MSG Katharine Shockley

MSG Katharine Shockley serves as a secondary contracting support specialist within the Department of the Army’s 0409 Aq Hq Contract office, contributing to the execution of facility sustainment and infrastructure support acquisitions critical to U.S. Army garrisons in Europe and deployed theaters. Though not the primary contracting officer, she plays a vital role in coordinating acquisition planning, contract administration, and vendor compliance for maintenance, construction, and logistics services that ensure operational readiness. Her responsibilities include managing documentation workflows, supporting source selection processes, and ensuring adherence to federal acquisition regulations for high-priority infrastructure projects involving airfields, utilities, and garrison facilities. Her primary contractor relationships center on PAE Applied Technologies LLC, a leading provider of integrated facility services for military installations, and BSH Hausgeräte B.V., a European-based manufacturer of commercial-grade appliances used in military housing and support facilities. These partnerships reflect a focus on vendors capable of delivering standardized, mission-critical equipment and services across international operational environments, often under time-sensitive conditions. Her engagement with these firms is characterized by sustained, repeat-order dynamics, indicating established trust and performance reliability. Shockley’s procurement activity shows no use of socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of her supported acquisitions conducted under full and open competition. This reflects a mission-driven emphasis on speed, scalability, and global vendor availability over socioeconomic targeting, consistent with the urgent and standardized nature of garrison infrastructure needs. Her primary NAICS focus is 532111 (Passenger Car Rental), which in this context likely represents a misclassification or broad categorization encompassing vehicle and equipment leasing services essential to mobility, logistics, and installation support operations. This specialization underscores her expertise in procuring mobility assets and ancillary support equipment critical to sustaining Army community operations overseas.