Darlene Griggs

Darlene Griggs serves as a key procurement professional within Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Southeast (NAVFACSE), supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to deliver resilient, mission-critical infrastructure across the southeastern U.S. and overseas operational areas. She manages the acquisition lifecycle for commercial and institutional construction projects, utilities, and base operations support services, ensuring alignment with DoD standards for facility readiness and sustainability. Her work directly enables naval force projection by securing high-quality construction and maintenance solutions that meet stringent technical and regulatory requirements. Griggs maintains consistent contracting relationships with leading federal construction contractors including BL Harbert International LLC, Walsh Federal LLC, Sauer Construction, LLC, McKenzie Construction & Site Development LLC, and Kira Aviation Services LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for experienced, full-service contractors capable of executing complex civil works, facility upgrades, and aviation support infrastructure. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, integrated project delivery, and contractor accountability across design-build and construction management at-risk contract types. All of Griggs’ acquisitions are conducted under full and open competition, with no set-asides designated for 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or other socioeconomic programs. This reflects a strategic focus on maximizing competition among qualified large and mid-tier firms with proven capabilities in defense-related construction and facility operations, rather than socioeconomic targeting. Her procurement activity is exclusively aligned with NAICS 111998—All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming—which appears to be a data anomaly or misclassification. Given Navfacsyscom Southeast’s core mission in infrastructure development, this classification is inconsistent with the agency’s actual portfolio of construction, utilities, and base support services. It is likely a system-level misattribution, and her true technical domain centers on facility construction, civil engineering, and installation support services critical to naval readiness.