Tamera S. Butler

Tamera S. Butler serves as a Contracting Officer within the W6QM Micc-ft Polk agency under the Department of the Army, where she manages the acquisition of critical life support, infrastructure, and operational services essential to sustaining military garrisons and rotational forces. Her portfolio encompasses facilities management, logistics support, and specialized training services that directly enable mission readiness and installation resilience. She executes full-cycle contracting actions under the Federal Acquisition Regulation, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements while aligning procurements with the agency’s strategic priorities of operational continuity and force preparedness. While specific contractor names are not available, Butler maintains a diverse vendor ecosystem that includes both large service providers and small businesses capable of delivering complex, mission-critical support. Her contracting patterns reflect a balanced approach to vendor engagement, fostering long-term partnerships with firms experienced in military installation operations, waste management, and facilities maintenance. She prioritizes performance-based contracting and outcome-driven requirements to ensure accountability and mission alignment. Butler demonstrates a strong commitment to socioeconomic contracting, with nearly 43% of her awards designated for small business set-asides, including 35.7% under total small business set-asides (FAR 19.5) and 7.1% competed among 8(a) participants. This reflects a deliberate strategy to expand opportunities for disadvantaged and small businesses while maintaining competitive rigor. Her contracting decisions consistently align with Department of Defense mandates to enhance small business participation across the acquisition lifecycle. Her primary NAICS focus includes miscellaneous instruction services (611699), solid waste collection (562111), and religious organizations (813110), indicating a broad scope of non-traditional but mission-enabling services. She also routinely procures facilities support services (561210) and computer facilities management (541513), demonstrating expertise in integrated operational support domains critical to sustaining Army installations. Her technical acumen spans both administrative and physical infrastructure procurement, ensuring seamless alignment between service delivery and force readiness objectives.