Carrie L. Mills

Carrie L. Mills serves as a key procurement professional within the W2SD Endist Baltimore office of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, supporting the Department of the Army’s mission to deliver critical infrastructure and facility services across military installations. She manages a diverse portfolio of acquisitions focused on civil engineering, environmental remediation, and facility support services, ensuring operational readiness through timely and compliant contract execution. Her work spans planning, solicitation, award, and administration of contracts for both large-scale infrastructure projects and essential operational services, aligning procurement activities with federal mandates and Army readiness priorities. Mills maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of established contractors, including Grunley Construction Co., Inc., Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., LLC, Matthews Group Inc., Curtin Maritime Corp., and Cheroenhaka Nottoway Enterprises, LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for experienced firms capable of delivering complex construction, dredging, maritime, and environmental services under stringent federal standards. Her contracting patterns emphasize reliability, technical proficiency, and performance history, often leveraging long-term vendor relationships to ensure continuity and quality in mission-critical infrastructure support. Her procurement approach prioritizes open competition, with 83.3% of awards issued without set-aside designations, while maintaining a deliberate 16.7% commitment to 8(a) small businesses. This balance demonstrates a strategic focus on maximizing competition while fulfilling socioeconomic obligations under federal contracting guidelines. She actively supports the inclusion of certified small disadvantaged businesses in high-impact projects, reinforcing the Army’s broader goals for equitable opportunity and vendor diversity. Mills specializes in NAICS categories centered on water supply and irrigation systems (221310), solid waste collection (562111), janitorial services (561720), and custom computer programming (541511 and 541519). Her expertise lies in procuring technical services that sustain military facility operations—from environmental remediation and water infrastructure to facility maintenance and IT system integration—ensuring mission-critical environments remain functional, compliant, and resilient.