Carrie Fairbanks

Carrie Fairbanks serves as a key procurement professional within the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS), supporting the agency’s mission to deliver secure, audit-ready financial management and accounting services across the Department of Defense. She manages a diverse portfolio of acquisition activities centered on professional support services, with a focus on modernizing financial systems and ensuring compliance with federal accounting standards. Her work directly enables DFAS’s operational readiness by securing critical resources for financial reporting, data infrastructure, and language services essential to DoD-wide fiscal accountability. Fairbanks maintains established relationships with a select group of contractors, including Soderberg Company Inc., Ecology Mir Group LLC, Bloomberg Industry Group, Inc., and Roche Diagnostics Corporation, reflecting a mix of specialized support, legal and regulatory research, and technical services. Her contracting patterns indicate a preference for vendors with proven expertise in compliance-driven environments, particularly those capable of delivering high-integrity documentation, translation, and data processing solutions under strict federal controls. These partnerships are typically long-term and performance-based, emphasizing quality, security, and regulatory alignment. A strong advocate for small business participation, Fairbanks consistently prioritizes Small Business Set-Aside contracts under FAR 19.5, with over 56% of her awards designated for small businesses. This reflects a deliberate strategy to foster economic inclusion and leverage the agility of small firms in delivering niche support services. Her procurement approach aligns with DFAS’s broader socioeconomic goals, ensuring equitable access to federal contracting opportunities while maintaining mission-critical service standards. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541930 (Translation and Interpretation Services), underscoring a significant demand for multilingual financial and legal documentation support across global DoD operations. Additional activity in NAICS 518210 and 561492 highlights expertise in securing computing infrastructure, data processing, and court reporting services—domains critical to maintaining accurate, auditable financial records and secure information systems.