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 and accounting systems across the Department of Defense. She manages a diverse portfolio of non-defense-related service acquisitions, with a focus on administrative support, translation services, and operational infrastructure. Her work ensures DFAS maintains compliance with federal financial standards while modernizing backend processes through automated reporting and system integration. Fairbanks handles both full and open competitions and set-aside contracts, aligning procurements with FAR guidelines and agency-wide strategic priorities around audit readiness and fiscal transparency. She maintains established relationships with a range of contractors including Soderberg Company Inc., Ecology Mir Group LLC, Bloomberg Industry Group, Inc., and Roche Diagnostics Corporation, reflecting a balanced mix of specialized service providers and niche technical vendors. Her contracting patterns indicate consistent engagement with firms offering administrative management consulting, court reporting, translation services, and office equipment manufacturing. These partnerships are typically long-term and performance-driven, emphasizing quality, compliance, and timely delivery of mission-critical support functions. Fairbanks demonstrates a strong commitment to small business participation, with over 42% of her awards structured as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. While no other socioeconomic set-asides dominate her portfolio, her consistent use of small business set-asides signals a deliberate strategy to foster vendor diversity and enhance competition among qualified small firms. Her contracting approach prioritizes accessibility for small businesses without compromising on service quality or mission needs. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541930 (Translation and Interpretation Services), 541611 (Management Consulting), and 561492 (Court Reporting), underscoring expertise in language services, process optimization, and legal documentation support. She also regularly procures office furniture and general support services, indicating a broad operational footprint. Her technical domain centers on enabling DFAS’s financial workflows through high-integrity administrative and linguistic support systems.