Carolyn J Contreras

Carolyn J. Contreras serves as a Contract Specialist at the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Systems and Experimental Warfare Center, where she manages the acquisition of specialized engineering and experimental warfare technologies critical to naval operational readiness. Her responsibilities include developing, soliciting, and administering complex contracts for advanced maritime systems, including ocean infrastructure, explosive effects analysis, and cutting-edge defense technologies. She plays a pivotal role in aligning procurement activities with the agency’s mission to innovate and sustain next-generation naval capabilities through rigorous technical evaluation and compliance with federal acquisition regulations. Contreras maintains strategic relationships with a select group of specialized contractors, including SOCIEDAD ESPANOLA DE MONTAJES INDUSTRIALES SA, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and Emerging Compounds Treatment Technologies, Inc., reflecting her focus on high-technical-domain partners with niche expertise in naval systems and environmental resilience. Her contracting patterns emphasize long-term, mission-critical partnerships with organizations possessing deep scientific and engineering capabilities, often involving research and development, prototype testing, and technical support services for experimental warfare platforms. Her procurement portfolio demonstrates a balanced approach to socioeconomic goals, with approximately one-third of her awards structured as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, indicating a deliberate commitment to expanding opportunities for small businesses in advanced defense sectors. While the majority of her acquisitions are unrestricted, she consistently prioritizes qualified small businesses capable of delivering specialized technical solutions aligned with NAVFAC’s innovation mandate. Contreras’s primary procurement focus is exclusively within NAICS 336992, Military Armored Vehicle, Tank, and Tank Component Manufacturing, underscoring her specialization in the acquisition of armored systems, survivability technologies, and associated components for naval expeditionary and experimental warfare applications. Her domain expertise centers on the integration of hardened materials, blast mitigation systems, and survivable platform architectures, ensuring procurement decisions support mission-critical force protection and operational resilience.