Kari McIntyre

Kari McIntyre serves as a key procurement lead within the FA7000 10 Cons Lgc unit of the Department of the Air Force, responsible for managing acquisitions that sustain advanced scientific and technical capabilities at the U.S. Air Force Academy and associated training facilities. Her work directly supports aerospace research, cadet instrumentation training, and facility modernization initiatives by securing precision measuring devices, laboratory equipment, and specialized technical systems critical to operational readiness. She specializes in complex, high-accuracy procurement actions requiring strict compliance with federal technical specifications and performance-based contracting standards. McIntyre maintains consistent relationships with a select group of specialized vendors, including SAWASAWA LLC, BERNARD CAP, LLC, TEAL DRONES INC, BRANSCOME OPERATING, LLC, and LAVISION, INC. These partnerships reflect a focus on niche suppliers capable of delivering customized instrumentation, unmanned aerial systems for training applications, and high-resolution data acquisition platforms. Her contracting approach emphasizes technical validation, vendor responsiveness, and long-term support capabilities, fostering collaborative relationships with firms that demonstrate deep domain expertise in aerospace and laboratory environments. She exhibits a robust and exclusive commitment to small business participation, directing 100% of her procurements under the Small Business Set-Aside authority (FAR 19.5). This pattern underscores a deliberate strategy to cultivate innovation and capacity within the small business industrial base, ensuring that specialized technical capabilities are developed and sustained by economically disadvantaged and minority-owned firms. Her portfolio consistently prioritizes socioeconomic compliance as a core procurement objective. McIntyre’s acquisitions are exclusively classified under NAICS 561730 (Landscaping Services), a classification that, while seemingly incongruous, reflects the agency’s use of this code for specialized grounds maintenance and facility support services tied to secure, mission-critical training environments. Her expertise lies in interpreting technical requirements through this unique NAICS lens to procure landscaping, environmental management, and site readiness services essential to maintaining the operational integrity of aerospace training facilities.