Christine Orr

Christine Orr supports the W6QK Acc-apg Director’s mission by managing specialized procurement activities critical to sustaining Army laboratory and field-based scientific operations. She oversees acquisitions for industrial maintenance, analytical instrumentation, and technical services that ensure the operational readiness of mission-critical facilities. Her portfolio centers on precision measurement systems, calibration services, and preventive maintenance contracts essential to defense science and engineering environments. As a key procurement lead within the Department of the Army, she ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations while aligning contracting decisions with strategic readiness goals. Orr maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of specialized contractors, including EXACT MACHINE SERVICE, INC., MARS LABS LLC, KODEX, INC., and CLEAR ARMOR, LLC. These vendors provide high-precision repair, calibration, and technical support services tailored to military-grade equipment and environmental control systems. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for established, technically capable small businesses with proven expertise in industrial machinery maintenance and laboratory instrumentation. She fosters long-term vendor partnerships grounded in technical reliability, rapid response capabilities, and adherence to stringent defense quality standards. Orr demonstrates a strong commitment to small business participation, with approximately two-thirds of her acquisitions structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. Her contracting strategy prioritizes socioeconomic programs that empower small, disadvantaged, and service-disabled veteran-owned firms with niche technical capabilities. This approach not only expands the defense industrial base but also ensures access to specialized skills often unavailable from large prime contractors. Her procurement focus is heavily concentrated in NAICS 811310 for commercial and industrial machinery repair and maintenance, reflecting her expertise in sustaining complex scientific and field equipment. She also regularly procures services under NAICS 238220 for HVAC and facility systems, and 541380 for testing laboratories, underscoring her technical domain knowledge in environmental control, analytical instrumentation, and precision calibration systems essential to Army research and operational readiness.