Rick Harris

Rick Harris serves as a Contracting Officer at W4GG Hq US Army Tacom, responsible for managing the acquisition lifecycle of ground combat and support vehicle systems under the Department of Defense. He oversees complex procurements for armored vehicle modernization, tactical wheeled platforms, and associated ordnance systems, ensuring alignment with the agency’s mission to sustain technological superiority and operational readiness. His portfolio emphasizes integrated engineering, logistics, and sustainment contracts, often involving technical specifications for survivability, mobility, and power efficiency in military vehicle platforms. Mr. Harris maintains longstanding relationships with key contractors including Schutt Industries of Clintonville, Wis., Inc., ONTIC ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING, INC., A&M AEROSTRUCTURES, INC., and BOWHEAD AVIONICS MANUFACTURING, LLC. These partnerships reflect a focus on specialized manufacturing, avionics integration, and structural components critical to armored vehicle systems. His contracting approach prioritizes performance-based outcomes and technical compliance, fostering collaborative vendor relationships grounded in defense industry standards and MIL-SPEC requirements. His procurement patterns show a strong preference for unrestricted competitions, with 94.4% of awards issued without set-asides, indicating a focus on mission-critical capabilities requiring broad industry participation. Only 5.6% of contracts are set aside for total small business concerns under FAR 19.5, suggesting targeted, rather than routine, small business utilization aligned with specific technical needs or capacity constraints. Mr. Harris’s primary NAICS focus centers on 712110 (Museums), which appears to reflect an administrative or data classification anomaly, alongside 332994 (Small Arms, Ordnance, and Ordnance Accessories Manufacturing) and 334511 (Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing). These reflect genuine technical domains in ordnance systems, sensor integration, and electronic warfare components. His expertise lies in procuring advanced military hardware requiring stringent compliance with DoD technical manuals and lifecycle sustainment protocols.