Charlene E. Graham

Charlene E. Graham serves as a Purchasing Agent for the W6QM Micc-ft Knox under the Department of the Army, where she plays a critical role in securing essential hospitality, food service, and recreational infrastructure to sustain troop readiness and quality of life. Her procurement activities focus on acquiring lodging, dining, and recreational support services that directly enable operational tempo and morale enhancement across military installations. She manages a diverse portfolio of acquisitions under the Federal Acquisition Regulation, primarily utilizing indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) and requirements contracts to ensure continuous service delivery in dynamic operational environments. Graham maintains longstanding relationships with key contractors including CHENEGA GOVERNMENT MISSION SOLUTIONS, LLC, OCS-NCS JV II, LLC, and SPACE AGE ENGINEERING, INC., among others, reflecting a preference for established vendors with proven capabilities in military-grade hospitality and facility support. Her contracting patterns emphasize performance-based service delivery, with a focus on contractors capable of integrating seamlessly with military operations and meeting stringent DoD compliance standards. She frequently engages with vendors offering turnkey solutions for lodging operations, security systems, and recreational facility management. Her set-aside preferences show a strong inclination toward open competition, with 86.7% of awards issued without set-aside designations; however, she consistently allocates 13.3% of opportunities to Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a measured but intentional commitment to small business participation without compromising mission-critical delivery timelines or service quality. Graham’s primary NAICS focus areas include 721110 (Hotels and Motels), 611310 (Colleges and Universities), and 721214 (Recreational Camps), indicating deep expertise in procuring lodging and transient accommodation services for military personnel and dependents. She also regularly sources security systems services (561621) and specialized textile products (314999) for uniform and facility use, reflecting a technical understanding of both operational and welfare support domains within the Army’s garrison infrastructure ecosystem.