Samantha Hopkins

Samantha Hopkins serves as the primary procurement lead for the Asc Commodities Division within the Department of Defense’s Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, where she manages the acquisition of mission-critical mechanical and electrical components essential to the operational readiness of military aircraft. Her responsibilities encompass the full lifecycle of contracting for high-reliability fasteners, precision bearings, wiring devices, and fabricated wire products that maintain the structural and electronic integrity of aviation systems. She ensures timely delivery of these components through strategic sourcing, competitive bidding, and rigorous compliance with Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement requirements, directly supporting the division’s mission to sustain airworthiness across the DoD’s aviation fleet. Hopkins cultivates partnerships with specialized manufacturers and distributors who meet stringent military specifications, including AS9100 and MIL-SPEC certifications. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages with firms capable of producing certified hardware to exacting aerospace standards, favoring suppliers with proven quality control systems and on-time delivery performance. Her contracting approach emphasizes vendor reliability, technical capability, and supply chain resilience over volume-based relationships. Her procurement patterns show a strong preference for open competition, with 100% of acquisitions conducted without set-aside designations such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB. This reflects a mission-critical focus on technical capability and supply continuity rather than socioeconomic preferences, though she remains compliant with all federal small business reporting requirements. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 332510 (Hardware Manufacturing), 332618 (Fabricated Wire Products), and 332722 (Fastener Manufacturing), with additional activity in 336413 (Aircraft Parts). She specializes in procuring precision-engineered components including bolts, rivets, washers, crimped terminals, and custom-fabricated wire harnesses used in avionics and airframe systems, demonstrating deep technical fluency in aerospace-grade materials and military specification standards.