Carrie Grimard

Carrie L. Grimard serves as a Contracting Officer for NAVFACSYSCOM Mid-Atlantic, where she plays a pivotal role in executing mission-critical construction and infrastructure acquisitions across Navy and Marine Corps installations in the Mid-Atlantic region. Responsible for full lifecycle contract management, she ensures compliance with FAR and DOD acquisition regulations while delivering resilient, combat-ready facilities and utilities. Her portfolio primarily encompasses heavy civil engineering, industrial construction, and utility modernization projects, supporting the agency’s mandate to sustain and modernize aging military infrastructure to maintain operational readiness. Grimard maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of experienced prime contractors, including Ryan Construction Co. Inc., Weeks-Cashman JV, Appledore Marine – CH2M JV, W.M. Jordan Company, Inc., and McKenzie Construction & Site Development LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for firms with proven expertise in complex, multi-disciplinary construction environments, particularly those capable of managing integrated site development, marine works, and industrial facility upgrades. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes and contractor accountability in high-stakes, mission-essential environments. Her procurement strategy prioritizes open competition, with 73.5% of awards issued without set-aside, yet she actively supports small business participation through Total Small Business Set-Asides (17.6%) and HUBZone set-asides (7.8%), alongside targeted Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business awards (1.0%). This balanced approach ensures market competition while fulfilling statutory obligations to promote socioeconomic diversity in defense contracting. Grimard’s technical focus centers on NAICS codes 113310 (Logging), 238290 (Other Building Equipment Contractors), 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction), 238210 (Electrical Contractors), and 236210 (Industrial Building Construction). She routinely procures services related to site grading, utility relocation, structural reinforcement, and specialized electrical and mechanical systems integration—demonstrating deep expertise in the technical demands of military infrastructure modernization.