Ta'Shonna Gordon

Ta’Shonna Gordon serves as a key procurement professional within the U.S. Transportation Command (USTransCom), supporting the agency’s global mobility mission through the acquisition of critical rail transportation support services. She manages complex contracting actions aligned with expeditionary logistics and theater sustainment requirements, ensuring seamless movement of personnel and materiel across domestic and international rail networks. Her portfolio centers on contract execution for terminal operations, rail yard management, and locomotive support activities, directly enabling the Department of Defense’s strategic mobility objectives. Gordon’s work is foundational to maintaining the operational tempo of military deployments and sustaining forward-deployed forces through reliable, mission-critical rail infrastructure support. She maintains established working relationships with a select group of specialized contractors, including UNCOMN LLC, PHOENIX AIR GROUP, INC., RAMPART AVIATION, LLC, FANCIULLI EGISTO S.R.L., and MOUNTAIN AVIATION, LLC. While some contractors operate across multiple domains, her primary engagements focus on firms with proven expertise in rail logistics, cargo handling, and intermodal transfer systems. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, leveraging long-term vendor partnerships to ensure continuity of service and operational readiness under dynamic deployment conditions. Gordon’s procurement strategy reflects a balanced approach to socioeconomic participation, with approximately one-third of her awards structured as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. While the majority of her acquisitions remain open to all competitors, she consistently prioritizes small business eligibility and capability, fostering a competitive environment that includes qualified small and mid-sized firms capable of meeting rigorous DoD mobility standards. Her technical focus is exclusively centered on NAICS 488210 — Support Activities for Rail Transportation — encompassing rail terminal operations, track maintenance support, railcar loading/unloading services, and intermodal coordination. She procures specialized equipment, labor, and logistics integration services essential to sustaining the DoD’s rail-based mobility infrastructure, demonstrating deep domain expertise in military rail logistics and expeditionary port-rail interface operations.