Careka Squire

Careka Squire serves as a secondary procurement support specialist within the Defense Logistics Agency’s Energy division (SPE605), contributing to the strategic acquisition of critical energy logistics infrastructure. While not the primary contracting officer, Squire plays a vital role in facilitating the end-to-end procurement lifecycle for fuel storage, handling, and distribution services essential to sustaining global military operations. Their work supports the agency’s mission to ensure uninterrupted energy supply chains by assisting in the solicitation, evaluation, and administration of contracts tied to warehousing and storage operations for petroleum-based fuels and related logistics assets. Squire’s procurement activities are closely aligned with two dominant contractors—QATAR FUEL (WOQOD) and UNITED CAPITAL INVESTMENTS GROUP—both of which provide specialized fuel logistics and storage solutions under long-term, performance-based agreements. These partnerships reflect a preference for established, global energy logistics providers with proven capacity to operate in austere and high-demand environments. Squire’s involvement typically centers on contract compliance, performance monitoring, and coordination across operational units to ensure contractor deliverables meet mission-critical readiness standards. Set-aside preferences indicate a strong orientation toward open competition, with 95.5% of acquisitions conducted without socioeconomic set-asides. The remaining 4.5% are awarded to service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, reflecting a measured but intentional commitment to small business participation without compromising operational urgency or supply chain resilience. The agency’s procurement portfolio is exclusively focused on NAICS 493190 (Other Warehousing and Storage), underscoring a specialized technical domain centered on the management of fuel terminals, underground storage facilities, and associated logistics infrastructure. Squire’s expertise lies in procuring services that enable secure, scalable, and compliant energy storage operations across deployed and domestic military installations.