Kathy Clemens

Kathy Clemens serves as a Contracting Specialist within the Commanding General’s office under the Department of the Navy, where she plays a pivotal role in executing mission-critical acquisitions that sustain naval and marine operational readiness. She manages a diverse portfolio of contracts focused on maintenance, logistics, and specialized support services essential to combat systems, mobility assets, and expeditionary infrastructure. Her work ensures the reliability and availability of equipment across both garrison and deployed environments, aligning procurement activities with the agency’s strategic priorities of force sustainability and equipment modernization. Clemens routinely handles complex service and supply acquisitions under FAR Part 12 and Part 13 authorities, balancing regulatory compliance with urgent operational needs. Clemens maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of contractors, including MANCON LLC, GEMINI TECH SERVICES LLC, CHEMBLE SOLUTIONS, LLC, MICROTECHNOLOGIES LLC, and SAELIG COMPANY, INC. These partnerships are characterized by repeat engagements across maintenance, technical support, and specialized equipment procurement, reflecting a preference for vendors with proven performance in defense-related logistics and field-service capabilities. Her contracting approach emphasizes vendor reliability, technical responsiveness, and compliance with defense standards, fostering long-term collaborative relationships grounded in accountability and mission alignment. Clemens demonstrates an unwavering commitment to small business participation, with 100% of her acquisitions structured as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. This consistent application underscores a strategic focus on empowering small businesses to contribute directly to national defense readiness. She actively leverages the small business ecosystem to enhance competition, innovation, and geographic diversity in the supply base, ensuring equitable access to DoD opportunities for qualified small firms without compromising mission requirements. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 333120 (Construction Machinery Manufacturing) and 812320 (Drycleaning and Laundry Services), reflecting a unique blend of heavy equipment maintenance and facility support services critical to naval base operations. She specializes in acquiring specialized machinery parts, field maintenance kits, and essential laundry and uniform support systems that directly enable troop readiness and quality-of-life standards in expeditionary and permanent installations.