Alicia K. Bounds

Alicia K. Bounds serves as a Procurement Analyst for the W07V Endist Vicksburg under the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, where she supports the planning, solicitation, and award of complex civil engineering contracts critical to national infrastructure resilience. Her role centers on managing the full lifecycle of procurement actions for heavy civil construction projects, including flood control systems, levee reinforcement, navigation channel maintenance, and dredging operations. She ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations while aligning contract vehicles with the agency’s mission to safeguard water resources and enhance regional security across the Mississippi River basin. Bounds works closely with engineering teams to translate technical requirements into enforceable contract statements of work and evaluates vendor proposals for technical merit, cost realism, and performance risk. She maintains longstanding relationships with leading civil engineering contractors including MCKENZIE CONSTRUCTION & SITE DEVELOPMENT LLC, AECOM TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC., BAIRD-STANTEC JOINT VENTURE, ARCADIS U.S., INC., and LINFIELD, HUNTER & JUNIUS, INC., consistently engaging these firms for large-scale, mission-critical infrastructure delivery. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based contracting, design-build delivery methods, and integrated project delivery models to ensure schedule adherence and technical excellence. Bounds does not utilize socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of her acquisitions awarded under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic focus on leveraging industry capacity and specialized expertise rather than socioeconomic preferences, prioritizing technical capability and past performance as primary selection criteria. Her procurement portfolio is exclusively focused on NAICS 237990—Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction—encompassing earthmoving, hydraulic structures, erosion control, and large-scale earthwork. She specializes in procuring services related to hydraulic engineering, sediment management, and structural rehabilitation, requiring deep domain knowledge in federal civil works standards and environmental compliance frameworks.