Hugh Cherry

Hugh Cherry serves as a key procurement lead within the W074 Endist Savannah office under the Department of the Army, overseeing the acquisition of civil engineering, facility modernization, and environmental remediation services critical to sustaining Army infrastructure readiness. He manages a portfolio of complex construction, renovation, and utility system contracts that support the agency’s mission to upgrade aging installations and ensure environmental compliance. His work spans the full lifecycle of contract execution—from requirements development and solicitation to award and performance oversight—ensuring alignment with federal acquisition regulations and Army engineering standards. Cherry’s acquisitions are strategically aligned with long-term infrastructure resilience goals, prioritizing mission-critical improvements across military installations. Cherry maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of experienced prime contractors, including SHERLOCK, SMITH & ADAMS INC., BLAIR REMY MERRICK MP JOINT VENTURE, LLC, GURRI MATUTE CROMWELL JV LLC, GMHILL BAKER JV, LLC, and ZAPATA GROUP, INC. These partnerships reflect a preference for joint ventures and established firms with proven expertise in military construction, hazardous material abatement, and utility system upgrades. His contracting patterns indicate a reliance on firms with deep technical capabilities in civil works, building systems integration, and environmental restoration, often leveraging pre-qualified contractor pools to expedite delivery of time-sensitive infrastructure projects. Cherry’s procurement activity is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic emphasis on technical merit and contractor capacity over socioeconomic categorizations, prioritizing performance history, past performance evaluations, and specialized engineering credentials. While small business participation is not formally incentivized through set-asides, the structure of joint venture awards may indirectly enable small business involvement through teaming arrangements. The agency’s procurement focus centers on civil engineering and environmental services, with primary activity in construction, renovation, demolition, and utility system modernization. Though NAICS data is unavailable, the nature of contracts suggests heavy reliance on specialties such as facility construction (236), environmental remediation (562), and architectural and engineering services (5413). Cherry’s expertise lies in managing technically complex, multi-disciplinary projects requiring coordination between structural, mechanical, and environmental systems to meet DoD readiness standards.