Mary J. Harding

Mary J. Harding serves as a Contracting Officer within the Department of the Army’s 0409 Aq Hq Contract office, where she manages complex acquisition programs essential to sustaining military infrastructure across U.S. garrisons and overseas installations. Her portfolio encompasses facility maintenance, specialized construction, and critical equipment servicing to ensure operational readiness of airfields, utilities, and logistics systems—particularly in European theaters. She executes full-cycle contracting actions under FAR and DFARS guidelines, focusing on performance-based service contracts, construction services, and equipment support agreements that directly enable mission-critical garrison operations. Harding maintains strategic relationships with key contractors including PAE Applied Technologies LLC and BSH Hausgeräte B.V., leveraging their technical capabilities in facility operations, maintenance logistics, and specialized equipment support. Her contracting approach emphasizes long-term vendor partnerships grounded in performance metrics, quality assurance, and compliance with military installation standards. She consistently engages contractors with proven experience in austere environments and multinational regulatory frameworks, fostering reliable, mission-aligned supply chains. Harding’s procurement portfolio reflects a 100% non-set-aside orientation, with no use of 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or other socioeconomic set-asides. Her acquisitions prioritize technical capability, readiness impact, and operational continuity over socioeconomic preferences, aligning with the urgent and mission-critical nature of infrastructure sustainment in deployed environments. While small business participation is not formally targeted, all procurements adhere strictly to fair and open competition principles under full and open competition authority. Her primary NAICS focus spans passenger car rental (532111), other construction material merchant wholesalers (423390), and electrical contractors (238210), reflecting a broad-based need for mobility support, material supply chains, and facility electrical systems. She specializes in procuring services and goods that sustain the physical and logistical backbone of Army installations, demonstrating deep expertise in integrated infrastructure support contracting across diverse technical domains.