Kathryn Maurais

Kathryn Maurais serves as a Contract Specialist at the Defense Media Activity (DMA) Riverside, part of the Department of Defense, where she manages the full lifecycle of acquisitions supporting military multimedia operations. Her role encompasses planning, soliciting, evaluating, and awarding contracts for broadcast infrastructure, digital content systems, and communication technologies critical to DoD public affairs and operational training missions. She ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations while aligning procurements with DMA’s strategic goals of modernizing media delivery platforms and securing digital content ecosystems. Her portfolio primarily includes complex service and technology acquisitions requiring technical evaluation and risk mitigation. Kathryn collaborates with a diverse range of vendors specializing in media production, broadcast engineering, and custom software development. While no single contractor dominates her award portfolio, she consistently engages firms with proven expertise in military-grade video distribution, secure streaming platforms, and mission-critical audiovisual systems. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, requiring vendors to demonstrate technical capability, cybersecurity readiness, and experience supporting defense communications environments. A strong advocate for small business participation, Kathryn structures nearly half of her acquisitions as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, reflecting a deliberate commitment to expanding opportunities for small, innovative firms. Her contracting patterns show minimal use of other socioeconomic set-asides, indicating a preference for broad-based small business competition over targeted programs like 8(a) or HUBZone, while still ensuring fair access for all qualified small entities. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 512120 (Motion Picture and Video Distribution), reflecting demand for secure content delivery systems, followed by 334310 and 334220 for broadcast and communications equipment. She also regularly procures Custom Computer Programming Services under NAICS 541511 to support tailored media management platforms. Her technical expertise centers on digital media infrastructure, real-time broadcasting systems, and integrated multimedia solutions that enable DoD’s global information operations.