Jamie Needham

Jamie Needham serves as a Contracting Officer within the FA8681 Aflcmc Ebd under the Department of the Air Force, responsible for managing complex acquisitions of high-capacity munitions, guided missile systems, and precision strike technologies critical to national air and space dominance. She oversees the full lifecycle of contract actions—from solicitation and source selection to award and administration—ensuring compliance with FAR and DFARS while aligning procurements with strategic modernization goals. Her portfolio emphasizes advanced ordnance development, guidance system integration, and next-generation warhead sustainment, supporting the agency’s mission to maintain long-range strike superiority against evolving threats. Needham collaborates with a diverse ecosystem of defense industrial base partners, including prime contractors specializing in missile propulsion, precision-guided munitions manufacturing, and systems engineering services. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages with Tier 1 defense aerospace firms and specialized niche suppliers capable of delivering classified, high-reliability components under strict technical and security protocols. Her contracting approach prioritizes technical capability, supply chain resilience, and rapid prototyping cycles, fostering partnerships that enable agile responses to urgent operational requirements. Her procurement patterns reflect a strong preference for open competition, with 93.3% of awards issued without set-aside restrictions, indicating a focus on technical merit and industrial capacity over socioeconomic categorization. Nevertheless, she maintains a consistent 6.7% allocation to total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a measured but deliberate commitment to small business participation, particularly among firms with specialized expertise in ordnance and avionics manufacturing. Needham’s primary NAICS focus areas include 332993 (ammunition manufacturing), 334511 (aerospace guidance and navigation systems), and 541330 (engineering services), reflecting her deep specialization in precision strike technologies, warhead design, and systems integration. She routinely procures advanced explosive ordnance, seeker heads, flight control units, and test instrumentation, requiring contractors with proven experience in classified defense programs and DoD certification standards.