Donna Spence

Donna Spence serves as a key procurement lead within the 0409 Aq Hq Contract office of the Department of the Army, overseeing the acquisition of critical infrastructure and operational support services for U.S. Army garrisons and overseas installations. Her work ensures the sustained readiness of military facilities across Europe and other deployed environments by managing contracts for facility maintenance, specialized construction, and essential utility systems. She handles a diverse portfolio of acquisitions under FAR Part 13 and Part 14 procedures, with a strong emphasis on performance-based contracting and lifecycle asset management to meet mission-critical operational demands. Spence maintains consistent working relationships with PAE Applied Technologies LLC for facility sustainment and logistics support, and BSH Hausgeräte B.V. for specialized equipment servicing, reflecting a blend of domestic defense contractors and international industrial partners. Her procurement approach prioritizes reliability, technical compliance, and long-term service delivery, often engaging vendors with proven expertise in military-grade infrastructure and environmental compliance standards. Her contracting activity is heavily skewed toward Local Area Set-Aside (FAR 26.2) procurements at 70.6%, demonstrating a deliberate strategy to prioritize regional small businesses and community-based service providers. This focus reinforces resilience in overseas garrison operations by embedding local economic participation into mission-critical support chains, while maintaining flexibility for non-set-aside awards when specialized capabilities are required. Spence’s procurement portfolio centers on NAICS codes including 488210 (rail support activities), 561621 (security systems services), 221310 (water supply systems), and 711130 (musical groups and artists), indicating a broad scope that extends beyond traditional engineering to include quality-of-life and cultural support services for military communities. Her technical domain expertise spans integrated infrastructure systems, security perimeter management, and utility resilience, with a unique emphasis on sustaining both operational and morale-critical functions within deployed environments.