Mary Priddy-Nash

Mary Priddy-Nash serves as a Senior Contracting Officer at Federal Prison Industries (Unicor), where she leads the acquisition of goods and services critical to the agency’s mission of rehabilitation through industry. In this role, she manages full-cycle procurement activities for complex manufacturing, warehousing, and facility maintenance contracts, ensuring compliance with federal regulations while advancing Unicor’s goal of providing vocational training to incarcerated individuals. Her acquisitions primarily support the production and distribution of essential federal supplies, aligning procurement strategy with the agency’s operational and rehabilitative objectives. She maintains enduring relationships with a core group of contractors including Veterans Range Solutions, LLC, Krueger International, Inc., Veterans Environmental Group, LLC, Blind Industries and Services of Maryland, and Nightingale Corp. These partnerships reflect a preference for mission-aligned vendors with demonstrated capacity in industrial manufacturing, environmental services, and specialized fabrication—many of which are certified small businesses or nonprofit agencies employing individuals with disabilities. Her contracting approach emphasizes long-term collaboration, performance accountability, and alignment with social impact goals. Priddy-Nash exhibits a strong commitment to socioeconomic contracting, with 71.4% of her awards designated as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. Her portfolio consistently prioritizes small business participation, particularly through partnerships with Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs) and nonprofit agencies certified under the Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act. This pattern underscores her dedication to expanding economic opportunity for underserved populations while ensuring high-quality, cost-effective outcomes for federal stakeholders. Her technical focus centers on NAICS 333922 (Conveyor and Conveying Equipment Manufacturing), 493190 (Other Warehousing and Storage), 238160 (Roofing Contractors), and 332312 (Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing). She specializes in procuring durable industrial systems, facility infrastructure, and logistics solutions tailored to correctional industry environments, demonstrating deep expertise in the intersection of manufacturing, facility operations, and federally mandated procurement standards.