MaryLee Huerta

MaryLee Huerta serves as a key procurement professional within the Defense Logistics Agency’s Energy division, responsible for managing complex engineering services contracts that support the secure and resilient fuel supply chains critical to global military operations. Her work directly enables DLA Energy’s mission to ensure uninterrupted energy delivery to all branches of the armed forces by overseeing the acquisition of technical services essential to fuel logistics, infrastructure planning, and operational readiness. She routinely handles sole-source and competitive engagements under NAICS 541330, focusing on engineering design, systems integration, and energy logistics analysis for large-scale petroleum and natural gas distribution networks. Huerta maintains a strategic procurement relationship with Qatar Fuel (WOQOD) and United Capital Investments Group, both of which provide specialized energy logistics and infrastructure support services. These partnerships reflect a preference for established, global contractors with proven capabilities in military-grade fuel handling, storage, and transportation systems. Her contracting patterns indicate a reliance on experienced vendors with extensive operational experience in austere and expeditionary environments, prioritizing technical proficiency and supply chain reliability over broad competition. Her procurement activity shows no use of socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a mission-driven focus on speed, scalability, and technical capability over socioeconomic preferences, consistent with DLA Energy’s mandate to prioritize operational continuity and global readiness. Huerta’s portfolio is exclusively centered on NAICS 541330 — Engineering Services — with a specialized focus on energy infrastructure engineering, fuel system design, and logistics optimization. She procures technical services including pipeline integrity assessments, storage facility upgrades, fuel quality monitoring systems, and operational energy modeling, demonstrating deep expertise in defense energy logistics engineering and mission-critical infrastructure support.