Karin Jensen

Karin Jensen serves as a key procurement lead within the Defense Logistics Agency E & A Trpspt, responsible for managing critical supply chain contracts that sustain expeditionary and deployed military forces. Her work centers on ensuring the uninterrupted delivery of essential food, beverage, and medical logistics to support operational readiness in austere environments. She handles full lifecycle acquisitions for mission-critical sustainment items, primarily focused on bottled water and related nutritional supplies, leveraging FAR and DFARS guidelines to ensure compliance, quality, and timely delivery under dynamic operational demands. Her role is integral to the agency’s mission of maintaining logistical resilience for global contingencies. While specific contractor relationships are not publicly enumerated, Jensen’s procurement activities consistently engage manufacturers and distributors with proven capabilities in high-volume, defense-compliant bottled water production and cold-chain logistics. She collaborates with vendors who meet stringent military specifications for packaging, shelf life, and environmental durability, fostering long-term partnerships with suppliers capable of scaling production to meet surge requirements in theater. Her contracting approach emphasizes reliability, quality assurance, and supply chain continuity over price alone. Jensen’s procurement portfolio reflects a strong preference for open competition, with 100% of awards issued under non-set-aside conditions. This indicates a focus on maximizing supplier capacity and operational scalability rather than socioeconomic set-asides, aligning with the agency’s need for rapid, large-scale fulfillment in time-sensitive operational contexts. While small business participation is not formally prioritized in her awards, the structure of the market inherently includes qualified small manufacturers capable of meeting DoD standards. Her primary NAICS specialization is 312112 (Bottled Water Manufacturing), reflecting deep expertise in procuring potable water systems compliant with MIL-STD and FDA standards. She oversees acquisitions of bottled water in bulk, case, and palletized formats, as well as related hydration and hygiene logistics, ensuring products meet rigorous military specifications for safety, storage, and deployment in extreme climates. Her technical domain centers on water safety, packaging integrity, and cold-chain logistics for sustainment operations.