Alice Mende

Alice Mende serves as a key procurement professional within Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Hawaii, supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to sustain and modernize critical military infrastructure across the Hawaiian Islands. She manages a diverse portfolio of professional services and facility-related acquisitions, primarily focused on engineering and architectural design, environmental systems, and IT-enabled facility operations. Her work directly enables operational readiness by ensuring that naval installations meet rigorous standards for resilience, energy efficiency, and mission continuity. Mende oversees the full lifecycle of contract actions—from requirements development through award and administration—ensuring alignment with federal acquisition regulations and NAVFAC’s strategic infrastructure priorities. She maintains consistent working relationships with primary contractors GMB INC and KAPULE LLC, both of which provide specialized engineering, construction support, and facility maintenance services. These partnerships reflect a preference for established, technically capable vendors with proven experience in military infrastructure environments. Mende’s contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, technical compliance, and long-term service reliability, fostering collaborative, trust-based vendor relationships grounded in accountability and mission alignment. Her procurement patterns show a strong preference for open competition, with 91.4% of awards issued without set-aside restrictions, reflecting a focus on technical merit and capability over socioeconomic classifications. While small business participation remains a secondary priority at 8.6%, it is consistently channeled through Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, indicating a measured but intentional commitment to broadening vendor participation without compromising mission-critical delivery. Mende’s primary technical focus lies in NAICS 541330 (Engineering Services) and 541310 (Architectural Services), which together account for over 60% of her acquisitions. She also procures specialized environmental control systems and custom computer programming services to support facility automation and digital infrastructure. Her expertise centers on integrated facility design, energy resilience, and mission-critical systems integration, ensuring naval installations remain operationally viable in austere and high-demand environments.