Martin Jennings

Martin (Marty) Jennings was appointed as the Acting Assistant Commissioner, General Supplies and Services for the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) in December 2012. He leads GSA’s acquisition of a wide range of supplies and services used by Federal agencies. Marty is responsible for the management of supply operations, most of the non-information technology multiple award schedules program, and the disposal of Federal personal property, including public auctions. He leads an organization of over 1,100 Government employees and contractors with $23 billion in annual business volume. Previously, Marty served as Public Building Service (PBS) Regional Commissioner for the Heartland Region where he directed a $318.5M regional public building service program and activities concerning: (1) Property Development (i.e. Design and Construction); (2) Real Property Management and Safety; (3) Real Estate, including real property acquisition, the utilization of excess real property, and the disposal of surplus real property; (4) Contracting, for real property and associated goods and services to assure effective management of the PBS portfolio of owned and leased assets; and (5) Portfolio Management. Prior to Marty’s appointment as PBS Commissioner, he served as the Federal Acquisition Services Regional Commissioner. Marty managed the Heartland FAS operations with gross sales of $1.4 billion of which, historically, more than 70 percent of contracts awarded have been to small businesses suppliers. Previously, he served as the Deputy Assistant Commissioner for General Supplies and Services (GSS) for the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS). As Deputy, Marty also served as the Director of GSS’s Business Management Office (BMO) responsible for leading all Portfolio strategic planning, financial management, business development, systems requirements and analysis support. In addition, he also directed the FAS Emergency Management function working closely with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). In this role, he directed efforts focused on developing contingency contracts and logistics solutions to improve the Federal Government’s disaster response capabilities. Before joining GSA, Marty also served as the Director of Logistics, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) where he managed, directed and executed logistics functions and services for a $4.7 billion logistics program in support of Civil Works and Military Construction. He has served as the Director of Logistics, U.S. Army Garrison White Sands Missile Range, NM, providing logistics to the largest military installation in the Army. He served as the Deputy Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Life Cycle Management Command at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, ensuring integration and synchronization of the general staff in acquisition, budget, manpower, and sustainment of the command, communication, control, computers, intelligence, surveillance and recognizance enterprise. Prior to his position as the Deputy Chief of Staff, he served as the Deputy Director of Logistics in Army Central Command – Kuwait, ensuring the planning and multifunctional support to forward deployed forces including reception, staging, onward movement and integration (RSOI) of our forces into the battle. Marty also served as Chief, Communications and Electronics Branch, 200th Material Management Center in Kaiserslautern, Germany and has military service as the Secretary of the General Staff, Combined Arms Support Command; Assistant G-4 Logistics Officer, 2nd Armored Division, Brigade S-4 Logistics Officer, 1st Armored Division; and, commanded a direct support maintenance company in support of a armored heavy brigade, all in U.S. Army Europe. Marty’s education includes a Bachelor of Science in Management from the University of Maryland, a Master’s of Science in Administration from Central Michigan University, a Master’s of Science in Strategic Studies from the US Army War College, the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, is a graduate of the U.S. Army War College and a Senior Executive Fellow from Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He was appointed to the Senior Executive Service in 2010. Marty is the recipient of the Distinguished Order of Saint Martin.