Kathryn Gartland

Kathryn Cosenza serves as a key procurement professional within the Defense Logistics Agency’s Troop Support organization, supporting the mission to sustain U.S. military readiness through the acquisition of critical operational infrastructure and logistical equipment. She manages a diverse portfolio of contracts focused on durable hardware systems, environmental control units, sealing devices, and specialized food supply chains essential to deployed forces. Her work directly enables the fielding of climate-controlled environments, deployable containers, and mission-critical consumables that ensure troop welfare and operational continuity in austere environments. Cosenza collaborates with a broad spectrum of manufacturers and wholesalers, including firms specializing in industrial hardware, gasket and sealing technologies, and food distribution networks. While specific contractor names are not publicly identified, her contracting patterns reflect consistent engagement with mid-tier industrial suppliers and niche producers capable of meeting stringent military specifications. Her approach emphasizes technical compliance, supply chain resilience, and performance-based acquisition strategies to ensure reliability under extreme operational conditions. Her procurement strategy demonstrates a strong preference for open competition, with 72.7% of awards issued without set-aside restrictions. However, she actively supports small business participation, allocating 27.3% of contracts to total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, reflecting a deliberate commitment to expanding vendor diversity and fostering innovation among non-traditional defense suppliers. Cosenza’s primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 332510 (Hardware Manufacturing), where she acquires robust mechanical and structural components for military logistics systems. She also regularly procures gasket and sealing devices (339991), as well as commercial food products through merchant wholesalers (424490) and specialty food manufacturers (311812, 311999). This unique blend of industrial and subsistence procurement underscores her expertise in balancing heavy equipment needs with sustainment-level consumables critical to long-term force readiness.