Kayla Polonia

Kayla Polonia serves as a key procurement professional within the Defense Logistics Agency’s Energy Directorate (SPE605), responsible for managing strategic acquisitions of petroleum-based energy resources critical to sustaining global military operations. She oversees the full lifecycle of contracts for fuel supply, storage, and distribution infrastructure, ensuring compliance with DoD energy security mandates and operational readiness requirements. Her work directly supports DLA Energy’s mission to maintain resilient, uninterrupted fuel logistics across all branches of the armed forces, with a focus on complex, high-stakes acquisitions governed by FAR Part 13 and Part 17 authorities. Polonia maintains primary contracting relationships with Qatar Fuel (WOQOD) and United Capital Investments Group, both of which provide critical fuel procurement, transportation, and logistical support services under long-term, performance-based agreements. These partnerships are characterized by sustained, high-volume contract execution and deep integration with military fuel demand forecasting and global supply chain planning. Her procurement approach emphasizes reliability, scalability, and supply chain security, often involving international vendors with proven capacity to deliver under austere conditions. Her contracting portfolio reflects a strong preference for unrestricted competition, with 78.6% of awards issued without set-asides, aligning with the specialized nature of fuel supply contracts requiring large-scale, global infrastructure. However, she consistently allocates 21.4% of awards to Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a balanced commitment to fostering competition from qualified small businesses while prioritizing mission-critical capability. Polonia’s procurement focus is exclusively concentrated in NAICS 324110 (Petroleum Refineries), reflecting deep technical expertise in refining, blending, storage, and distribution of military-specification fuels such as JP-8 and F-76. She manages contracts for bulk fuel delivery, fuel quality assurance, and logistics support systems, requiring specialized knowledge of MIL-SPEC standards and defense energy supply chain dynamics. Her work ensures that combatant commands receive compliant, battle-ready energy resources on a global scale.