Carmen M. Decker

Carmen M. Decker serves as a Contract Specialist at the Naval Surface Warfare Center (N64267), where she plays a pivotal role in executing procurements critical to the modernization and sustainment of naval electronic systems. Her responsibilities encompass the full lifecycle of contract actions—from requirements validation and market research to award and administration—for technical solutions supporting advanced sensors, signal processing, and precision instrumentation. She ensures compliance with Department of the Navy acquisition policies while aligning procurements with strategic priorities in sonar, radar, and maritime communications systems to enhance fleet readiness and undersea dominance. Decker maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of contractors, including CYNERGY PROFESSIONAL SYSTEMS LLC, AEROSPACE & COMMERCIAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, The Whiskey Project Group USA LLC, and WASHINGTON OFFICE INTERIORS LLC. These partnerships reflect a focus on specialized engineering services, technical integration, and facility support tailored to naval research and development environments. Her contracting patterns indicate a preference for established vendors with proven capabilities in defense electronics and mission-critical support services, often engaging firms with prior experience in Navy programs. Notably, Decker’s procurement activity is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic emphasis on technical excellence and mission-critical performance over socioeconomic set-asides, prioritizing capability and reliability in a high-stakes operational context. Her primary procurement focus lies under NAICS 811490—Other Personal and Household Goods Repair and Maintenance—which, in this context, is applied to specialized maintenance, calibration, and sustainment of complex electronic and electro-optical systems aboard naval platforms. This classification underscores her expertise in procuring precision technical services for mission-critical instrumentation, rather than general consumer repair, highlighting a nuanced application of NAICS codes to support advanced naval systems sustainment.