CHANTEL JOSEY

Chantel Josey serves as the primary procurement lead for the Land Supply Chain under the Department of Defense’s DLA Land and Maritime, where she is responsible for managing the acquisition of mission-critical mechanical and fabricated metal components essential to the operational readiness of military vehicles, weapons platforms, and support systems. Her role centers on ensuring the timely delivery of high-reliability parts capable of withstanding extreme operational environments, aligning directly with the agency’s mandate to sustain land and maritime combat systems. She handles a broad spectrum of contract actions, including competitive sealed bids, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) vehicles, and single-source justifications for specialized components with limited market availability. Josey maintains a vendor-agnostic procurement approach, engaging with a diverse pool of manufacturers and fabricators without preference for specific prime contractors. Her contracting patterns reflect a focus on technical capability and supply chain resilience over established relationships, resulting in a dynamic, competition-driven environment. She routinely collaborates with both large-tier suppliers and niche manufacturers capable of meeting stringent military specifications such as MIL-SPEC and AS9100 standards, fostering partnerships grounded in quality assurance and just-in-time delivery performance. Her set-aside preferences are uniformly non-targeted, with 100% of acquisitions conducted under open competition without use of 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or other socioeconomic set-asides. This reflects a strategic prioritization of technical performance and supply continuity over socioeconomic preferences, though small businesses remain eligible and competitive participants in all solicitations. Josey’s procurement focus is concentrated in four key NAICS categories: 332618 for fabricated wire products, 336350 for motor vehicle transmission and powertrain components, 332722 for fasteners including bolts, nuts, and rivets, and 322219 for specialized paperboard packaging used in military logistics. She possesses deep expertise in sourcing precision-engineered metal components, industrial fastening systems, and protective packaging solutions that meet DoD durability and traceability requirements.