Katrina B. Grimes

Katrina B. Grimes serves as a Contract Specialist at U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC), where she plays a critical role in executing mission-critical acquisitions that support elite special operations forces. Her responsibilities include planning, soliciting, awarding, and administering contracts for professional development training, tactical instructional programs, and specialized equipment essential to doctrinal readiness and leadership enhancement. She operates within the H92239 contracting office, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations while aligning procurements with USASOC’s strategic objectives in operational support and force modernization. Her portfolio primarily encompasses service-based acquisitions in education, training, and niche technical equipment procurement. Grimes maintains consistent working relationships with key contractors including AMD INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, SOF LANDING LLC, TERRESTRIS, LLC, and STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS UNLIMITED, INC. These partnerships reflect a focus on vendors capable of delivering high-integrity training solutions, mission-specific logistics, geospatial support, and specialized operational services tailored to special operations environments. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, rigorous source selection, and long-term vendor collaboration to ensure mission continuity and operational adaptability. She exhibits a balanced commitment to socioeconomic contracting, with approximately half of her acquisitions set aside for total small business participation under FAR 19.5, and the other half awarded as no-set-aside contracts to ensure maximum competition and capability access. This pattern underscores her strategic use of small business authorities to foster innovation while maintaining access to qualified large-capacity providers when required. Her procurement focus centers on four primary NAICS categories: 238990 for specialized trade contracting supporting facility and field infrastructure; 334511 for advanced navigation and guidance systems; 339920 for athletic and tactical gear manufacturing; and 423410 for photographic and reconnaissance equipment distribution. These domains reflect her technical expertise in acquiring mission-enabling hardware and services that enhance situational awareness, physical readiness, and operational effectiveness across unconventional warfare environments.