Katherine Avery

Kate Avery supports the procurement mission of W071 Endist Kansas City under the Department of the Army by managing complex facility support and infrastructure maintenance contracts essential to sustaining Army installation readiness. She oversees the acquisition of specialized services including environmental remediation, civil engineering support, and precision equipment maintenance, ensuring compliance with federal contracting regulations and mission-critical timelines. Her work directly enables the operational integrity of military housing, water systems, roadways, and facility utilities, aligning acquisitions with the Army’s broader modernization and sustainment objectives. Avery maintains consistent partnerships with leading contractors such as HYDROGEOLOGIC, INC., BURNS & MCDONNELL ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC., CAPE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT INC, HGL-APTIM TECHNOLOGIES JV LLC, and ZAPATA BLACK & VEATCH JV, LLC. These relationships reflect a preference for joint ventures and established firms with proven expertise in environmental compliance, civil infrastructure, and technical facility operations. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, long-term service delivery, and technical validation through rigorous solicitation evaluation criteria. She exhibits a strict commitment to small business participation, directing 100% of her acquisitions toward total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This pattern underscores a deliberate strategy to foster economic opportunity within the defense supply chain by prioritizing small, locally based vendors with specialized capabilities in facility maintenance and environmental services. Her contracting practices align with federal socioeconomic goals, consistently leveraging small business programs to enhance competition and innovation. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 811210 (Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance) and NAICS 561730 (Landscaping Services), reflecting deep expertise in maintaining mission-critical infrastructure systems. She procures services ranging from calibration and repair of military-grade instrumentation to groundskeeping, erosion control, and ecological restoration—domains requiring technical precision, regulatory adherence, and environmental stewardship. Her work ensures that Army facilities remain operational, compliant, and resilient under evolving operational demands.