Erica Winstrand

Erica Winstrand serves as a Contract Specialist at DLA Land Warren, where she plays a pivotal role in securing mission-critical mechanical, electrical, and electro-mechanical components for U.S. Army armored vehicles, tactical transport systems, and combat support platforms. Her work directly supports the Department of Defense’s land warfare readiness by managing the full lifecycle of complex procurement actions—from solicitation and source selection to contract award and administration—for high-reliability powertrain assemblies, transmission systems, and embedded electronic subsystems. She specializes in sole-source and competitive acquisitions under FAR and DFARS guidelines, ensuring compliance with stringent military performance and quality standards. Winstrand maintains sustained working relationships with key defense industrial base contractors including ONTIC ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING, INC, OSHKOSH DEFENSE LLC, RENK AMERICA LLC, SCI TECHNOLOGY, INC, and VAREC NV. These partnerships are built on technical collaboration, long-term sustainment needs, and specialized manufacturing capabilities for armored vehicle components and mission-critical actuation systems. Her contracting approach emphasizes vendor reliability, supply chain resilience, and technical alignment with DoD engineering specifications, often involving technical evaluations and engineering liaison coordination. Her procurement portfolio reflects a strict preference for full and open competition, with no set-asides utilized in recent awards. This underscores a strategic focus on maximizing access to the broadest pool of qualified industrial suppliers capable of meeting the rigorous performance and certification requirements of military ground systems, rather than socioeconomic targeting. Her primary NAICS focus areas include 333924 (industrial truck and tractor machinery), 333995 (fluid power actuators), 336992 (military armored vehicle manufacturing), 333618 (other engine equipment), and 334418 (printed circuit assembly). She possesses deep expertise in procuring precision mechanical systems, hydraulic and electro-mechanical actuators, armored vehicle subsystems, and mission-critical electronic assemblies that ensure operational durability under extreme battlefield conditions.