Karen L. Rivaud

Karen L. Rivaud serves as a key procurement lead at NASA Kennedy Space Center, responsible for managing real estate and facility-related acquisitions that support the agency’s critical launch infrastructure mission. She oversees the acquisition of nonresidential leasing services and related real property management contracts essential to sustaining and modernizing the nation’s primary spaceport. Her work ensures that mission-critical facilities—including launch pads, processing hangars, and support buildings—are adequately secured, maintained, and optimized for next-generation launch systems. Rivaud’s portfolio is centered on long-term, mission-enabling real estate solutions that align with NASA’s strategic priorities in launch capacity expansion and infrastructure resilience. She maintains consistent working relationships with NUMUNU MARTINEZ JV, LLC and CINKA CONSTRUCTION & CONSULTING SERVICES LLC, both of which provide specialized real estate leasing, facility management, and infrastructure support services. These partnerships reflect a preference for established contractors with demonstrated expertise in federal aerospace facility operations and compliance with stringent NASA safety and environmental standards. Rivaud’s contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, contractual accountability, and seamless integration of leased assets into operational launch workflows. Rivaud’s procurement activity is exclusively conducted under full and open competition, with no set-asides for 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or other socioeconomic programs. This reflects a mission-driven focus on securing the most technically capable and operationally reliable partners, regardless of business size or certification status, to meet the unique demands of spaceport infrastructure. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 531120 (Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings) and 531190 (Lessors of Other Real Estate Property), indicating a specialization in procuring leased space and land for mission-critical facilities. She acquires services related to facility maintenance, utility integration, security systems, and environmental compliance—ensuring that leased properties meet NASA’s rigorous technical and safety requirements for spacecraft processing and launch operations.