Barbara A. Stieferman

Barbara A. Stieferman serves as a Procurement Technician at the W7NJ Uspfo Activity Mo Arng, a Department of the Army unit responsible for sustaining readiness across Army National Guard and active-duty forces. In this role, she supports the acquisition of critical logistics, aviation, and force support services essential to maintaining operational tempo. Her responsibilities include managing the full lifecycle of procurement actions—from solicitation and vendor coordination to contract administration—ensuring compliance with FAR and DOD regulations. She primarily handles service-based acquisitions related to food services, facility support, and aviation component logistics, ensuring timely delivery of mission-critical resources across continental U.S. installations. Barbara maintains consistent working relationships with key contractors including Columbia Helicopters, Inc., Axxeum Inc., Associated Aircraft Manufacturing & Sales, Inc., Crestwood Technology Group, LLC, and Brightwater UAG, LLC. These partnerships reflect a focus on specialized aviation support, meal services, and facility operations contractors with proven capability in military-environment delivery. Her procurement approach emphasizes reliability, regulatory adherence, and vendor performance, fostering long-term collaborations with vendors who demonstrate technical proficiency and operational flexibility in austere or high-tempo environments. A strong advocate for small business participation, Barbara consistently prioritizes Total Small Business Set-Aside contracts under FAR 19.5, with 75% of her acquisitions designated for small businesses. This reflects a deliberate strategy to expand economic opportunity while leveraging the agility and niche expertise of small vendors. Her contracting patterns show minimal use of no-set-aside awards, underscoring a sustained commitment to socioeconomic goals and diverse supplier engagement across the procurement lifecycle. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 721110 (hotels and motels) and 722320 (caterers), reflecting the agency’s reliance on lodging and dining services to support rotational training and deployment cycles. She also procures perishable food manufacturing and grocery retail services under NAICS 311991 and 445110, ensuring compliant, scalable food supply chains for garrisoned and expeditionary units. This specialization demonstrates deep domain expertise in force support logistics within the defense ecosystem.