Joyce Nudge

Joyce Nudge serves as a Contracting Specialist within the FA4654 434 Conf Lgc, a unit of the Department of the Air Force responsible for sustaining and modernizing critical infrastructure at Air Force installations. She manages the full lifecycle of procurement actions for construction, facility maintenance, and utility infrastructure projects, ensuring alignment with mission-critical readiness goals. Her acquisitions primarily support the renovation and repair of commercial and institutional buildings, airfield systems, and essential utility networks, employing a range of contract types including firm-fixed-price and cost-reimbursement instruments under FAR Part 36 and Part 19. Nudge maintains consistent working relationships with key contractors AKS INDUSTRIES INC and SHAMBAUGH & SON, L.P., both of which provide specialized construction, engineering, and facility services. Her procurement patterns reflect a preference for long-term, performance-based vendor partnerships that emphasize quality, compliance, and timely delivery of complex infrastructure upgrades. These relationships are cultivated through transparent solicitation processes and rigorous source selection criteria focused on technical capability and past performance. A defining feature of Nudge’s contracting approach is her exclusive use of Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a steadfast commitment to socioeconomic contracting goals. All of her acquisitions are reserved for small businesses, fostering equitable access to Department of Defense opportunities and strengthening the small business industrial base. She actively promotes participation from firms certified under various small business programs, reinforcing the agency’s mandate to maximize small business involvement. Her procurement focus centers on NAICS 423620 and 326199, reflecting a specialized need for household appliances, electric housewares, consumer electronics, and custom plastics products used in facility operations and maintenance. This unique blend of commercial off-the-shelf and specialized manufacturing goods underscores her technical expertise in integrating everyday infrastructure components into high-reliability military environments.