Linda Coleman

Linda Coleman serves as a Contract Specialist for the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA), where she manages the full lifecycle of procurement actions supporting the agency’s mission to deliver high-quality K-12 education to military-connected students worldwide. Her responsibilities include solicitation development, source selection, contract negotiation, and post-award administration, with a primary focus on facilities support services critical to maintaining operational school infrastructure across global installations. Coleman ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations and aligns contracting strategies with DoDEA’s priorities in educational equity, safety, and operational readiness. She maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of contractors, including AMD INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, CORETECH CONSULTING INC., EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES LLC, RESIDENTIAL ENHANCEMENTS, INC., and FGI SOLUTIONS LLC. These partnerships primarily involve the provision of facility maintenance, custodial services, grounds management, and infrastructure support essential to sustaining school operations in remote and high-demand locations. Coleman’s approach emphasizes performance-based contracting, outcome-driven deliverables, and long-term vendor reliability over transactional engagements. Coleman’s procurement portfolio reflects a strong preference for open competition, with 100% of her actions issued under no set-aside designation. While she does not currently utilize socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs, her contracting decisions prioritize technical capability, past performance, and service continuity, ensuring mission-critical support remains uninterrupted across DoDEA’s globally dispersed school network. Her industry focus is exclusively centered on NAICS 561210—Facilities Support Services—which encompasses janitorial, groundskeeping, custodial, and facility maintenance operations. She procures comprehensive, integrated services that sustain the physical learning environment, from routine upkeep to emergency response readiness, demonstrating deep expertise in performance-based service acquisition and operational facility management within complex, multi-site educational environments.