Karen Giunta

Karen Giunta serves as a key procurement lead within Navfacsyscom Mid-Atlantic, supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to deliver resilient, mission-critical infrastructure across Navy and Marine Corps installations in the Mid-Atlantic region. She manages a portfolio of construction and facility sustainment contracts, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations while advancing operational readiness through timely delivery of high-priority facilities. Her acquisitions primarily focus on commercial and institutional building construction, with secondary emphasis on industrial equipment maintenance, aligning closely with the agency’s goals to modernize aging infrastructure and sustain combat-ready bases. Giunta maintains strong, recurring relationships with established contractors including RYAN CONSTRUCTION CO INC, WEEKS-CASHMAN JV, APPLEDORE MARINE - CH2M JV, W. M. JORDAN COMPANY, INCORPORATED, and MCKENZIE CONSTRUCTION & SITE DEVELOPMENT LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for experienced firms capable of executing complex, multi-disciplinary construction and renovation projects under stringent military standards. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, rigorous quality control, and contract administration aligned with NAVFAC’s design-build and construction management delivery methods. Her procurement patterns demonstrate a pronounced commitment to small business participation, with 85.7% of awards set aside for 8(a) competed contracts. This reflects a deliberate strategy to foster economic opportunity among socially and economically disadvantaged businesses while ensuring access to capable, certified vendors with proven technical expertise in federal construction. Her consistent use of 8(a) set-asides underscores a dedication to socioeconomic contracting objectives mandated by federal policy. Giunta’s primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction), encompassing new construction, renovations, and facility upgrades for military housing, administrative buildings, and operational support structures. She also manages NAICS 811310 contracts for industrial machinery and equipment repair, ensuring the continued functionality of critical utilities and building systems. Her technical expertise spans building systems integration, facility sustainment planning, and compliance with DoD environmental and energy resilience standards.