Evelyn Tate

Evelyn Tate serves as a Contract Specialist within the DSC Contracting Services Division of the National Park Service, where she manages the acquisition of critical infrastructure projects essential to preserving America’s national parks. Her responsibilities include planning, soliciting, evaluating, and awarding contracts for construction and engineering services that support the rehabilitation of historic structures, modernization of utility systems, and enhancement of visitor facilities in ecologically sensitive and remote locations. She specializes in complex, mission-critical procurements governed by FAR Part 36, with a focus on design-build and construction management approaches that ensure compliance with environmental and historic preservation standards. Evelyn maintains established working relationships with leading engineering and construction firms, including AECOM Technical Services, Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, HDR Engineering, and McKenzie Construction & Site Development. These partnerships reflect a preference for firms with proven expertise in civil engineering, water and sewer infrastructure, and institutional building construction within federally managed lands. Her procurement approach emphasizes collaboration with contractors who possess deep experience in working under stringent NPS preservation guidelines and in challenging terrain. Evelyn demonstrates a strong commitment to socioeconomic contracting, with nearly three-quarters of her portfolio allocated to small business set-asides—equally split between HUBZone and Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate strategy to foster economic opportunity in underserved communities while leveraging the specialized capabilities of small, locally rooted contractors. Her consistent use of these set-asides underscores the agency’s mission to integrate equitable contracting with mission execution. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction) and 237110 (Water and Sewer Line Construction), with significant activity in 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction). She routinely oversees projects involving stormwater management, wastewater system upgrades, historic building rehabilitation, and accessibility-compliant facility renovations, demonstrating technical fluency in civil infrastructure and preservation-construction integration.