Jimika White

Jimika White serves as a key procurement professional within the Defense Logistics Agency’s Aerospace Energy office (SPE601), responsible for securing critical energy and gas supply chains essential to DoD operational readiness. She manages the acquisition of high-purity industrial gases—including aviator breathing oxygen, liquid oxygen, and liquid nitrogen—as well as rocket-grade propellants and specialized storage and distribution infrastructure. Her work directly supports the safety and mission effectiveness of military aviation and launch systems, ensuring uninterrupted access to mission-critical cryogenic and gaseous fuels under stringent quality and reliability standards. Her acquisitions are highly technical, requiring deep compliance with military specifications and hazardous materials handling protocols. White maintains consistent contracting relationships with a small group of specialized industrial gas suppliers, most notably Airgas USA, LLC, Okano, K.K., and Tohsan Co., Ltd. These vendors are selected for their proven capability in producing and delivering ultra-high-purity gases to defense-grade specifications, often under long-term blanket purchase agreements. Her procurement approach prioritizes technical reliability, supply chain resilience, and regulatory compliance over price competitiveness, fostering stable, performance-based partnerships with a limited pool of qualified industrial gas manufacturers and distributors. White’s contracting portfolio exhibits a strict preference for non-set-aside acquisitions, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects the specialized nature of the products procured, which require advanced industrial capabilities and certifications typically held only by a narrow set of large-scale manufacturers. As a result, small business set-asides—including 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs—are not utilized, as the technical and production requirements exceed the capacity of most small business entities in this domain. Her primary focus is on NAICS 325120 (Industrial Gas Manufacturing), where she specializes in the procurement of aerospace-grade gases and associated logistics systems. Her expertise lies in managing acquisitions governed by military standards such as MIL-G-45706 and MIL-PRF-27210, ensuring that all delivered products meet exacting purity, pressure, and contamination control requirements for use in life-support and propulsion systems.