Carole M. Alonzo Mercado

Carole M. Alonzo Mercado serves as a Contracting Specialist at the W6QM MICC Fort Lee, a key unit within the Department of the Army responsible for sustaining and modernizing military infrastructure and operational readiness. In this role, she manages the full lifecycle of procurement actions, primarily focused on professional and management development training services. Her acquisitions support the Army’s mission to enhance workforce competency, leadership capacity, and institutional knowledge through tailored educational and training solutions. She ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations while aligning contract vehicles with strategic readiness objectives across Army installations. Carole maintains consistent contracting relationships with a select group of experienced service providers, including NISGA’A MOSTT, LLC, GLOBAL DIMENSIONS, LLC, VIRGINIA ENERGY AND LIGHTING, LLC, and UNDERPRESSURE, INC. These vendors are recognized for their expertise in delivering institutional training, workforce development, and mission-enabling support services. Her procurement approach emphasizes reliability, performance history, and proven capacity to meet complex Army training requirements, fostering long-term, performance-based vendor partnerships grounded in accountability and quality delivery. Carole’s contracting portfolio reflects a strong preference for full and open competition, with 100% of her awards issued under no set-aside classifications. While she does not currently utilize socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs, her approach prioritizes mission-critical outcomes and vendor capability over socioeconomic categorization, ensuring the Army receives the highest quality training solutions without restriction. Her primary NAICS focus is 611430—Professional and Management Development Training—reflecting deep specialization in designing and procuring leadership development, military education, organizational training, and instructional systems design services. She routinely acquires curriculum development, instructor-led programs, e-learning platforms, and performance-based training systems that directly enhance Army personnel readiness and institutional effectiveness.