Marlene Mireles

Marlene Mireles serves as a Contracting Officer responsible for managing the full lifecycle of professional services acquisitions, ensuring compliance with federal procurement regulations and advancing agency mission objectives through strategic sourcing. She oversees the planning, solicitation, evaluation, and award of contracts for complex, non-construction services, with a focus on consultative and technical support solutions. Her role is central to the agency’s procurement mission, ensuring transparency, competition, and value in the acquisition of high-demand professional services. She routinely handles requirements under indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) vehicles and task order contracts, prioritizing performance-based outcomes and clear statement of work development. Marlene Mireles cultivates relationships with a broad spectrum of vendors, including large professional services firms and small business contractors, fostering a competitive environment that emphasizes technical capability and past performance. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages firms with demonstrated expertise in management consulting and specialized technical services. Her approach emphasizes fair and open competition, with a preference for responsive, qualified offerors who align with the technical and operational needs of the agency. Her contracting patterns reflect a strong preference for unrestricted competitions, with 100% of her awards issued under the “No Set-Aside” category. This indicates a focus on selecting the most qualified offeror regardless of socioeconomic status, rather than reserving opportunities for specific small business categories such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB. Her approach prioritizes merit-based selection while remaining fully compliant with all statutory requirements for small business consideration. Mireles specializes in procurements under NAICS 541990 (All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services) and NAICS 541611 (Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services). She routinely acquires strategic advisory services, operational efficiency analyses, program evaluation support, and technical consulting solutions. Her domain expertise lies in procuring high-level professional services that enhance organizational performance, policy implementation, and mission readiness through evidence-based decision-making and process optimization.