Bethany Ficacci-Kretzmer

Bethany Ficacci-Kretzmer serves as a key procurement professional within the W6QK Acc-pica under the Department of the Army, specializing in the acquisition of defense manufacturing and operational support systems critical to military readiness. She manages complex contracts for ammunition production, explosives, and ordnance-related systems, ensuring the sustainment and modernization of the Army’s munitions supply chain. Her work directly supports force projection and installation infrastructure resilience, with a focus on high-stakes, mission-critical acquisitions governed by stringent defense procurement regulations. She routinely handles sole-source, competitive, and performance-based contracts aligned with Army modernization priorities. Ficacci-Kretzmer maintains longstanding relationships with prime contractors including Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, General Dynamics OTS (Wilkes-Barre), LLC, and Pioneering Decisive Solutions Inc., among others. These partnerships reflect a preference for established defense industrial base vendors with proven capabilities in ammunition manufacturing, explosives handling, and ordnance systems integration. Her contracting approach emphasizes technical compliance, supply chain reliability, and risk mitigation, often leveraging long-term agreements to ensure continuity of critical munitions production. Her procurement portfolio demonstrates a strong orientation toward open competition, with 87% of awards issued without set-aside restrictions. While small business participation is modest at 13%, it is strategically directed toward Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, reflecting a balanced approach that prioritizes mission necessity while maintaining pathways for qualified small manufacturers to contribute to defense logistics. Her technical expertise centers on NAICS 332993 (Ammunition Manufacturing) and 332994 (Small Arms and Ordnance Manufacturing), with significant activity in explosives production (325920) and specialty chemical formulations (325998). She procures high-volume, high-safety-standard munitions components, propellants, and ordnance accessories, requiring deep familiarity with Department of Defense safety protocols, MIL-SPEC standards, and defense industrial base capacity planning.