Dustin Smith

Dustin Smith serves as a key procurement lead within the W071 Endist Seattle office of the Department of the Army, overseeing complex civil infrastructure and construction acquisitions critical to military installation resilience across the Pacific Northwest. His responsibilities include managing the full lifecycle of contracts for heavy civil engineering, facility modernization, and environmental remediation projects, ensuring alignment with Army engineering standards and national defense priorities. He routinely handles high-stakes, mission-critical procurements under FAR Part 36, with a focus on design-build, construction management, and integrated service contracts that support long-term infrastructure sustainability. Smith maintains strong working relationships with a core group of experienced contractors, including RDC JPA Architecture, FinCantieri Marine Repair LLC, Walsh Federal LLC, Absher Construction Co., and Big River Construction Inc. These partnerships reflect a preference for firms with proven expertise in maritime, hydraulic, and heavy civil construction, often leveraging repeat performance and past performance evaluations to ensure mission success. His contracting approach emphasizes technical competency, safety compliance, and schedule reliability, fostering long-term vendor collaboration grounded in accountability and performance-based outcomes. His procurement portfolio reflects a balanced commitment to socioeconomic goals, with the majority of awards issued as open competitions (66.7%), while consistently allocating significant portions to small business set-asides—particularly Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (12.5%) and Total Small Business Set-Asides (16.7%). Though 8(a) participation is modest, his pattern demonstrates intentional inclusion of verified small and veteran-owned firms within the competitive landscape. Smith’s technical focus centers on NAICS 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction) and 541330 (Engineering Services), with substantial activity in coastal infrastructure, hydraulic structures, and institutional building construction. He routinely procures services related to structural rehabilitation, flood control systems, utility upgrades, and environmental restoration, demonstrating deep domain expertise in mission-critical civil engineering solutions for military installations.