Marie Tanaka

Marie Tanaka serves as a Contracting Specialist responsible for managing the full lifecycle of federal acquisitions, ensuring compliance with FAR regulations and promoting efficient, transparent procurement practices. She specializes in service-based contracts across transportation, hospitality, and technical support sectors, frequently overseeing requirements development, solicitation drafting, source selection, and contract administration. Her role is critical to enabling mission-critical operations by securing reliable vendors that meet agency needs while upholding integrity and accountability in every stage of the acquisition process. Tanaka cultivates collaborative relationships with a diverse array of contractors, particularly small businesses and specialized service providers. She regularly engages with firms offering flight training, hotel and lodging services, computer facilities management, air transportation support, and local freight trucking. Her procurement approach emphasizes clear communication, fair competition, and performance-based outcomes, fostering long-term vendor partnerships grounded in mutual accountability and regulatory adherence. A staunch advocate for small business inclusion, Tanaka consistently prioritizes socioeconomic set-asides, with approximately half of her acquisitions designated as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. She actively utilizes 8(a) competed contracts to promote disadvantaged business participation, demonstrating a deliberate and sustained commitment to expanding economic opportunity. Her contracting patterns reflect a balanced strategy that maximizes competition while ensuring meaningful access for certified small and disadvantaged firms. Her primary procurement focus centers on NAICS 721110 (hotels and motels), 611512 (flight training), 541513 (computer facilities management), 488190 (air transportation support), and 484110 (local freight trucking). This specialization underscores her expertise in managing complex service contracts requiring operational continuity, technical precision, and logistical coordination, particularly in aviation and mobility support domains.