Evelyn D. Durham

Evelyn D. Durham serves as a key procurement lead within the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center’s Glynco Procurement Office, where she manages strategic acquisitions critical to modernizing federal law enforcement training infrastructure. Her responsibilities encompass the end-to-end procurement of mission-critical technology, facility upgrades, and operational support services that directly enhance training readiness and physical infrastructure. She routinely oversees contracts for computer systems, communications equipment, and specialized training hardware, ensuring alignment with federal standards for security, reliability, and interoperability across federal law enforcement agencies. Durham maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of vendors including Diversified Fabricators & Erectors, Inc., Range Cleaners Inc., Builders Supply Inc., Reynolds-Warren Equipment Company, Inc., and Contender Boats Inc. These partnerships reflect a focus on specialized industrial fabrication, facility maintenance, equipment supply, and maritime training assets. Her contracting approach emphasizes long-term vendor reliability, technical competency, and performance-based delivery, often leveraging firm-fixed-price and cost-reimbursement contract types suited to complex, mission-sensitive requirements. While the majority of her acquisitions are conducted under full and open competition, Durham demonstrates a strong commitment to small business participation, with nearly 30% of awards structured as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. Her contracting patterns reflect a deliberate effort to engage qualified small businesses without reliance on specialized socioeconomic programs like 8(a) or HUBZone, favoring broad-based small business eligibility to ensure competitive, responsive sourcing. Her primary procurement focus centers on NAICS 423430 for computer and peripheral equipment wholesaling, with significant activity in custom programming services (541511) and communications equipment manufacturing (334290). This reflects deep expertise in procuring integrated training systems, secure data infrastructure, and specialized detection and communication technologies essential for modern law enforcement curriculum delivery.