Alma Martinez

Alma Martinez serves as a Finance Purchasing Assistant at the City University of New York (CUNY), supporting the procurement of critical technology and administrative services that underpin the university system’s academic and operational missions. In this role, she facilitates the acquisition of IT-enabled solutions aligned with CUNY’s strategic priorities in digital transformation, campus modernization, and student support infrastructure. Her responsibilities include executing purchase orders, managing vendor compliance, and ensuring adherence to state and federal procurement regulations. She primarily handles non-construction, service-based acquisitions within the information technology domain, often coordinating with central procurement offices to align purchases with institutional procurement policies and budgetary constraints. Martinez collaborates with a broad range of vendors specializing in IT services, including software implementation firms, cloud service providers, and systems integration contractors. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages with firms capable of delivering scalable, secure, and compliant technology solutions tailored to higher education environments. Her working relationships are characterized by a focus on responsiveness, regulatory adherence, and service reliability rather than long-term sole-source partnerships, reflecting CUNY’s preference for competitive, transparent procurement practices. Her contracting activity shows no preference for socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of her procurements conducted under open, unrestricted competition. This reflects CUNY’s institutional approach to maximizing vendor competition and ensuring value-driven outcomes without formal small business set-asides, though she remains compliant with all federal and state small business reporting requirements. Martinez’s procurement focus is exclusively centered on NAICS 541519—Other Computer-Related Services—which encompasses managed IT services, systems analysis, data migration, software customization, and technical support for academic and administrative platforms. Her expertise lies in procuring technology-enabled services that enhance digital learning environments, streamline campus operations, and support institutional modernization initiatives across CUNY’s diverse network of colleges and campuses.