Michael R. Smith

Michael R. Smith serves as an Acquisition Specialist within the Defense Logistics Agency’s Distribution organization (SP3300), where he manages procurement activities critical to sustaining the Department of Defense’s global supply chain infrastructure. His responsibilities include planning, soliciting, awarding, and administering contracts for essential support services and specialized equipment required to maintain operational readiness. Smith focuses on non-tactical, facility-based acquisitions that ensure the safe storage, handling, and distribution of defense materiel, with an emphasis on logistics enablers such as maintenance, security, janitorial, and landscaping services. He operates within the full spectrum of federal acquisition regulations, ensuring compliance with DLA’s mission to deliver reliable, resilient, and standardized logistics support to military forces worldwide. Smith maintains established working relationships with a core group of contractors including Constructicon Corp, Souza Construction, Inc., Martinez Services, Inc., SDC TideWater JV, LLC, and Kingsley Builders, Inc. These partnerships reflect a preference for experienced, vetted vendors capable of delivering complex facility and infrastructure support services across DLA’s nationwide distribution network. His contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, clear deliverables, and consistent vendor accountability, fostering long-term collaborations grounded in reliability and regulatory adherence. Smith demonstrates a strong commitment to small business participation, with over 54% of his awards directed toward small business set-asides, including Total Small Business (36.4%), HUBZone (9.1%), and 8(a) competed (9.1%) contracts. His procurement patterns reflect a deliberate effort to broaden vendor diversity while maintaining mission-critical standards, aligning with DLA’s socioeconomic goals and federal mandates for equitable contracting opportunities. His primary procurement focus centers on NAICS 541519 (Other Computer Related Services), 561720 (Janitorial Services), 561730 (Landscaping Services), and 561612 (Security Guards and Patrol Services), each accounting for 18.2% of his portfolio. He also procures industrial material handling equipment under NAICS 333924. This specialization underscores his expertise in facility operations support, where technical proficiency in logistics infrastructure and service delivery is paramount to sustaining defense readiness.