Chelsea Gummerson

Chelsea Gummerson serves as a key procurement professional within the W6QK Acc-pica office under the Department of the Army, where she plays a central role in advancing military readiness through the acquisition of critical engineering services. Her responsibilities encompass the full lifecycle management of contracts supporting defense manufacturing, ammunition production modernization, and installation infrastructure sustainment. She specializes in procuring technical solutions that enable force projection and logistics resilience, ensuring compliance with Department of Defense standards for operational continuity and system reliability. Her acquisitions are strategically aligned with the agency’s mission to sustain combat systems and modernize munitions supply chains. Gummerson maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of high-capacity defense contractors, including NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION, GENERAL DYNAMICS OTS (WILKES BARRE), LLC, and THE LOCKWOOD GROUP LLC, among others. These partnerships are characterized by long-term, performance-based engagements focused on complex engineering support, systems integration, and technical advisory services. Her contracting approach emphasizes vendor accountability, technical proficiency, and mission-critical delivery timelines, fostering collaborative relationships with firms capable of meeting stringent defense specifications. She demonstrates an unwavering commitment to small business participation, directing 100% of her procurements under the Total Small Business Set-Aside authority per FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate strategy to cultivate a robust small business industrial base capable of supporting advanced defense engineering requirements. Her contracting patterns consistently prioritize qualified small businesses with proven technical capabilities, reinforcing the agency’s socioeconomic goals while maintaining mission readiness. Her primary procurement focus is on NAICS 541330 (Engineering Services), encompassing systems engineering, technical analysis, facility support, and manufacturing process optimization. She routinely sources specialized engineering expertise to modernize ammunition production lines, enhance base infrastructure resilience, and support the integration of next-generation defense technologies, establishing her as a technical procurement leader within the Army’s sustainment enterprise.