Melba B. Medley

Melba B. Medley serves as a key procurement professional within the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), supporting the agency’s mission to deliver secure, resilient, and interoperable information systems for global military operations. Though her formal title is not listed, her procurement activities center on acquiring specialized physical infrastructure and office equipment critical to sustaining DISA’s operational environments. She manages acquisitions aligned with mission-critical needs, ensuring that deployed command, control, and communication assets are supported by durable, standards-compliant furnishings and non-paper office supplies. Her work directly enables the agency’s focus on maintaining secure, high-bandwidth connectivity across distributed and expeditionary sites. Medley’s contracting patterns reflect a strong emphasis on small business engagement, with 100% of her acquisitions designated as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate strategy to cultivate partnerships with economically disadvantaged and underrepresented vendors, fostering innovation and resilience in the supply chain. She consistently awards contracts to small businesses without favoring specific large contractors, indicating a procurement philosophy rooted in broad-based socioeconomic inclusion and competitive fairness. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 337215 (Showcase, Partition, Shelving, and Locker Manufacturing) and 339940 (Office Supplies, except Paper, Manufacturing). These categories suggest she procures ruggedized storage solutions, secure data cabinets, and specialized non-paper office equipment tailored for high-security, high-availability environments such as data centers, tactical operations nodes, and hardened communication facilities. Her expertise lies in sourcing durable, tamper-resistant, and compliant products that meet DoD standards for physical security and environmental resilience, ensuring that DISA’s infrastructure supports both operational continuity and cyber-hardened mission execution.