James Sprandel

James Sprandel serves as a key procurement professional within the Agricultural Marketing Service’s 3J14 office, responsible for managing acquisitions that support the federal nutrition assistance program’s demand for shelf-stable, processed agricultural commodities. He oversees the procurement of testing services and warehousing solutions critical to ensuring the safety, quality, and timely distribution of canned, frozen, and dried food products to vulnerable populations. His acquisitions are strategically aligned with AMS’s mission to maintain a resilient, compliant, and efficient supply chain for domestic food assistance, with a focus on contract vehicles that enforce federal food safety standards and logistics integrity. Sprandel maintains a primary working relationship with Navcor Logistics LLC, a trusted contractor delivering integrated warehousing, inventory management, and distribution services for perishable and preserved commodities. His contracting patterns reflect a preference for established, performance-based vendors with proven capacity in federal food program logistics. While he engages with a limited pool of contractors, his relationships are characterized by long-term contract performance, rigorous compliance monitoring, and consistent delivery against technical specifications for food handling and storage. Sprandel’s procurement portfolio is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic emphasis on operational scale, vendor capacity, and supply chain reliability over socioeconomic set-asides, prioritizing mission-critical performance over socioeconomic categories such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB. His approach underscores a focus on mission outcomes rather than socioeconomic targeting, aligning with AMS’s need for high-volume, low-risk procurement execution. His primary procurement activity centers on NAICS 541380 (Testing Laboratories and Services), where he secures third-party analytical services for food safety testing, pathogen screening, and quality assurance protocols. The remaining activity under NAICS 493110 (General Warehousing and Storage) supports cold chain and bulk storage infrastructure. His technical expertise lies in food safety compliance, logistics standards, and federal procurement regulations governing perishable commodity management.