Gloria N. Garside

Gloria Garside serves as a key procurement professional responsible for managing complex construction and engineering acquisitions within a federal agency focused on infrastructure development. She oversees the full lifecycle of contract actions, from solicitation through award and administration, with an emphasis on large-scale commercial and institutional building projects. Her role is central to executing the agency’s mission of delivering safe, durable, and mission-critical facilities, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations and performance-based contracting standards. She routinely handles multi-year, high-complexity contracts requiring coordination across engineering, environmental, and safety disciplines. Garside maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of established contractors, including JOHN BOWMAN, INC., PAF ELECTRICAL, INC., HENDRICKSON TRANSPORTATION LLC, PERINI MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC., and WASHINGTON EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. These partnerships reflect a preference for experienced, full-service firms capable of delivering integrated construction and systems installation across multiple technical domains. Her contracting patterns indicate a reliance on proven performers with demonstrated capacity in heavy civil and building construction, suggesting a focus on risk mitigation through vendor reliability and past performance. Her procurement strategy prioritizes open competition, with 88.4% of awards issued under no set-aside conditions. While small business participation remains a secondary focus, she consistently allocates approximately 9.3% of awards to Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5 and 2.3% to 8(a) competed contracts, demonstrating a measured commitment to socioeconomic goals without compromising project complexity or performance requirements. Her primary technical focus lies in NAICS 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction), accounting for nearly three-quarters of her portfolio, with additional activity in water and sewer infrastructure (237110) and highway construction (237310). She procures turnkey construction services, structural systems, and related civil engineering deliverables, reflecting deep expertise in facility development and public works project delivery.