Assunta (Sue) Bonanno

Assunta (Sue) Bonanno is a procurement professional with a specialized focus on food manufacturing, distribution, and institutional food service acquisitions. She plays a critical role in managing the agency’s acquisition lifecycle for essential food-related commodities and services, ensuring compliance with federal procurement regulations while supporting operational readiness and nutritional standards. Her work centers on soliciting, evaluating, and awarding contracts for packaged food products, baked goods, wholesale grocery supplies, and contracted food service operations, often serving mission-critical feeding programs. Her acquisitions are strategically aligned with agency requirements for shelf-stable, bulk, and ready-to-serve food solutions, requiring deep familiarity with FDA and USDA compliance frameworks. Bonanno’s contracting patterns reflect a preference for open competition, with all awards conducted under non-set-aside procedures, indicating a focus on broad market access and price competitiveness rather than socioeconomic preferences. She engages with a diverse pool of vendors, including large-scale food manufacturers, commercial bakeries, grocery wholesalers, and institutional food service contractors. Her working relationships are characterized by consistent, repeat engagement with proven suppliers who demonstrate reliability in quality control, logistics, and regulatory adherence, fostering long-term vendor stability. Her procurement portfolio is overwhelmingly concentrated in NAICS 311999 (All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing), reflecting a primary emphasis on specialty food products, including ready-to-eat meals, frozen entrees, and value-added packaged foods. Additional activity in NAICS 311812 (Commercial Bakeries), 424410 (Grocery Merchant Wholesalers), and 722310 (Food Service Contractors) underscores her expertise in end-to-end food supply chain management. She possesses technical proficiency in food safety standards, packaging specifications, and delivery logistics, ensuring acquisitions meet stringent operational and nutritional benchmarks for institutional use.