Jennifer Buck

Jennifer Buck serves as a key procurement lead within the W7M8 Uspfo Activity IA ARNG, supporting the Department of the Army’s mission to enhance the operational readiness of the Iowa National Guard through specialized training and counterdrug support services. She manages a portfolio of acquisitions focused on technical instruction, law enforcement tactics, and personnel readiness programs, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations and mission-critical timelines. Her role centers on soliciting, evaluating, and awarding contracts for training equipment, simulation systems, and operational support services that directly enable domestic security operations, including narcotics interdiction and surveillance capabilities. Buck maintains consistent partnerships with a select group of contractors, including Triplex Enterprises, L.L.C., Cardno TEC-Leidos, LLC, and Ecology Mir Group LLC, all of which provide specialized technical services and training solutions tailored to military law enforcement and counterdrug operations. Her contracting approach emphasizes long-term vendor collaboration, with a preference for firms possessing domain expertise in tactical training systems, field equipment integration, and readiness logistics. These relationships are characterized by repeat engagements and performance-based contract structures that prioritize mission effectiveness and compliance with Army training standards. Her procurement activity is fully aligned with small business set-aside requirements under FAR 19.5, with 100% of her acquisitions designated for small business participation. This reflects a deliberate and sustained commitment to fostering economic opportunity within the defense support ecosystem, ensuring that qualified small businesses—particularly those with niche capabilities in security training and operational support—are prioritized in the award process. Despite the agency’s operational focus on defense and law enforcement, Buck’s primary NAICS classifications center on 311991 (Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing) and 322230 (Stationery Product Manufacturing), indicating a significant procurement of specialized rations, field rations packaging, and administrative or training materials. This reflects an unusual but mission-critical alignment between logistical support needs and the procurement of consumable and operational supplies essential for sustained field training cycles.