Catharine Keeling

Catharine Keeling serves as a key procurement professional within Navfacsyscom Mid-Atlantic, supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to deliver resilient, mission-critical infrastructure across Navy and Marine Corps installations in the Mid-Atlantic region. She manages a diverse portfolio of construction and engineering contracts, focusing on the planning, design, and execution of facilities that sustain operational readiness. Her acquisitions span heavy civil engineering, building construction, and utility systems, ensuring compliance with federal contracting regulations while advancing infrastructure modernization and environmental sustainability goals. Keeling maintains strong, recurring relationships with established contractors including RYAN CONSTRUCTION CO INC, WEEKS-CASHMAN JV, APPLEDORE MARINE - CH2M JV, W. M. JORDAN COMPANY, INCORPORATED, and MCKENZIE CONSTRUCTION & SITE DEVELOPMENT LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for experienced firms capable of delivering complex, multi-disciplinary projects under stringent military standards. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, risk mitigation, and contractor accountability across high-stakes construction environments. A pronounced commitment to small business participation defines her socioeconomic strategy, with 60% of her acquisitions structured as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, and an additional 10% allocated to 8(a) competed contracts. This pattern underscores a deliberate effort to foster economic opportunity within the defense supply chain while ensuring competitive, qualified vendor participation. Her contracting practices consistently prioritize small business engagement across multiple socioeconomic categories. Her technical focus centers on NAICS 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction), which accounts for half of her portfolio, followed by plumbing, heating, and air-conditioning systems (238220). She also procures commercial and institutional construction services (236220) and engineering design support (541330), demonstrating deep expertise in integrated infrastructure development for military installations. Her work ensures that facilities meet operational, safety, and sustainability requirements for enduring naval readiness.