Connie May

Connie F. May serves as a key procurement professional within the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ W07V Endist Vicksburg office, supporting critical civil infrastructure and military engineering missions across the Mississippi River basin. She manages a diverse portfolio of acquisitions focused on flood control systems, navigation channel maintenance, levee construction, and dredging operations, ensuring compliance with federal contracting regulations and mission-critical timelines. Her role involves the full lifecycle management of contracts—from solicitation and evaluation to award and administration—working closely with engineering and environmental teams to align procurement strategy with technical requirements and regional resilience goals. May maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of established contractors, including MCKENZIE CONSTRUCTION & SITE DEVELOPMENT LLC, BAIRD-STANTEC JOINT VENTURE, ARCADIS U.S., INC., SOL-MERRICK JOINT VENTURE II, LLC, and LINFIELD, HUNTER & JUNIUS, INC. These partnerships reflect a preference for joint ventures and multidisciplinary firms capable of delivering complex engineering, environmental, and construction services under tight regulatory and operational constraints. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, technical rigor, and long-term operational sustainability. Her procurement strategy reflects a balanced commitment to socioeconomic goals, with approximately half of her acquisitions set aside for small businesses under FAR 19.5, and the other half open to full and open competition. While she does not prioritize specific socioeconomic categories like 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB, her consistent use of small business set-asides demonstrates a deliberate effort to foster competitive participation from qualified small firms across the construction and engineering sectors. Her primary procurement focus centers on NAICS codes related to research and development in engineering sciences, commercial machinery repair, motor and generator manufacturing, periodical publishing, and specialized technical services. These reflect a blend of engineering analysis, equipment maintenance, and technical documentation needs essential to sustaining infrastructure projects. May’s expertise lies in integrating technical specifications with regulatory compliance to procure solutions that enhance water resource resilience and operational readiness.