Sue Gerardo

Sue Gerardo serves as a Senior Contract Specialist within the Department of Defense Education Activity’s Pacific Region Office, where she plays a pivotal role in executing complex procurement actions to support K–12 educational services for military-connected students across the Indo-Pacific theater. Her responsibilities include managing the full lifecycle of acquisitions—from market research and solicitation development to contract award and administration—ensuring compliance with FAR and DFARS regulations. She specializes in procurements related to infrastructure modernization, student safety initiatives, and extracurricular program support, often coordinating with facility managers, education administrators, and logistics teams to align contracting outcomes with operational needs. While specific contractor relationships are not publicly enumerated, Gerardo maintains collaborative partnerships with a diverse range of vendors delivering facilities support, engineering services, institutional furniture, and student transportation solutions. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based contracting and clear statement of work development to ensure accountability and service quality across geographically dispersed locations. Gerardo’s contracting portfolio reflects a strong preference for open competition, with 100% of her acquisitions conducted without set-asides, indicating a focus on full and open competition rather than socioeconomic programs. This pattern suggests she prioritizes capability, capacity, and cost-effectiveness over socioeconomically targeted contracting vehicles. Her primary NAICS focus includes Facilities Support Services (561210), Engineering Services (541330), Institutional Furniture Manufacturing (337127), Bus and Motor Vehicle Transit Systems (485113), and Other Spectator Sports (711219), reflecting her involvement in procuring school furnishings, transportation logistics, facility maintenance, and extracurricular programming equipment. This technical breadth underscores her expertise in supporting holistic educational environments in remote and overseas DoDEA schools.