Deborah Oswalt

Deborah Oswalt serves as the primary procurement lead for W076 Endist Little Rock, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers facility under the Department of the Army responsible for sustaining infrastructure and environmental services at federal water resource and recreation sites across Arkansas. She manages a diverse portfolio of acquisitions centered on facilities support, light construction, and environmental operations, ensuring mission-critical services such as landscaping, janitorial operations, waste management, and minor civil works are delivered in compliance with federal contracting regulations. Her role is pivotal in aligning procurement strategy with the agency’s operational needs, emphasizing reliability, sustainability, and public access to federally managed recreational assets. Oswalt maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of contractors including Pegasus Support Services LLC, BL Harbert International LLC, RLC LLC, Boh Environmental, L.L.C., and Endeavor Initial Outfitting, LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for vendors with demonstrated expertise in integrated facilities management, environmental remediation, and light construction services. Her contracting approach prioritizes long-term performance, operational continuity, and technical proficiency, fostering collaborative vendor relationships that support the agency’s mission of maintaining high-standard public infrastructure. A strong advocate for small business participation, Oswalt consistently structures procurements to maximize small business set-asides, with 78.6% of her awards designated under FAR 19.5 total small business set-asides. This reflects a deliberate and sustained commitment to socioeconomic contracting goals, ensuring opportunities for small, disadvantaged, and community-based firms to contribute to critical federal operations. Her pattern of set-aside usage underscores a strategic alignment with Army-wide initiatives to broaden vendor diversity and strengthen local economic impact. Her procurement focus is concentrated in NAICS 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction) and 561210 (Facilities Support Services), each accounting for one-third of her portfolio, followed by 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction). She routinely acquires services related to site maintenance, waste collection, and water infrastructure support, demonstrating deep technical familiarity with the operational demands of managing federal recreation and water resource sites.