Derrick Clark

Derrick Clark serves as an Administrative Contract Manager for the Engineering & Construction Department within the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission in Maryland. In this capacity, he supports the agency’s procurement mission to maintain, expand, and modernize critical water and sewer infrastructure. His role involves managing administrative aspects of the contracting lifecycle to ensure the successful delivery of projects related to water distribution and wastewater conveyance systems. The agency’s procurement landscape is centered on the planning, design, and construction of resilient public utility infrastructure. Vendors active at this agency are primarily engaged in large-scale engineering and civil works projects designed to safeguard public health and environmental sustainability through the management of aging infrastructure. The agency currently demonstrates a procurement pattern characterized by a lack of set-aside preferences, with 100% of its contracting activity categorized under no set-aside designations. This indicates a focus on full and open competition for its primary requirements. The agency’s industrial focus is highly specialized, with 100% of its procurement activity concentrated in NAICS code 541330, Engineering Services. Consequently, the technical domain expertise required for their acquisitions involves professional engineering services essential for the design and modernization of complex water and wastewater systems.