Ayako Yonashiro

Ayako Yonashiro serves as a key procurement professional within Navfacsyscom Far East, supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to sustain and modernize critical infrastructure across the Indo-Pacific region. Responsible for managing complex acquisition programs, she specializes in contracting for environmental remediation and facility support services essential to operational readiness. Her work ensures that U.S. Navy and Marine Corps installations maintain compliant, resilient, and mission-critical utilities and waste management systems, aligning with strategic priorities in energy resilience and environmental stewardship. She routinely handles task orders and indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts under the Federal Acquisition Regulation, with a focus on technical and regulatory compliance in high-priority theater locations. Yonashiro maintains long-standing relationships with a core group of experienced contractors, including KANAGAWA NABCO PTY. LTD., MCKENZIE CONSTRUCTION & SITE DEVELOPMENT LLC, PAE DESIGN AND FACILITY MANAGEMENT, and ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE CORPORATION. These partnerships reflect a preference for vendors with proven expertise in hazardous waste handling, site remediation, and integrated facility services across austere and forward-deployed environments. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, contractor accountability, and sustained operational support, fostering collaborative relationships grounded in technical proficiency and regulatory adherence. Her procurement portfolio is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic emphasis on selecting the most qualified and capable providers based on technical merit and mission alignment, rather than socioeconomic classifications. While small business participation is not formally targeted through set-asides, her contracting decisions consistently prioritize vendors with demonstrated capability in complex, high-stakes environmental and infrastructure domains. Yonashiro’s primary focus lies in NAICS 562211 (Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal), accounting for two-thirds of her acquisitions, and NAICS 561210 (Facilities Support Services). She procures specialized services including soil and groundwater remediation, chemical waste management, asbestos abatement, and integrated base operations support, requiring deep technical knowledge of EPA and DoD environmental standards. Her expertise centers on mission-critical environmental compliance and infrastructure sustainment in theater-constrained environments.