Christina Taylor

Christina Taylor serves as the primary procurement lead for the Fluid Handling Division under the Department of Defense’s DLA Land and Maritime, where she manages the acquisition of mission-critical fluid transport and control systems essential to naval, land, and maritime defense platforms. Her responsibilities encompass the full lifecycle procurement of hydraulic, pneumatic, and fluid transfer components used in combat vehicles, warships, and expeditionary equipment. She ensures that all acquisitions align with stringent military specifications for durability, leak resistance, and performance under extreme environmental conditions, prioritizing reliability and operational readiness across high-stress defense applications. Taylor’s contractor relationships are primarily with manufacturers of precision fluid handling hardware, including firms specializing in aerospace-grade valves, high-pressure hoses, fittings, and manifold assemblies. She engages with a broad base of qualified industrial suppliers, fostering long-term partnerships grounded in compliance with MIL-SPEC standards and just-in-time delivery protocols. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently collaborates with firms capable of meeting rigorous quality assurance and traceability requirements mandated by defense supply chain protocols. Taylor’s procurement approach reflects a 100% non-set-aside orientation, with no preference for 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or other socioeconomic programs. Her focus remains squarely on technical capability, performance assurance, and supply chain resilience rather than socioeconomic targeting, aligning with the division’s operational imperatives. Her industry focus is exclusively centered on NAICS 332510—Hardware Manufacturing—where she procures engineered fluid system components including actuators, accumulators, fluid filters, and pressure regulation assemblies. Her technical expertise lies in evaluating material compatibility, flow dynamics, and environmental sealing technologies critical to maintaining system integrity in saltwater, high-vibration, and temperature-extreme operational theaters.