Alim Koroma

Alim Koroma serves as a key procurement professional within the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA), supporting the agency’s mission to deliver high-quality K-12 education to military-connected students worldwide. In this role, Koroma manages a diverse portfolio of acquisitions focused on educational support services, curriculum development, and institutional infrastructure, ensuring compliance with federal contracting regulations and DoD procurement policies. His work directly enables DoDEA’s operational readiness by securing essential resources for schools in globally dispersed locations, with a strong emphasis on performance-based contracting and outcomes-driven deliverables. Koroma maintains consistent relationships with a core group of contractors including AMD International Technologies LLC, CoreTech Consulting Inc., Effective Communication Strategies LLC, Residential Enhancements, Inc., and FGI Solutions LLC. These partnerships reflect a strategic focus on specialized educational technology, instructional design, facility enhancements, and communications support tailored to DoDEA’s unique operational environment. His contracting approach emphasizes vendor reliability, past performance evaluation, and alignment with DoDEA’s pedagogical and logistical requirements. While the majority of DoDEA’s acquisitions under Koroma’s purview are open to full and open competition—reflecting an 87.2% no set-aside rate—there remains a deliberate 12.8% commitment to total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This demonstrates a balanced approach that prioritizes competition while actively fostering small business participation across multiple socioeconomic categories. Koroma’s procurement focus centers on NAICS 611710 (Educational Support Services), which accounts for over one-third of his portfolio, followed by 511130 (Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers) and 611110 (Elementary and Secondary Schools). His expertise lies in acquiring curriculum materials, digital learning platforms, student support systems, and facility upgrades critical to sustaining academic excellence in military school communities.