Valerie L. Norris

Valerie L. Norris serves as a key procurement lead within the W6QK Acc-pica, a Department of the Army organization responsible for sustaining combat systems and enabling force projection through logistics and munitions supply chain support. She manages a diverse portfolio of acquisitions focused on defense manufacturing, facility services, and operational infrastructure, ensuring alignment with the agency’s mission to modernize ammunition production and maintain installation readiness. Her work spans complex contract vehicles including indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) and performance-based service agreements, with a strong emphasis on mission-critical sustainment and readiness-enabling capabilities. Norris maintains enduring relationships with major defense contractors including NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION, GENERAL DYNAMICS OTS (WILKES BARRE), LLC, and THE LOCKWOOD GROUP LLC, partnering with these firms on large-scale manufacturing, technical services, and facility modernization efforts. She also routinely engages specialized small business providers such as LOGISYS TECHNICAL SERVICES INC and PROGSIT LLC, fostering collaborative, performance-driven vendor partnerships that prioritize reliability, compliance, and rapid response to operational demands. Her procurement strategy is distinguished by a strong commitment to small business participation, with 78.6% of her awards structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate focus on empowering small businesses across multiple socioeconomic categories, including 8(a), HUBZone, and SDVOSB firms, to ensure broad industrial base resilience and innovation infusion within the defense supply chain. Norris’s primary procurement focus centers on NAICS 721110 (Hotels and Motels), indicating significant investment in military lodging and transient housing infrastructure. Secondary areas include fiber optic cable manufacturing (335921) and concrete product manufacturing (327390), demonstrating expertise in both tactical logistics support and physical infrastructure modernization. Her technical domain spans facility services, communications infrastructure, and industrial base sustainment, positioning her at the intersection of operational readiness and physical asset management within the Army’s installation ecosystem.