Cheryl Grimes

Cheryl Grimes serves as a key procurement lead within the W072 Endist Huntington office of the Department of the Army, overseeing the acquisition of civil engineering, facility maintenance, and infrastructure modernization services critical to sustaining military installations nationwide. Her role centers on managing complex contracts for water control systems, transportation corridors, and operational facility upgrades, ensuring compliance with Army Corps of Engineers standards and federal acquisition regulations. She routinely handles task orders under indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) vehicles and performance-based service contracts, prioritizing long-term operational resilience and environmental stewardship in all procurement actions. Grimes maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of contractors including MPR Associates, Inc., STANTEC Consulting Services Inc., McKenzie Construction & Site Development LLC, Brannon Contracting & Maintenance Services, LLC, and Lewis Gianola PLLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for firms with proven expertise in civil infrastructure, structural rehabilitation, and environmental compliance. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance metrics, lifecycle cost analysis, and contractor past performance evaluations, fostering collaborative, mission-aligned vendor relationships grounded in technical competence and regulatory adherence. A strong advocate for small business participation, Grimes directs 83.3% of her acquisitions toward Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, consistently prioritizing small disadvantaged, HUBZone, and service-disabled veteran-owned firms. Her socioeconomic contracting patterns demonstrate a deliberate strategy to broaden vendor diversity while maintaining high standards of technical delivery, aligning with Department of Defense mandates to enhance small business access to federal infrastructure contracts. Her primary NAICS focus areas include 336611 (Ship Building and Repairing), 811310 (Commercial and Industrial Machinery Repair), 333996 (Fluid Power Pump Manufacturing), 332312 (Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing), and 331222 (Steel Wire Drawing), reflecting a technical emphasis on mechanical systems, structural components, and specialized industrial equipment integral to military facility sustainment. Her expertise lies in procuring engineered solutions for corrosion control, hydraulic systems, and metal fabrication services that support the Army’s long-term infrastructure modernization goals.