Carrie Powers

Carrie Powers serves as a key procurement lead within the Defense Logistics Agency’s DCSO Columbus Division #3, responsible for securing high-purity nonferrous metals and specialty industrial materials critical to national defense systems. She manages the acquisition of engineered inputs used in aerospace propulsion, precision electronics, and advanced weapons platforms, ensuring supply chain resilience for mission-critical defense programs. Her work centers on long-term strategic sourcing of materials that require stringent purity standards and specialized metallurgical processing, aligning directly with the agency’s mandate to safeguard domestic access to scarce industrial inputs essential for U.S. military readiness. Powers maintains a primary contracting relationship with ARES STRATEGIC MINING, INC., a specialized supplier of refined nonferrous metals and advanced material feedstocks. Her procurement pattern reflects a consistent reliance on this vendor for high-integrity raw materials that meet exacting DoD specifications, indicating a trusted, performance-based partnership built on technical compliance and supply chain reliability. While other vendors may be engaged for niche capabilities, ARES remains the dominant contractor across her portfolio, suggesting a deepened collaboration rooted in material consistency and certified production processes. Powers does not utilize any socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of her acquisitions awarded through full and open competition. This reflects a mission-driven prioritization of material integrity and technical capability over socioeconomic preferences, aligning with the strategic necessity of sourcing materials that meet exacting defense-grade standards without compromise. Her procurement activity is exclusively focused on NAICS 331491—Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum) Rolling, Drawing, and Extruding—demonstrating deep expertise in the production and processing of specialty alloys such as titanium, nickel, and zirconium-based materials. She procures semi-finished and finished forms including billets, rods, sheets, and extrusions used in high-temperature and high-stress defense applications, requiring advanced metallurgical knowledge and strict adherence to AMS and ASTM specifications.