Marla Poirier

Marla Poirier serves as a Contracting Officer for FA4608 2 Cons Lgc within the Department of the Air Force, responsible for managing a diverse portfolio of facility infrastructure and support services contracts critical to Air Force operational readiness. Her acquisitions focus on sustaining mission-critical environments—including airfields, hangars, religious facilities, and security systems—through procurement of maintenance, construction, and integrated services. She ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations while aligning contract awards with the agency’s mission to maintain resilient, secure, and functional installations across the Air Force enterprise. Poirier maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of contractors, including UNITED POOL MAINTENANCE LLC, WHITEDS ENVIRONMENTAL, INC., HALLIDAY TECHNOLOGIES INC, CALEB CRUCIAN, and ARABIC INTERPRETERS LLC. These partnerships reflect a blend of specialized facility maintenance, environmental services, technical systems integration, and linguistic support tailored to installation needs. Her contracting approach emphasizes reliability, niche expertise, and long-term vendor collaboration, often renewing engagements with contractors demonstrating consistent performance and compliance. A strong advocate for socioeconomic contracting, Poirier prioritizes small business participation, with over 62% of her awards designated as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. She also actively supports SBA-certified Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Businesses (EDWOSB), accounting for nearly 12% of her portfolio, and regularly includes 8(a) and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business set-asides. Her contracting patterns reflect a deliberate strategy to expand opportunities for underrepresented and mission-aligned small businesses. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 813110 (Religious Organizations), reflecting a significant emphasis on chaplaincy and morale, welfare, and recreation infrastructure, followed by site preparation (238910) and commercial/institutional construction (236220). She also procures landscaping, hardware distribution, and environmental services, demonstrating expertise in holistic facility sustainment and community support services essential to Air Force installation resilience.