Diana Benson-Jones

Diana Benson-Jones serves as an Acquisition Specialist responsible for managing the full lifecycle of hardware procurement initiatives, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations and aligning purchases with operational mission requirements. She leads the planning, solicitation, evaluation, and award of contracts for critical hardware manufacturing needs, working closely with technical stakeholders to define performance specifications and ensure timely delivery of mission-critical equipment. Her role is central to the agency’s procurement mission, emphasizing efficiency, transparency, and adherence to statutory procurement frameworks. She typically handles complex, high-precision hardware acquisitions requiring rigorous technical evaluation and source selection under FAR Part 15 procedures. Diana maintains professional relationships with a broad spectrum of hardware manufacturers and systems integrators, prioritizing vendors with demonstrated capability in precision fabrication, component assembly, and quality control systems. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages with firms possessing ISO 9001 certification, ITAR compliance, and advanced manufacturing credentials. Her contracting approach emphasizes competitive bidding, clear performance metrics, and post-award oversight to ensure contractual fidelity and delivery reliability. Diana’s procurement patterns reflect a strong preference for open, unrestricted competition, with 100% of her awards issued under the “No Set-Aside” category. This indicates a focus on technical merit and cost-effectiveness over socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs. Her approach prioritizes capability and capacity over socioeconomic classifications, aligning with agency needs for specialized hardware that may not be readily available from small business sources. Her primary procurement focus is on NAICS 332510—Hardware Manufacturing—encompassing custom electronic enclosures, industrial control systems, and electromechanical components. She specializes in sourcing ruggedized, high-reliability hardware for mission-critical applications, requiring adherence to military and industrial standards such as MIL-STD-810 and IPC-A-610. Diana brings deep technical fluency in materials science, assembly processes, and supply chain resilience, making her a key liaison between engineering teams and qualified manufacturers in the precision hardware sector.