Dawnnia Daley

Dawnnia Daley serves as a key procurement lead within the W6QM MICC-FDO at Fort Sam Houston, supporting the Department of the Army’s mission to sustain installation readiness through mission-critical base services. She manages the acquisition of dining and food service solutions essential to daily operations across military garrisons, ensuring compliance with federal contracting regulations and operational readiness standards. Her portfolio is exclusively focused on facilities support contracts under the Food Service Contractors NAICS code, enabling the Army to maintain high standards of nutrition, hygiene, and morale for service members and civilian personnel. Daley’s work directly contributes to the sustainability and efficiency of Army garrison infrastructure through strategic contracting. She maintains a consistent and long-standing procurement relationship with VETPRIDE SERVICES, INC., a trusted vendor delivering comprehensive food service operations across Army installations. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for stable, performance-based partnerships with contractors who demonstrate reliability in meal planning, logistics, and compliance with military dietary standards. Daley’s approach emphasizes accountability, quality assurance, and service continuity, fostering collaborative vendor relationships grounded in performance metrics and regulatory adherence. Dawnnia Daley demonstrates a full commitment to small business participation, with 100% of her acquisitions structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. She consistently awards contracts to small businesses without further socioeconomic sub-set-asides, prioritizing broad access for qualified small business contractors in the food service sector. This pattern reflects a deliberate strategy to expand economic opportunity within the defense contracting ecosystem while maintaining operational integrity. Her technical expertise is narrowly focused on NAICS 722310—Food Service Contractors—where she procures full-service dining operations, including meal preparation, sanitation, inventory management, and dietary compliance for military populations. Daley specializes in complex, high-volume food service contracts requiring strict adherence to USDA, DoD, and installation-specific nutritional guidelines, ensuring that procurement decisions directly support troop readiness and quality of life standards.