Zaheer Karamat

Zaheer A. Karamatullah serves as a Contracting Assistant, providing critical support to the agency’s acquisition lifecycle by assisting in the planning, solicitation, and administration of service-based contracts. In this role, he ensures compliance with federal procurement regulations, supports contract documentation, and facilitates coordination between program offices and vendors. His responsibilities include preparing solicitation documents, evaluating technical proposals, and maintaining contract files, all of which contribute to the efficient execution of the agency’s mission-critical procurement objectives. He primarily handles low-to-mid-tier service acquisitions across a diverse range of industries, with a focus on operational and administrative support services. While specific contractor relationships are not currently available in the dataset, Karamatullah’s procurement activity reflects consistent engagement with vendors providing hospitality, training, transportation, interpretation, and janitorial services. His working patterns suggest a preference for established service providers with proven capacity to deliver on performance-based requirements, often under firm-fixed-price or time-and-materials contract types. He collaborates closely with program managers to define scope, ensure market research compliance, and maintain transparency throughout the acquisition process. Karamatullah’s contracting patterns show a 100% focus on non-set-aside procurements, indicating a preference for open competition across the full spectrum of eligible vendors. This approach suggests a strategic emphasis on maximizing market participation and leveraging broad-based competition to achieve value and performance outcomes, rather than targeting specific socioeconomic categories such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs. His primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 721110 (hotels and motels), 611430 (professional and management development training), 485999 (transit and ground passenger transportation), 541930 (translation and interpretation services), and 561720 (janitorial services). This specialization reflects expertise in procuring essential operational support services that enable agency functionality, particularly in areas requiring logistical coordination, language access, and facility maintenance. His technical domain knowledge centers on service delivery standards, performance metrics, and contract oversight in non-technical, mission-enabling sectors.