Hilary O. Meckel

Hilary O. Meckel serves as a Contracting Officer for the W071 Endist Kansas City under the Department of the Army, where she manages the acquisition of critical infrastructure support services essential to maintaining operational readiness across Army installations. Her portfolio encompasses civil engineering, facility maintenance, and environmental remediation contracts, ensuring the integrity of military housing, water systems, roadways, and related utilities. She executes procurements in full compliance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation, prioritizing mission-critical delivery while balancing cost efficiency, schedule adherence, and regulatory compliance. Her role is central to sustaining and modernizing the Army’s physical infrastructure through strategic contract execution. Meckel maintains established relationships with leading engineering and environmental services firms, including HYDROGEOLOGIC, INC., BURNS & MCDONNELL ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC., and HGL-APTIM TECHNOLOGIES JV LLC. These partnerships reflect her focus on technical expertise in environmental management, infrastructure design, and systems integration. She routinely engages joint ventures and large prime contractors with proven capabilities in complex, multi-disciplinary projects, while ensuring subcontracting opportunities are structured to support small business participation. Her contracting patterns show a strong preference for unrestricted acquisitions, with 75% of awards issued without set-asides, indicating a focus on technical complexity and urgency. However, she consistently reserves 25% of opportunities for Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a deliberate commitment to small business engagement without compromising mission requirements. Meckel’s procurement focus is heavily concentrated in NAICS 541511 (Custom Computer Programming Services) and NAICS 541612 (Human Resources Consulting Services), reflecting her need for software development to support facility management systems and workforce planning tools. She also procures specialized industrial controls under NAICS 335314, indicating active involvement in automation and monitoring systems for utilities and infrastructure. Her expertise lies at the intersection of engineering services, environmental compliance, and digital systems integration for military installations.