Caroline L Bachelier

Caroline L. Bachelier serves as a procurement professional responsible for managing complex construction and infrastructure-related acquisitions within a federal agency focused on public works and utility systems. She oversees the full lifecycle of contracts under the Federal Acquisition Regulation, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements while aligning procurements with agency mission objectives. Her portfolio primarily includes civil works, utility line construction, and site development projects, requiring coordination with engineers, environmental specialists, and field inspectors to deliver mission-critical infrastructure. She plays a pivotal role in translating technical requirements into solicitation language and evaluating technical proposals against performance-based criteria. Bachelier cultivates partnerships with a diverse pool of contractors specializing in power and communication line construction, plumbing, HVAC, and site preparation services. While no single contractor dominates her award portfolio, she consistently engages with mid-tier and small business firms possessing specialized certifications and proven track records in niche infrastructure domains. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance accountability, past performance evaluation, and technical capability over price alone, fostering long-term vendor relationships built on reliability and regulatory compliance. A strong advocate for small business participation, Bachelier prioritizes total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, with over 62% of her acquisitions reserved exclusively for small businesses. Her contracting patterns reflect a deliberate strategy to maximize socioeconomic opportunities, consistently utilizing small business set-asides over general competitive procurements. This reflects a sustained commitment to fostering economic inclusion and building capacity among small, disadvantaged, and locally based contractors in the infrastructure sector. Her primary procurement focus centers on NAICS 237130 for power and communication line construction, with significant activity in plumbing, heating, and air-conditioning contracting (238220) and landscaping services (561730). She possesses deep technical familiarity with utility trenching, underground conduit installation, stormwater management, and site grading, ensuring solicitations accurately capture engineering specifications and safety standards critical to public infrastructure projects.