Daina R. Black

Daina R. Black serves as a Contract Specialist within the W076 Endist Ft Worth office under the Department of the Army, responsible for managing the full lifecycle of procurement actions to sustain and modernize military infrastructure across the continental United States. She executes complex acquisitions for construction, engineering, and facility support services aligned with the agency’s mission to ensure safe, compliant, and mission-ready installations. Her portfolio primarily involves competitive sealed bidding and negotiated contracts under FAR Part 14 and Part 15, with a focus on delivering high-quality, timely outcomes for barracks modernization, grounds maintenance, and institutional facility upgrades. Black maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of established contractors, including M.A. Mortenson Company, Federal Contracting Inc, and Cerris Builders, Inc., who provide specialized expertise in commercial and institutional construction and engineering services. These partnerships are characterized by long-term reliability, technical proficiency, and adherence to DoD compliance standards. While she collaborates with large primes for complex, multi-disciplinary projects, she also actively engages smaller firms to support task order execution and niche service delivery. Her procurement strategy reflects a balanced commitment to socioeconomic objectives, with over 40% of her awards directed toward small business set-asides, including 31.6% total small business set-asides and 10.5% 8(a) competed contracts. This demonstrates a deliberate effort to foster vendor diversity and expand opportunities for disadvantaged businesses while maintaining rigorous performance standards. Black’s technical focus centers on NAICS 541330 (Engineering Services), which accounts for nearly 70% of her acquisitions, followed by 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction). She routinely procures design-build, professional engineering, surveying, and infrastructure construction services, demonstrating deep expertise in facility lifecycle management and integrated project delivery models within the military construction domain.