Starla Kalb

Starla Kalb serves as a key procurement lead within the W6QM MICC-FDO Ft Hood, supporting the Department of the Army’s mission to sustain and modernize critical garrison infrastructure at Fort Hood. She manages a diverse portfolio of acquisitions focused on facility maintenance, electronic systems repair, and mission-critical engineering services, ensuring installation readiness through timely and compliant contract execution. Her work directly enables the operational resilience of barracks, communications networks, flight line support systems, and utility infrastructure, aligning with the Army’s strategic priorities in lifecycle asset management and infrastructure modernization. Kalb maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of contractors including DTESS JV LLC, TLC SOLUTIONS, INC., GERLING & ASSOCIATES, INC., STERLING COMPUTERS CORPORATION, and GOVERNMENT ACQUISITIONS INC. These partnerships reflect a preference for established vendors with proven capabilities in technical maintenance, engineering design, and secure systems integration. Her contracting patterns emphasize reliability, technical precision, and performance-based outcomes, often leveraging long-term service agreements and task-order contracts to meet dynamic operational demands. While the majority of her acquisitions—75%—are conducted without set-asides, she consistently allocates 25% of her portfolio to Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a structured commitment to small business participation. Her approach prioritizes capability over socioeconomic designation, yet actively fosters competition among qualified small businesses in technical service sectors. Her procurement focus centers on NAICS 334517 (Irradiation Apparatus Manufacturing), 541330 (Engineering Services), and 811210 (Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance), each representing 25% of her activity. She also procures electronic computer manufacturing (334111) and security systems services (561621), reflecting deep technical expertise in maintaining and upgrading military-grade electronics, embedded systems, and physical security infrastructure essential to garrison operations.