DeCarol Blocker

DeCarol Blocker serves as a Contract Specialist within the U.S. Transportation Command (USTransCom), responsible for managing the full lifecycle of procurement actions critical to global military mobility. Her role centers on executing complex logistics contracts that support air, sea, land, and rail transportation operations essential to expeditionary force projection and sustainment. She specializes in deep-sea freight transportation acquisitions, ensuring timely and compliant award and administration of contracts that enable the Department of Defense’s strategic global reach. Blocker works closely with program managers and logistics analysts to align contracting strategies with operational requirements, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations and defense-specific procurement policies. Blocker maintains consistent working relationships with a select group of experienced maritime and aviation logistics contractors, including UNCOMN LLC, PHOENIX AIR GROUP, INC., RAMPART AVIATION, LLC, FANCIULLI EGISTO S.R.L., and MOUNTAIN AVIATION, LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for vendors with proven capabilities in international freight movement, port terminal support, and expeditionary transport solutions. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, rigorous vendor evaluation, and long-term contract stewardship to ensure mission continuity and operational reliability across dynamic theater environments. Blocker’s procurement portfolio reflects a 100% no set-aside orientation, indicating a focus on open competition to secure the most capable and cost-effective solutions for high-stakes global mobility missions. While she does not prioritize socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs, her approach is grounded in merit-based selection criteria that prioritize technical capability, past performance, and operational readiness over socioeconomic classification. Her primary procurement focus is on NAICS 483111 (Deep Sea Freight Transportation), underscoring her specialization in ocean-going cargo movement, intermodal logistics coordination, and port-to-theater delivery systems. Blocker’s expertise lies in contracting for heavy-lift vessel services, containerized cargo transport, and maritime infrastructure support—critical enablers of the DoD’s global supply chain resilience.