Julie M Kemper

Julie Leasure serves as a primary contracting professional within the Defense Logistics Agency’s Distribution arm, overseeing the acquisition of critical logistics and infrastructure services essential to sustaining the Department of Defense’s global supply chain. She manages a diverse portfolio of contracts focused on warehousing, facility maintenance, and specialized construction services that ensure the secure storage, handling, and distribution of military materiel. Her work directly supports DLA Distribution’s mission to maintain operational readiness through efficient, resilient, and standardized logistics infrastructure, with a strong emphasis on compliance with federal procurement regulations and supply chain modernization goals. Leasure maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of contractors including KINGSLEY BUILDERS, INC., SOUZA CONSTRUCTION, INC., CONSTRUCTICON CORP, VET CON SOUZA, and SDC TIDEWATER JV, LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for experienced, full-service providers capable of executing complex warehousing upgrades, industrial maintenance, and facility construction projects under stringent DoD standards. Her contracting patterns indicate a reliance on established vendors with proven track records in military logistics environments, fostering long-term reliability and operational continuity. Her procurement activity is overwhelmingly non-set-aside, with 94.1% of awards issued under full and open competition, reflecting a priority on capability and capacity over socioeconomic preferences. Nevertheless, she consistently allocates 5.9% of awards to Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a measured but deliberate commitment to small business inclusion within a mission-critical operational context. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 493110 (General Warehousing and Storage), which accounts for nearly 60% of her activity, alongside significant spending in commercial and industrial machinery repair (811310) and building construction (236220, 238210). This reflects deep expertise in procuring services that maintain and enhance the physical infrastructure underpinning defense logistics operations, including hazardous material handling, packaging standardization, and facility modernization.