Grace Santos

Grace Santos serves as a secondary contracting professional within Navfacsyscom Southwest, supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to deliver resilient infrastructure for naval installations across the Southwest region. She plays a critical role in the execution of heavy civil engineering acquisitions, ensuring compliance with federal procurement regulations and aligning contract actions with strategic facility modernization goals. Her work primarily supports the planning, award, and administration of construction and infrastructure projects, with a focus on long-term operational readiness through durable, sustainment-ready systems. She collaborates closely with project engineers and program managers to translate technical requirements into enforceable contract deliverables. Santos maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of established contractors, including Mckenzie Construction & Site Development LLC, RSI Amentum Environmental Solutions, L1 Enterprises Incorporated, Kiewit Infrastructure West Co., and Boh Environmental, L.L.C. These partnerships reflect a preference for firms with proven expertise in heavy civil construction, environmental remediation, and utility infrastructure upgrades. Her contracting patterns indicate a reliance on experienced, full-service contractors capable of managing complex, multi-disciplinary projects under stringent military standards, often involving geotechnical, drainage, and energy infrastructure components. Santos’s procurement activity reflects a 100% no set-aside preference, indicating a focus on full and open competition for mission-critical infrastructure projects. While small business participation is not formally prioritized through socioeconomic set-asides, her portfolio may still include small business subcontractors as part of prime contractor teams, consistent with broader Department of the Navy subcontracting reporting requirements. Her primary procurement focus is on NAICS 237990 — Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction — encompassing large-scale site development, roadway and drainage systems, airfield and pier infrastructure, and utility network modernization. She specializes in acquisitions requiring advanced engineering oversight, environmental compliance, and adherence to DoD facility standards, demonstrating deep domain expertise in mission-critical civil works that support naval operational readiness.