Pamela S. Paradis

Pamela S. Paradis serves as a Purchasing Agent for the W6QK Acc-apg Director under the Department of the Army, where she plays a pivotal role in securing mission-critical goods and services that sustain laboratory and field-based scientific operations. Her procurement activities focus on industrial maintenance, analytical instrumentation, and technical support services essential to maintaining precision measurement systems and mission-critical facilities. She manages a diverse portfolio of acquisitions aligned with the agency’s priorities in calibration, preventive maintenance, and technical services, ensuring operational readiness through timely and compliant contracting practices. Paradis maintains consistent working relationships with key contractors including EXACT MACHINE SERVICE, INC., MARS LABS LLC, KODEX, INC., and CLEAR ARMOR, LLC. These vendors provide specialized capabilities in equipment repair, laboratory instrumentation, technical testing, and protective systems, reflecting a preference for established partners with proven expertise in defense-grade technical environments. Her procurement approach emphasizes reliability, technical precision, and regulatory compliance, fostering long-term vendor partnerships built on performance and adherence to federal acquisition standards. Her contracting patterns show a strong inclination toward open competition, with 90.9% of awards issued without set-aside designations, indicating a focus on broad market competition for high-precision technical requirements. While small business participation is present at 9.1%, it is selectively applied, primarily through Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, suggesting a balanced approach that prioritizes technical capability while still supporting eligible small entities. Paradis’s procurement focus is concentrated in NAICS 811219 (Other Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Repair and Maintenance), which accounts for over 60% of her activity, alongside specialized categories including instruments manufacturing (334513, 334519), testing laboratories (541380), and physical sciences R&D (541712). She routinely acquires calibrated sensors, industrial control systems, and precision measurement devices critical to defense science and engineering applications, demonstrating deep domain expertise in technical procurement for military scientific infrastructure.