Natalia Lerma

Natalia Lerma serves as a Contract Specialist within the W6QM Micc-ft Bliss organization under the Department of the Army, where she manages the acquisition lifecycle for critical infrastructure projects essential to sustaining Fort Bliss’s operational readiness. Her responsibilities include planning, soliciting, awarding, and administering contracts for construction, facility maintenance, and utilities support, ensuring compliance with federal procurement regulations and mission-driven outcomes. She specializes in complex, multi-year service and construction contracts that directly impact military installation resilience, with a focus on roofing, electrical systems, and specialty trade contracting under FAR Part 36. Lerma maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of established contractors including Federal Roofing and Construction Company LLC, All American AA LLC, C. Ortiz, Corp, Globe Builders, Inc., and Pioneer Roofing and Construction LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for experienced, vertically integrated specialty contractors capable of delivering high-quality, code-compliant work in demanding military environments. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, rigorous contractor evaluation, and long-term reliability over low-bid strategies, fostering trust and accountability in mission-critical infrastructure delivery. A strong advocate for socioeconomic inclusion, Lerma prioritizes small business participation through targeted set-asides, with over 55% of her awards designated for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses and more than 21% allocated to HUBZone firms. She actively leverages the 8(a) program and Women-Owned Small Business categories to broaden vendor diversity, consistently aligning her contracting decisions with Department of Defense mandates to promote equitable access and economic opportunity within the defense industrial base. Her procurement portfolio is dominated by NAICS 237310 (Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction) and 238160 (Roofing Contractors), reflecting deep expertise in civil infrastructure and envelope systems. She routinely manages contracts for electrical installations, specialty trade work, and commercial building construction, demonstrating technical fluency in building codes, life-cycle cost analysis, and performance specifications critical to maintaining safe, resilient military facilities.