Melanie Achdjian

Melanie Achdjian serves as a key procurement professional within the 763d Enterprise Sourcing Squadron, part of the Department of the Air Force, where she facilitates mission-critical acquisitions to sustain airpower readiness. Her work centers on securing advanced technology, training systems, and logistics support services that enhance pilot proficiency, communications resilience, and operational agility. She manages the full lifecycle of contracting actions—from market research and solicitation to award and administration—ensuring alignment with Air Force modernization priorities and national defense objectives. Her acquisitions are strategically aligned with enterprise-level needs, focusing on solutions that directly support combat and training readiness across distributed operational environments. While specific contractor names are not publicly disclosed, Achdjian maintains a robust network of vendor partnerships grounded in compliance with federal acquisition regulations and performance-based contracting principles. She engages with a dynamic pool of small businesses and emerging technology providers, fostering collaborative relationships that emphasize innovation, responsiveness, and mission alignment. Her procurement approach prioritizes agile acquisition methods and performance metrics to ensure timely delivery of mission-enabling capabilities. Achdjian demonstrates an unwavering commitment to socioeconomic contracting, directing 100% of her solicitations toward Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. This consistent preference reflects a strategic emphasis on empowering small businesses as critical partners in national defense innovation. Her contracting patterns prioritize inclusive competition, ensuring equitable access to federal opportunities for small, disadvantaged, and service-disabled veteran-owned firms. Her primary procurement focus is on NAICS 485510 (Charter Bus Industry), indicating a specialized need for transportation and mobility services supporting personnel movement, training deployments, and logistical sustainment. Though seemingly narrow, this classification underpins broader operational mobility requirements, including secure, scalable, and mission-tailored transit solutions for Air Force personnel across global installations. Her expertise lies in translating complex mobility needs into compliant, performance-driven contracts that ensure force readiness.