Bernadette Hughes

Bernadette Hughes serves as a key procurement lead within the W076 Endist Little Rock office of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, overseeing the acquisition of essential infrastructure and environmental services to sustain public access to federal water resource and recreation sites across Arkansas. Her responsibilities center on managing task orders and indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts for operational support services critical to maintaining Army-managed lakes, reservoirs, and recreational facilities. She routinely handles service-based acquisitions under FAR Part 12 and Part 37, ensuring compliance with federal standards for environmental stewardship, public safety, and facility readiness. Hughes maintains strong, ongoing relationships with a core group of contractors including Pegasus Support Services LLC, BL Harbert International LLC, RLC LLC, Boh Environmental, L.L.C., and Endeavor Initial Outfitting, LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for experienced vendors capable of delivering integrated landscaping, janitorial, waste management, and light construction services across diverse, geographically dispersed sites. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, continuous service delivery, and vendor accountability under performance work statements (PWS) and statement of objectives (SOO). A defining feature of Hughes’ procurement strategy is her robust commitment to small business participation, with over 85% of her acquisitions structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. She consistently prioritizes small business eligibility, with notable utilization of women-owned small businesses and a targeted but limited focus on SBA-certified Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Businesses (EDWOSB). Her contracting patterns reflect a deliberate effort to expand economic opportunity within the regional small business community. Her primary technical focus lies in NAICS 561730 (Landscaping Services) and 561720 (Janitorial Services), which together account for more than half of her portfolio. She also manages specialized acquisitions in solid waste collection (562111) and facilities support services (561210), demonstrating deep expertise in environmental operations and public facility maintenance. Her domain knowledge ensures that contracted services align with federal sustainability goals and Army environmental compliance requirements.