Eddie Tavares

Eddie Tavares serves as a Contracting Officer for the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA), where he is responsible for managing the full lifecycle of procurement actions supporting K-12 educational services for military-connected students worldwide. His portfolio encompasses a broad range of acquisitions critical to curriculum delivery, instructional technology, and school infrastructure, ensuring alignment with DoDEA’s mission of academic excellence in globally dispersed environments. Tavares routinely handles complex service-based contracts under FAR Part 12 and Part 37, with emphasis on performance-based acquisition strategies and outcome-driven requirements. He maintains established relationships with a core group of contractors including AMD International Technologies LLC, CoreTech Consulting Inc., Effective Communication Strategies LLC, Residential Enhancements, Inc., and FGI Solutions LLC. These partnerships reflect a consistent focus on technology-enabled learning solutions, administrative support services, and facility improvements tailored to DoDEA’s unique operational context. Tavares fosters collaborative vendor engagement, prioritizing responsiveness, compliance, and mission alignment in contractor selection and performance management. Tavares demonstrates a deliberate commitment to small business participation, with approximately 25% of his acquisitions structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. While the majority of his contracts remain open to full and open competition, his consistent use of small business set-asides underscores a strategic emphasis on fostering economic opportunity within the defense education contracting community, without reliance on specialized socioeconomic programs like 8(a) or HUBZone. His primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 511210 (Software Publishers), reflecting a strong demand for educational software and digital learning platforms. He also regularly procures services under NAICS 518210 (Data Processing and Web Hosting), 541611 and 541618 (Management Consulting), and 541519 (Other Computer-Related Services), demonstrating deep expertise in IT infrastructure, instructional design support, and administrative systems that underpin DoDEA’s global school network.