Maria R. Elemia

Maria R. Elemia serves as a Contracting Officer responsible for managing the full lifecycle of professional services acquisitions, with a singular focus on engineering services. She ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations while executing procurements that align with mission-critical technical requirements. Her role involves soliciting, evaluating, awarding, and administering contracts under the Federal Acquisition Regulation, primarily through competitive and non-competitive mechanisms. She plays a pivotal role in translating agency needs into legally sound, technically robust contracting actions that deliver high-value engineering expertise to support federal operations. Elemia maintains a broad and open contractor base, engaging with both large prime contractors and specialized engineering firms across the private sector. While no single vendor dominates her portfolio, she consistently works with firms possessing proven technical capabilities in civil, mechanical, and systems engineering disciplines. Her procurement approach emphasizes fair and open competition, with a preference for full and open solicitations that attract qualified proposers regardless of size or structure. She fosters transparent, performance-based relationships grounded in clear statement of work development and rigorous contract administration. Elemia’s contracting patterns reflect a strong preference for full and open competition, with 100% of her awards issued without set-aside designations. This indicates a deliberate focus on selecting the most technically capable and cost-effective offerors, irrespective of socioeconomic status. While she does not prioritize 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB set-asides, her process remains fully compliant with all small business programs, and eligible firms are encouraged to compete on an equal footing in open solicitations. Her primary procurement domain is NAICS 541330 — Engineering Services — encompassing a wide array of technical disciplines including infrastructure design, systems analysis, environmental engineering, and technical consulting. She routinely acquires professional services involving project planning, feasibility studies, technical specifications development, and engineering oversight. Her expertise lies in evaluating complex technical proposals and ensuring contract deliverables meet stringent performance and compliance standards within the engineering services sector.