Bruce Okumura

Bruce Okumura serves as a Contracting Officer for W071 Endist Seattle under the Department of the Army, where he manages the acquisition of critical civil infrastructure and construction services essential to military installation resilience across the Pacific Northwest. His portfolio encompasses heavy civil engineering, facility construction, and environmental remediation projects that directly support Army readiness and infrastructure modernization. Okumura specializes in executing complex, mission-critical contracts under the Federal Acquisition Regulation, ensuring compliance with national security standards while delivering durable, high-performance facilities and systems. He routinely handles design-build, construction management, and professional services contracts requiring technical oversight and rigorous performance metrics. Okumura maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of experienced contractors including RDC JPA Architecture, FinCantieri Marine Repair LLC, Walsh Federal LLC, Absher Construction Co., and Big River Construction Inc. These partnerships reflect a preference for vendors with proven expertise in military-grade construction, marine infrastructure, and federal compliance. His procurement approach emphasizes contractor reliability, past performance, and technical capability, fostering long-term collaboration with firms that demonstrate operational excellence in challenging environments such as coastal, hydraulic, and remediation-sensitive sites. His set-aside preferences reflect a primary focus on open competition, with 76.9% of awards issued without socioeconomic set-asides. When set-asides are utilized, 8(a) competed contracts account for 19.2%, while total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5 represent 3.9%. This pattern indicates a strategic balance between maximizing competition and selectively advancing small business participation, particularly for firms with specialized capabilities in heavy construction and environmental services. Okumura’s procurement activity is heavily concentrated in NAICS 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction), followed by 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction) and 562910 (Remediation Services). He frequently procures services related to structural construction, hydraulic infrastructure, and hazardous material abatement, demonstrating deep expertise in federal construction procurement and environmental compliance frameworks.