marchaunda Tiller

Marchaunda Tiller serves as a primary procurement lead within SPRMM1 DLA Mechanicsburg, a subordinate unit of the Defense Logistics Agency’s Maritime Directorate. In this role, she manages the acquisition of mission-critical electronic, electrical, and mechanical components essential to U.S. Navy propulsion, control, communications, and power distribution systems. Her responsibilities include sourcing high-reliability parts for naval platforms, ensuring supply chain resilience, and aligning procurements with DoD modernization priorities. She routinely handles complex solicitations under FAR and DFARS frameworks, focusing on technical specifications requiring rigorous qualification and certification standards for defense-grade hardware. Tiller maintains established relationships with key defense contractors including Electric Boat Corporation, Southwest Research Institute, Thales Defense & Security Inc., ECI Defense Group, Inc., and RFD Beaufort Inc. These partnerships reflect a preference for vendors with proven expertise in naval systems integration, precision instrumentation, and ruggedized component manufacturing. Her contracting patterns indicate a reliance on long-standing, qualified suppliers with demonstrated capability in delivering high-reliability, military-specification components under stringent quality assurance protocols. Her procurement portfolio is overwhelmingly dominated by open, unrestricted competitions, with 96.4% of awards issued without set-asides, reflecting the specialized nature of the components required and the limited pool of qualified suppliers. Only 3.6% of awards are designated as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, indicating a strategic focus on technical capability over socioeconomic preferences, though small business participation is not excluded when capabilities align. Tiller’s primary NAICS focus areas include 334412 for bare printed circuit board manufacturing, 333914 for pumping and metering equipment, and 335931 for current-carrying wiring devices. Her acquisitions center on precision electrical components, instrumentation for electrical signal testing, and specialized machinery critical to maritime system sustainment, demonstrating deep technical expertise in naval electronics and electromechanical systems procurement.