Barbara Williamson-Garris

Barbara Williamson-Garris serves as a key procurement professional within Navfacsyscom Mid-Atlantic, supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to deliver resilient, mission-critical infrastructure across Navy and Marine Corps installations in the Mid-Atlantic region. She manages a diverse portfolio of construction and facility sustainment contracts, ensuring operational readiness through the acquisition of commercial and institutional building construction, heavy civil engineering, water and sewer systems, and industrial equipment maintenance services. Her work directly enables base modernization, environmental compliance, and infrastructure resilience, aligning with the Navy’s long-term strategic goals for facility sustainment and readiness. She maintains consistent working relationships with established prime contractors including RYAN CONSTRUCTION CO INC, WEEKS-CASHMAN JV, APPLEDORE MARINE - CH2M JV, W. M. JORDAN COMPANY, INCORPORATED, and MCKENZIE CONSTRUCTION & SITE DEVELOPMENT LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for experienced, full-service contractors capable of delivering complex, multi-disciplinary projects under tight operational timelines. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, integrated project delivery, and stringent compliance with federal construction standards. While the majority of her acquisitions are unrestricted, she consistently allocates 20% of contract opportunities to Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a structured commitment to small business participation without reliance on specialized socioeconomic programs like 8(a) or HUBZone. Her procurement patterns reflect a balanced approach that prioritizes capability and capacity while fostering competition among qualified small firms. Her technical focus centers on NAICS 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction), with significant activity in water and sewer line construction (237110), other heavy civil engineering (237990), and commercial machinery repair (811310). She specializes in procuring services that support base infrastructure modernization, utility system upgrades, and facility maintenance, requiring deep familiarity with DoD construction codes, environmental regulations, and military installation constraints.