Adelaide Keoppel

Adelaide Keoppel serves as a key procurement lead for the Old Colony Beach Club Association, overseeing the acquisition of critical wastewater infrastructure and coastal resilience assets. In this role, she manages the full lifecycle of contracts for sanitary sewer systems, force mains, pump stations, and shoreline stabilization projects, ensuring compliance with state environmental regulations and public health standards. Her procurement activities are central to the agency’s mission of modernizing aging coastal infrastructure to enhance community resilience and environmental sustainability. She handles complex, technically driven acquisitions requiring specialized engineering expertise and adherence to federal and state water quality mandates. Keoppel maintains a broad network of qualified contractors specializing in civil engineering, hydraulic infrastructure, and environmental remediation. While no single vendor dominates her award portfolio, she consistently engages firms with demonstrated experience in municipal wastewater systems, pump station retrofits, and reinforced concrete construction for coastal applications. Her contracting approach prioritizes technical capability, past performance in similar coastal environments, and adherence to EPA and Connecticut DEEP compliance standards, fostering long-term partnerships with vendors who understand the unique challenges of waterfront infrastructure. Keoppel’s procurement strategy reflects a strong preference for open competition, with 100% of her acquisitions designated as “No Set-Aside.” This approach underscores a focus on technical merit and vendor capability over socioeconomic classifications, though small businesses with proven expertise in sewer system rehabilitation remain competitive participants. Her contracting patterns prioritize performance-based outcomes and lifecycle cost efficiency rather than socioeconomic set-asides. Her primary procurement focus is squarely on NAICS 221320—Sewage Treatment Facilities—encompassing design-build services, equipment procurement for lift stations, SCADA system integration, and corrosion-resistant piping systems. She possesses deep domain expertise in wastewater conveyance infrastructure, stormwater management, and environmentally sensitive construction practices along Connecticut’s shoreline, ensuring all acquisitions align with both functional requirements and ecological safeguards.