Nanette Damon

Nanette Damon supports the FA2550 50 Cons Pkp unit within the Department of the Air Force, playing a critical role in executing procurement actions that sustain and modernize mission-critical aerospace and space infrastructure. Though her official title is not listed, her contracting activities are aligned with the agency’s mission to acquire advanced communications systems, electronic test instrumentation, and ground-based support infrastructure essential for national defense. She manages a high-volume portfolio of non-traditional and service-based acquisitions, often focused on facility support and specialized manufacturing, ensuring alignment with strategic modernization goals for space and air domain operations. Her primary contractor relationships include the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment and Blue Skies Furniture LLC—entities that, while unconventional for a defense context, reflect a unique procurement strategy emphasizing non-traditional vendors for facility-related services and specialized material supply. These partnerships suggest a deliberate effort to expand vendor diversity beyond conventional defense contractors, leveraging non-defense agencies and niche manufacturers to fulfill operational needs. Damon demonstrates an uncompromising commitment to small business participation, with 100% of her acquisitions set aside under FAR 19.5 for total small business contracting. This pattern indicates a strong preference for socioeconomic programs, likely prioritizing small disadvantaged businesses, women-owned firms, and other certified small entities, reinforcing the agency’s broader mandate to foster equitable economic opportunity within the defense supply chain. Her procurement focus centers on NAICS 561790 (Other Services to Buildings and Dwellings) and 314110 (Carpet and Rug Mills), each accounting for half of her activity. This unusual combination reveals expertise in procuring facility maintenance services alongside specialized textile manufacturing—likely for mission-critical environments such as secure control rooms, satellite operations centers, or acoustic-treated testing facilities where environmental controls and material specifications are highly regulated. Her work bridges civilian infrastructure needs with defense operational requirements, demonstrating adaptability in sourcing non-standard yet mission-essential goods and services.