Carla E Echols

Carla E. Echols serves as a Contract Specialist for NAVFACSYSCOM Northwest, where she plays a pivotal role in executing mission-critical procurement actions to support naval infrastructure across the Pacific Northwest. Responsible for managing the full lifecycle of construction and engineering contracts, she ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations while advancing the agency’s strategic priorities in shipyard modernization, environmental remediation, and energy resilience. Her acquisitions primarily involve heavy civil engineering projects, including waterfront facilities, utility systems, and infrastructure upgrades essential to naval readiness. Echols works closely with program managers and technical experts to translate operational needs into enforceable contract requirements, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality, mission-supporting assets. Echols maintains longstanding relationships with core contractors including Contrack Watts Inc., Absher Construction Co., and Environmental Assessment Services, LLC, all of whom consistently deliver complex civil engineering and environmental services. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, with a preference for firms possessing proven experience in naval facility work and environmental compliance. These partnerships are characterized by collaborative pre-solicitation engagement, clear performance metrics, and rigorous contract administration to ensure adherence to safety, sustainability, and regulatory standards. Echols’ procurement portfolio reflects a consistent preference for full and open competition, with 100% of her awards issued under no set-aside status. While she does not currently utilize socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs, her focus remains on selecting the most technically qualified and capable vendors to meet stringent naval infrastructure demands, ensuring mission success through competitive, merit-based award decisions. Her primary procurement focus lies within NAICS 237990, Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction, encompassing large-scale infrastructure projects such as dredging, seawall construction, stormwater management, and hazardous material abatement. She specializes in procuring services requiring advanced engineering expertise, environmental permitting, and federal regulatory coordination, demonstrating deep domain knowledge in naval facility sustainment and infrastructure modernization.