Brenda W Smith

Brenda W. Smith serves as a Contract Specialist within NAVFACSYSCOM Atlantic, where she plays a pivotal role in executing complex facility and infrastructure acquisition programs critical to sustaining U.S. Navy operations across the Atlantic region and overseas installations. Her responsibilities include managing the full lifecycle of professional services contracts, from requirement validation and market research to source selection, contract award, and administration. She specializes in engineering and technical services that support the modernization of naval bases, shipyards, and expeditionary facilities, with a focus on mission-critical infrastructure resilience, including power, water, and munitions handling systems. Her acquisitions are primarily performance-based, utilizing firm-fixed-price and cost-reimbursement contract types to ensure technical compliance and operational readiness. Brenda maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of prime contractors including MEB General Contractors Inc., AMD International Technologies LLC, Stantec-AECOM SIOP JV, M&N-BMCD LANT SIOP JV, and Cape-Aptim JV1, LLC. These partnerships are characterized by long-term, repeat engagements on large-scale, multi-year engineering and construction support contracts. She collaborates closely with these firms to deliver integrated design-build and design-assist solutions, emphasizing technical innovation, schedule adherence, and safety compliance in high-consequence environments. Brenda’s procurement portfolio reflects a strict focus on full and open competition, with 100% of her awards issued without any socioeconomic set-asides. This reflects a strategic alignment with NAVFAC’s mission to prioritize technical capability and operational urgency over socioeconomic preferences, ensuring access to the most qualified firms capable of delivering complex infrastructure solutions under demanding timelines. Her primary procurement focus is concentrated in NAICS 541330 (Engineering Services), where she procures specialized services such as civil, structural, and environmental engineering; facility condition assessments; energy and water systems design; and munitions infrastructure modernization. Her expertise lies in managing technical evaluations for engineering consultants and design firms with demonstrated experience in Department of Defense facility standards and naval construction codes.