Joy Ewalt

Joy Ewalt serves as a key procurement professional within the DSC Contracting Services Division of the National Park Service, overseeing the acquisition of critical infrastructure services essential to preserving and modernizing America’s national parks. Responsible for managing complex construction and engineering contracts, she ensures compliance with federal procurement regulations while advancing the agency’s mission to rehabilitate historic structures, upgrade utility systems, and enhance visitor facilities across ecologically sensitive and remote landscapes. Her portfolio primarily encompasses heavy civil engineering, water and sewer construction, and institutional building projects, requiring specialized technical oversight and rigorous environmental compliance. Ewalt maintains longstanding partnerships with leading engineering and construction firms including AECOM Technical Services, Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, HDR Engineering, and McKenzie Construction & Site Development. These relationships reflect a preference for firms with proven expertise in federal environmental projects, historic preservation, and large-scale civil works. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based contracting, integrated project delivery, and contractor accountability for schedule and environmental stewardship, fostering collaborative, long-term vendor relationships grounded in technical competence and regulatory adherence. Her contracting patterns show a strong emphasis on open competition, with 69.2% of awards issued without set-asides, reflecting the scale and complexity of required services. Nevertheless, she actively supports small business participation, with 25.6% of awards designated as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, and modest but consistent allocations to Women-Owned Small Businesses and 8(a) firms, demonstrating a balanced commitment to socioeconomic goals without compromising project integrity. Ewalt’s primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 237110 (Water and Sewer Line Construction) and 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction), with significant activity in commercial and institutional building construction (236220) and masonry (238140). Her technical expertise spans infrastructure resilience, stormwater management, historic rehabilitation, and utility system modernization, ensuring that acquisitions align with NPS preservation standards and sustainability mandates.