Eartha Garrett

Eartha Garrett serves as a key procurement lead within the W2SD Endist Norfolk office of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, supporting the Department of the Army’s mission to sustain and modernize critical military infrastructure across the Eastern United States. She manages a diverse portfolio of construction and facility support contracts, with a primary focus on heavy civil engineering and institutional building projects that enhance operational readiness and force protection. Her responsibilities include soliciting, evaluating, and awarding contracts under federal acquisition regulations, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements while aligning procurements with strategic infrastructure priorities such as military housing, base modernization, and resilience upgrades. Garrett maintains strong, recurring relationships with leading contractors including Clark Construction Group LLC, Sawyer Services Inc, Vanar Eastern JV1, LLC, and Ritz Construction Inc, reflecting a pattern of engagement with experienced, high-performing firms capable of delivering complex engineering and construction services. These partnerships are characterized by consistent recompetition and performance-based contract management, indicating a preference for vendors with proven track records in military-grade infrastructure delivery. Her procurement strategy demonstrates a robust commitment to small business participation, with over 42% of awards designated as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, and an additional 2.6% reserved for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses. While the majority of acquisitions remain open to all competitors, her consistent use of socioeconomic set-asides underscores a deliberate effort to foster broad-based industry participation and workforce development. Garrett’s technical focus centers on NAICS 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction), which accounts for more than half of her portfolio, alongside significant activity in commercial and institutional building construction (236220). She routinely procures services related to site development, structural upgrades, plumbing, HVAC systems, and janitorial support, demonstrating deep expertise in the lifecycle management of military facilities and infrastructure resilience.