Carrie McKay

Carrie McKay serves as a Contract Specialist at the W39L USA Readiness Center, part of the Department of the Army, where she plays a pivotal role in executing procurement strategies that sustain military readiness through facility and infrastructure support. She manages the full lifecycle of acquisitions for professional, engineering, and construction services essential to training, logistics, and operational sustainment. Her portfolio primarily encompasses commercial and institutional building construction, with a focus on modernizing command and control facilities and enhancing base infrastructure. McKay ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations while aligning contract awards with the agency’s strategic priorities in force preparedness and operational resilience. She maintains a consistent working relationship with KPH Construction Corp as a primary contractor, leveraging their expertise in complex construction and civil engineering projects. Her procurement approach emphasizes long-term vendor partnerships grounded in performance reliability, technical proficiency, and adherence to DoD standards. While she collaborates with established prime contractors, her process actively integrates small business subcontractors to meet socioeconomic objectives and ensure project scalability across diverse operational environments. McKay demonstrates a strong commitment to small business participation, with 62.5% of her acquisitions structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. Her contracting patterns reflect a deliberate emphasis on creating equitable access for small businesses, particularly those certified under general small business programs, aligning with DoD mandates to foster competitive, inclusive sourcing. She rarely utilizes other socioeconomic set-asides, preferring broad small business eligibility to maximize vendor diversity and local economic impact. Her primary NAICS focus is 236220 for commercial and institutional building construction, with a secondary emphasis on 237990 for heavy and civil engineering projects. She procures services related to facility sustainment, structural upgrades, site development, and infrastructure modernization, demonstrating deep familiarity with construction standards, project delivery methods, and DoD facility requirements. Her technical expertise lies in managing construction-phase contracts that support mission-critical readiness objectives across Army training installations.