Dorretta J Calhoun-battles

Dorretta J. Calhoun-Battles serves as a key procurement lead within the W072 Endist Detroit office under the Department of the Army, overseeing the acquisition of civil engineering and infrastructure support services critical to military logistics and environmental resilience. Her work centers on the design, construction, and maintenance of waterways, harbors, breakwaters, and dredging systems, ensuring the operational readiness of inland navigation and coastal defense infrastructure. She manages a diverse portfolio of contracts under the Federal Acquisition Regulation, primarily focused on heavy civil construction and related environmental engineering services, coordinating with engineers and project managers to align procurement with strategic Army Corps of Engineers priorities. She maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of specialized contractors including KOONTZ ELECTRIC COMPANY, INCORPORATED, STRATUS SECURITY MANAGEMENT INC, MORRISH-WALLACE CONSTRUCTION, INC., GREAT LAKES DOCK AND MATERIALS, L.L.C., and TOGIAK MANAGEMENT SERVICES LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for firms with proven expertise in marine construction, security integration, and heavy civil works, indicating a pattern of awarding task orders to vendors with established technical capabilities and regional experience in Great Lakes and inland waterway environments. Her contracting approach prioritizes open competition, with 66.7% of awards issued without set-asides, yet she actively supports small business participation through Total Small Business Set-Asides (25.0%), as well as targeted opportunities for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned and HUBZone small businesses (4.2% each), demonstrating a balanced commitment to socioeconomic goals alongside mission-critical delivery. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction), with significant activity also in crushed stone mining (212312, 212319), landscaping (561730), and power line construction (237130). This reflects deep technical expertise in sourcing materials and services for large-scale infrastructure projects involving dredging, shoreline stabilization, and environmental mitigation, aligning procurement with the Army’s civil works mission.