Deloris Rivers

Deloris Rivers serves as a key procurement professional within Navfacsyscom Southwest, supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to deliver resilient, mission-critical infrastructure across the Southwest region. She manages the acquisition lifecycle for facility construction and utility modernization projects, ensuring compliance with federal contracting regulations and operational readiness requirements. Her portfolio primarily encompasses commercial and institutional building construction, with secondary focus on power and communication infrastructure, aligning with the agency’s strategic priorities in sustaining aging installations and enhancing energy and water systems. She exercises full contracting authority under FAR Part 15, overseeing complex, multi-year design-build and construction management-at-risk contracts. Rivers maintains established relationships with a core group of qualified contractors, including MCKENZIE CONSTRUCTION & SITE DEVELOPMENT LLC, RSI AMENTUM ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS, L1 ENTERPRISES INCORPORATED, KIEWIT INFRASTRUCTURE WEST CO., and Boh Environmental, L.L.C. These partnerships reflect a preference for experienced, pre-qualified firms with demonstrated capabilities in military facility construction, environmental remediation, and utility system upgrades. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, rigorous technical evaluations, and contractor accountability through robust contract administration and quality assurance protocols. Her procurement strategy prioritizes open competition, with 75% of acquisitions issued as no set-aside, while maintaining a consistent 25% allocation to Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. This balanced approach ensures access to qualified small businesses without compromising technical or schedule requirements. She actively promotes socioeconomic inclusion by targeting small business participation in construction and environmental services, fostering a diverse vendor base that meets the agency’s high-performance standards. Her primary NAICS focus is 236220 for commercial and institutional building construction, encompassing barracks, administrative facilities, and training centers, with 25% directed toward 237130 for power line and communication infrastructure. She specializes in procurements requiring integrated design-build delivery, sustainable building practices, and compliance with DoD energy and environmental mandates, demonstrating deep expertise in military construction standards and facility lifecycle management.