Paul Yokemick

Paul Yokemick serves as a key procurement professional within the Defense Logistics Agency’s Land at Aberdeen office, responsible for managing the acquisition of mission-critical electro-mechanical and electronic systems that sustain land-based military platforms. His work directly supports the agency’s mission to modernize command, control, and tactical communications infrastructure by securing advanced signal processing components, avionics, radio transmission equipment, and precision power and control systems. He handles complex contracting actions under fixed-price and cost-reimbursement mechanisms, ensuring timely delivery of high-reliability hardware to operational units across the Department of Defense. Yokemick maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of specialized contractors, including Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC, Carson Industries, Inc., and Creating Technology Solutions, LLC. These vendors are recognized for their expertise in manufacturing high-integrity wiring devices and electro-mechanical assemblies tailored to military environmental and performance standards. His procurement approach emphasizes long-term vendor collaboration, technical validation, and supply chain resilience, often engaging contractors early in the requirements development phase to ensure design compatibility and production scalability. His contracting activity shows no use of socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic focus on technical capability and operational readiness over socioeconomic preferences, prioritizing mission-critical performance and proven industrial base capacity. While small business participation is not formally incentivized through set-asides, his portfolio includes firms of varying sizes based on technical merit and past performance. Yokemick’s procurement focus is concentrated in NAICS 335931 (Current-Carrying Wiring Device Manufacturing) and 335312 (Motor and Generator Manufacturing), reflecting deep specialization in high-reliability electrical components for ruggedized military systems. He procures custom connectors, switchgear, motor drives, and control modules engineered for extreme conditions, demonstrating technical fluency in MIL-STD specifications and electromagnetic compatibility standards. His domain expertise lies at the intersection of electrical engineering and defense logistics, ensuring that critical subsystems meet stringent field-deployability requirements.