Norma D Gordon

Norma D. Gordon serves as a Purchasing Agent for the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA), where she plays a critical role in acquiring goods and services essential to supporting K-12 educational operations across global military installations. Her responsibilities encompass the full lifecycle of procurement activities—from requirements determination and market research to contract award and administration—ensuring alignment with federal acquisition regulations and DoDEA’s mission of delivering high-quality, equitable education to military-connected students. She routinely manages acquisitions for technology infrastructure, educational support services, and operational equipment, prioritizing compliance, efficiency, and mission readiness in decentralized, high-demand environments. Ms. Gordon maintains consistent working relationships with a select group of contractors, including AMD International Technologies LLC, CoreTech Consulting Inc., Effective Communication Strategies LLC, Residential Enhancements, Inc., and FGI Solutions LLC. These partnerships reflect a focus on specialized service providers delivering IT solutions, curriculum support, facility enhancements, and communication systems tailored to DoDEA’s unique operational context. Her procurement approach emphasizes vendor reliability, technical proficiency, and responsiveness to the dynamic needs of overseas and domestic school communities. Her contracting patterns show a strong preference for open competition, with 71.4% of awards issued without set-asides, while 28.6% are designated as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. This balance demonstrates a strategic commitment to small business participation without compromising access to qualified, capable vendors, aligning with DoDEA’s broader goals of fostering competitive markets and equitable opportunity. Ms. Gordon’s procurement portfolio is concentrated in five key NAICS categories, each representing 16.7% of her activity: Educational Support Services (611710), Office Equipment Merchant Wholesalers (423420), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Software Publishers (511130), and Electronic Computer Manufacturing (334111). These reflect her expertise in acquiring instructional technology, digital learning platforms, classroom hardware, and ancillary educational resources critical to sustaining DoDEA’s global academic mission.