Sheri Herrin

Sheri Herrin serves as a key procurement lead within the W7M7 USPFO Activity in ARNG, supporting the Indiana Army National Guard’s mission to sustain operational readiness and enhance soldier and family welfare. She manages a diverse portfolio of acquisitions centered on mission-critical infrastructure, leadership development programs, and quality-of-life services, ensuring alignment with Department of the Army priorities. Her contracting activities span facility construction, specialized manufacturing, and essential support services, requiring careful coordination across logistics, installation management, and community engagement teams to meet the unique needs of reserve component personnel. While specific contractor names are not publicly disclosed, Herrin maintains active partnerships with a broad network of small businesses and niche vendors capable of delivering specialized fabricated metal products, septic and wastewater services, catering for training events, and institutional construction solutions. Her procurement approach emphasizes responsiveness, compliance, and adaptability to the dynamic requirements of National Guard operations, fostering long-term vendor relationships grounded in reliability and mission alignment. Herrin demonstrates a pronounced commitment to socioeconomic contracting, with 92.3% of her acquisitions set aside exclusively for small businesses under FAR 19.5. This reflects a strategic emphasis on maximizing small business participation without reliance on specialized set-asides like 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB, instead prioritizing broad-based small business engagement across multiple industry sectors. Her contracting patterns consistently channel opportunities to locally rooted and regionally based firms, reinforcing economic resilience within Indiana’s military-supporting communities. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 332999 for custom fabricated metal components used in training and infrastructure, NAICS 562991 for environmental and sanitation services critical to remote training sites, and NAICS 722320 for catering services supporting extended field exercises and family readiness events. She also oversees construction under NAICS 236220 and technology hardware procurement under NAICS 334118, demonstrating technical fluency across both traditional and emerging support domains essential to National Guard sustainment.