Olivia D. Barksdale

Olivia D. Barksdale serves as a Contract Specialist within the Commanding General’s office under the Department of the Navy, where she plays a pivotal role in executing mission-critical acquisitions that sustain naval and marine operational readiness. She manages a diverse portfolio of contracts for maintenance, logistics, and specialized support services essential to combat systems, mobility assets, and expeditionary infrastructure. Her work ensures the reliability of equipment across both garrison and deployed environments, aligning procurement actions with strategic readiness goals and federal acquisition regulations. Barksdale specializes in service-based acquisitions requiring technical precision and lifecycle support planning. She maintains consistent working relationships with key contractors including MANCON LLC, GEMINI TECH SERVICES LLC, CHEMBLE SOLUTIONS, LLC, MICROTECHNOLOGIES LLC, and SAELIG COMPANY, INC., many of which provide niche technical services in equipment repair, mission-critical logistics, and specialized instrumentation. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for established vendors with proven capabilities in defense-support environments, fostering long-term partnerships grounded in performance reliability and compliance with military specifications. Barksdale demonstrates a strong commitment to small business participation, with 45.3% of her awards structured as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, reflecting a deliberate effort to expand opportunities for small businesses in defense-related services. While no specific socioeconomic set-asides dominate her portfolio, her consistent use of small business set-asides signals a strategic alignment with DoD goals to enhance competition and vendor diversity. Her primary procurement focus centers on NAICS 811310 (commercial and industrial machinery repair and maintenance), followed by NAICS 511210 (software publishing) and NAICS 811219 (other personal and household goods repair and maintenance). She routinely acquires technical maintenance services, mission-enabling software tools, training solutions under NAICS 611430, and specialized local freight services under NAICS 484220, demonstrating deep expertise in sustaining complex military equipment through integrated service contracts.