Eriko Nakazato

Eriko Nakazato serves as a Contract Specialist within Navfacsyscom Far East, supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to sustain and modernize critical infrastructure across the Indo-Pacific region. She manages the full lifecycle of construction contracts, from solicitation and source selection to award and closeout, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations and mission-driven objectives. Her portfolio is exclusively focused on commercial and institutional building construction, enabling the delivery of resilient, mission-critical facilities for U.S. Navy and Marine Corps installations. Nakazato plays a pivotal role in translating operational requirements into legally sound, technically robust procurement actions that align with the agency’s priorities in base operating support and infrastructure resilience. She maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of established contractors, including KANAGAWA NABCO PTY. LTD., MCKENZIE CONSTRUCTION & SITE DEVELOPMENT LLC, PAE DESIGN AND FACILITY MANAGEMENT, and ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE CORPORATION. These partnerships reflect a preference for experienced, performance-driven firms with proven track records in complex, geographically dispersed construction environments. Nakazato’s procurement approach emphasizes contractor reliability, technical competency, and adherence to environmental and safety standards, fostering long-term collaboration over transactional engagements. Nakazato’s contracting activity reflects a 100% preference for full and open competition, with no set-asides designated for 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or other socioeconomic categories. This pattern underscores a strategic focus on maximizing technical capability and schedule certainty in high-priority, mission-critical infrastructure projects, where specialized expertise and regional presence are paramount. Her primary NAICS specialization is 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction), encompassing new construction, renovation, and facility upgrades for military housing, command centers, training facilities, and utility infrastructure. She possesses deep expertise in procuring integrated construction services, including site development, mechanical and electrical systems, and environmental compliance measures essential to forward-deployed operations.