Bethany Ficacci-Kretzmer

Bethany Ficacci-Kretzmer serves as a Contract Specialist within the W6QK Acc-pica organization under the Department of the Army, where she plays a pivotal role in executing mission-critical acquisitions to sustain combat readiness and modernize ammunition production capabilities. She manages the full lifecycle of defense procurement contracts, from requirements validation and source selection to contract award and administration, with a primary focus on large-scale manufacturing and operational support systems. Her work directly enables the Army’s logistics and munitions supply chains, ensuring reliable delivery of non-small arms ammunition and associated production infrastructure essential to force projection and national defense. Ficacci-Kretzmer maintains consistent working relationships with key defense industrial base contractors, including Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, General Dynamics OTS (Wilkes-Barre), LLC, Pioneering Decisive Solutions Inc., Bigelow Family Holdings LLC, and WisEngineering LLC. These partnerships are characterized by long-term, performance-based contracting models that emphasize technical precision, quality assurance, and supply chain resilience. She collaborates closely with prime contractors to ensure compliance with military specifications and defense acquisition regulations, fostering a results-oriented environment grounded in accountability and mission alignment. Her procurement activity is exclusively classified under the No Set-Aside category, reflecting a strategic focus on leveraging the full capacity of the defense industrial base without socioeconomic set-asides. This approach prioritizes technical capability, production scale, and operational readiness over socioeconomic preferences, aligning with the high-stakes nature of ammunition manufacturing requirements. Ficacci-Kretzmer’s portfolio is exclusively centered on NAICS 332993 — Ammunition (except Small Arms) Manufacturing — encompassing the procurement of propellants, explosives, munitions components, and specialized manufacturing equipment. Her technical expertise lies in high-hazard production systems, explosive handling infrastructure, and automated assembly lines critical to modernizing the Army’s munitions industrial base. She operates with deep familiarity in Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) compliance, critical item control, and supply chain security protocols specific to sensitive ordnance production.