Cassandra E. Carey

Cassandra E. Carey serves as a Contracting Specialist responsible for managing the full lifecycle of federal acquisitions, ensuring compliance with FAR regulations and promoting equitable access to government contracting opportunities. She plays a critical role in executing the agency’s procurement mission by planning, soliciting, evaluating, and awarding contracts for construction and professional services. Her work centers on complex, high-stakes procurements requiring technical precision and rigorous source selection processes, typically involving design-build delivery methods and performance-based requirements. Carey ensures all acquisitions align with federal mandates for transparency, competition, and accountability. While specific contractor names are not available, Carey consistently engages with a diverse pool of vendors, including small businesses, architectural firms, and general contractors with demonstrated capacity in commercial and institutional construction. Her procurement patterns reflect a preference for collaborative, long-term vendor relationships grounded in past performance and technical capability. She actively fosters partnerships with firms that bring innovation in sustainable building practices and integrated design solutions, emphasizing value engineering and lifecycle cost analysis in source selection. Carey demonstrates a strong, deliberate commitment to socioeconomic contracting, with half of her awards designated for 8(a) competed set-asides and the other half for total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This balanced approach underscores her dedication to expanding economic opportunity for small disadvantaged businesses and promoting broad-based small business participation. Her consistent use of these set-asides reflects a strategic alignment with federal goals to increase contracting equity and support underserved entrepreneurs. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction) and NAICS 541310 (Architectural Services), indicating deep expertise in the planning, design, and execution of public-facing infrastructure projects. She routinely manages contracts for new construction, renovation, and facility modernization, requiring close coordination with engineers, designers, and construction managers to meet stringent safety, accessibility, and energy efficiency standards. Carey’s technical proficiency spans building codes, design-bid-build methodologies, and integrated project delivery models.