritizing performance, capacity, and supply chain resilience. Her approach underscores a mission-driven focus on securing high-volume, high-specification industrial goods without reliance on small business set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 331210 (iron and steel pipe and tube manufacturing), 332996 (fabricated pipe and fitting manufacturing), and 331420 (copper rolling and extruding), with secondary activity in fluid power systems (333996) and armored vehicle components (336992). She specializes in procuring precision-engineered metallic components, hydraulic and pneumatic subsystems, and structural fittings requiring strict metallurgical and dimensional controls, demonstrating deep expertise in industrial manufacturing domains critical to defense and energy infrastructure.