Elaine Crump

Elaine Crump serves as a key procurement lead within the Department of the Air Force’s FA2860 316 Cons Pk facility at Joint Base Andrews, where she manages acquisitions critical to sustaining operational infrastructure and mission readiness. Her responsibilities center on securing integrated security systems, communications hardware, and facility maintenance services that support command, control, and communications (C3) capabilities essential to air operations. She oversees the full lifecycle of contracting actions—from requirements validation and market research to award and performance monitoring—ensuring alignment with Air Force standards and federal acquisition regulations. Her portfolio consistently prioritizes technical solutions that enhance base resilience and interoperability across mission-critical domains. Crump maintains strong working relationships with a focused group of contractors, including ZERO WASTE SOLUTIONS, INC, SENECA MINERAL COMPANY, and PELICAN CHEMICALS INC., who provide specialized environmental, chemical, and infrastructure support services. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for vendors with proven expertise in hazardous material handling, site remediation, and facility-specific maintenance protocols. These partnerships are characterized by recurring engagements and performance-based delivery models, indicating a trust-based, long-term approach to vendor management rooted in reliability and regulatory compliance. A strong advocate for small business participation, Crump consistently structures procurements with a 71.4% total small business set-aside rate under FAR 19.5, reflecting a deliberate strategy to expand economic opportunity among qualified small contractors. Her contracting patterns show minimal use of unrestricted solicitations, underscoring a commitment to socioeconomic goals and the active inclusion of small, disadvantaged, and service-disabled veteran-owned firms in high-impact acquisitions. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 333415 (commercial HVAC and refrigeration systems), 336212 (truck and trailer manufacturing), and 332311 (prefabricated metal building components), with additional activity in convention and trade show organizing (561920). She specializes in procuring engineered infrastructure solutions, mobile support units, and climate-controlled facility systems that directly enable base operations, demonstrating deep technical fluency in physical plant sustainment and defense logistics.