Christopher D. Lewis

Christopher D. Lewis serves as a key procurement lead within the W071 Endist Kansas City office of the Department of the Army, responsible for managing complex construction and engineering acquisitions that sustain and modernize critical military infrastructure. His work directly supports the Army’s operational readiness mission by overseeing contracts for civil engineering, facility maintenance, and environmental remediation projects. He handles a high-volume portfolio of firm-fixed-price and cost-reimbursement contracts under FAR Part 36, primarily focused on heavy civil construction and engineering services, ensuring compliance with federal procurement regulations and installation-specific mission requirements. Lewis maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of prime contractors, including HYDROGEOLOGIC, INC., BURNS & MCDONNELL ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC., CAPE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT INC, HGL-APTIM TECHNOLOGIES JV LLC, and ZAPATA BLACK & VEATCH JV, LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for established firms with proven expertise in environmental engineering, infrastructure rehabilitation, and large-scale construction management. His contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, technical rigor, and contractor accountability across multi-year project lifecycles. His procurement strategy is heavily skewed toward small business participation, with 93.3% of awards designated as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a strong institutional commitment to fostering economic opportunity among small, disadvantaged, and service-disabled veteran-owned enterprises. He consistently structures solicitations to maximize small business eligibility, leveraging set-aside authorities to promote competition and innovation from non-traditional defense vendors. The primary technical focus of his acquisitions centers on NAICS 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction), encompassing roadway, water/wastewater, and utility infrastructure projects. Secondary emphasis is placed on NAICS 337214 (Office Furniture Manufacturing) and NAICS 541330 (Engineering Services), indicating a need for both facility support assets and specialized technical consulting. His domain expertise lies in integrating environmental compliance, geotechnical engineering, and sustainable construction practices into Army installation modernization efforts.