Carrie McKay

Carrie McKay serves as a key procurement professional within the W39L USA Readiness Center, supporting the Department of the Army’s mission to sustain military readiness through expert technical and administrative services. She manages the acquisition lifecycle for engineering and professional services critical to training infrastructure, logistics sustainment, and command and control modernization. Her portfolio centers on securing high-caliber consulting and systems engineering support to ensure operational readiness across Army installations, with a focus on delivering mission-critical solutions that align with strategic force modernization goals. McKay maintains a consistent working relationship with KPH Construction Corp, a primary contractor engaged in delivering engineering and facility sustainment services. Her procurement approach emphasizes long-term vendor partnerships grounded in technical proficiency and reliable performance, particularly in areas requiring specialized engineering expertise. While she collaborates with a limited number of contractors, her engagements are characterized by repeat award activity and a strong emphasis on contractor capability alignment with complex readiness requirements. McKay’s contracting activity reflects a strict preference for unrestricted competitions, with 100% of awards issued under non-set-aside authorities. This indicates a procurement strategy prioritizing technical merit and full and open competition over socioeconomic set-asides, including 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs. Her approach underscores a focus on mission-critical outcomes, where specialized engineering expertise takes precedence over socioeconomic criteria in award decisions. Her primary procurement focus is exclusively within NAICS 541330 (Engineering Services), encompassing systems engineering, technical analysis, facility planning, and infrastructure modernization support. She procures services related to command and control system upgrades, training range optimization, and sustainment engineering for military installations, demonstrating deep domain expertise in defense-specific engineering disciplines and lifecycle support for critical readiness assets.