Tara Dossiema

SSgt Tara Dossiema serves as a contracting specialist within the Department of the Air Force’s FA4484 87 Cons Pk organization, where she plays a critical role in securing maintenance, construction, and technical services essential to sustaining air base infrastructure and operational readiness. Her responsibilities include managing the full lifecycle of procurement actions—from solicitation through contract award and administration—for mission-critical facilities and utilities. She specializes in acquisitions supporting facility modernization, environmental compliance, and infrastructure resilience, ensuring alignment with Air Force readiness standards and federal contracting regulations. Dossiema maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of experienced contractors, including PAETZOLD CONSTRUCTION CO INC, SEQUOIA CONSTRUCTION INCORPORATED, RANCO CONSTRUCTION INC, THE PASSANANTE GROUP, LLC, and XENTURIS LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for firms with demonstrated expertise in commercial and industrial construction, mechanical systems, and specialized maintenance services. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based contracting, leveraging past performance and technical capability evaluations to ensure mission-critical outcomes. She exhibits a strong commitment to small business participation, with 58.3% of her acquisitions set aside for small businesses under FAR 19.5, reflecting a deliberate strategy to expand economic opportunity within the defense industrial base. While no specific socioeconomic set-asides (e.g., 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB) are dominant, her portfolio consistently prioritizes small business eligibility, aligning with Air Force directives to enhance competition and resilience in the supply chain. Her primary procurement focus centers on NAICS 221320 (sewage treatment facilities), 811310 (commercial and industrial machinery repair), and 621330 (mental health practitioner offices), indicating a diverse portfolio that includes utility infrastructure, facility maintenance systems, and support services for installation personnel. This blend of technical domains underscores her expertise in managing complex, multi-disciplinary contracts that support both physical infrastructure and human operational readiness.