Carla A. Echols

Carla A. Echols serves as a key procurement professional within Navfacsyscom Washington, supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to deliver resilient, mission-critical infrastructure across the Pacific Northwest and beyond. She manages a focused portfolio of construction and facilities support acquisitions, primarily overseeing commercial and institutional building projects under NAICS 236220. Her role involves end-to-end contract execution—from requirements development and solicitation to award and administration—ensuring alignment with naval readiness goals and federal acquisition regulations. Echols plays a vital part in translating strategic facility modernization priorities into actionable contracting actions that sustain and enhance naval operational capabilities. Echols maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of established contractors, including Clark Construction Group LLC, Summer Consultants, Inc., and BKM Prime AE SB JV, LLC, who provide integrated design-build, engineering, and construction management services. Her procurement patterns reflect a preference for collaborative, performance-based partnerships with firms possessing proven expertise in federal facility construction. She also engages Indian Township Sanchez Group, LLC, demonstrating a deliberate effort to incorporate tribal enterprise capabilities into the agency’s supply chain. These relationships are characterized by repeat engagements and a focus on quality, compliance, and timely delivery. Echols demonstrates a balanced commitment to small business participation, with equal portions of her portfolio allocated to total small business set-asides and no set-aside competitions, while also actively utilizing 8(a) competed contracts. This pattern underscores a strategic approach to fostering socioeconomic diversity in federal construction contracting without compromising competition or capability. Her contracting decisions consistently prioritize certified small businesses, particularly those in the 8(a) program, reflecting a strong alignment with federal socioeconomic goals and the Department of the Navy’s inclusion initiatives. Her technical expertise is narrowly focused on NAICS 236220, encompassing the design, construction, and renovation of military barracks, administrative buildings, and institutional facilities. She specializes in procuring integrated construction services that meet stringent DoN standards for energy efficiency, sustainability, and operational resilience, ensuring all projects support long-term naval infrastructure modernization objectives.