Kathryn Balonek

Kathryn Balonek serves as a key procurement professional within Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Washington (NAVFACSYSCOM N40080), supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to sustain, modernize, and expand critical naval infrastructure across the Pacific Northwest. She manages a portfolio of construction and facilities-related acquisitions, primarily overseeing design-build and construction services for military installations. Her work directly enables operational readiness by ensuring that naval facilities meet stringent performance, resilience, and sustainability standards through compliant, transparent contracting practices under the Federal Acquisition Regulation. Balonek maintains strong, recurring relationships with a core group of prime contractors, including Clark Construction Group LLC, Summer Consultants, Inc., and BKM Prime AE SB JV, LLC, reflecting a preference for established, high-performing firms with proven expertise in complex federal construction projects. She also collaborates regularly with Indian Township Sanchez Group, LLC, indicating a deliberate engagement with Native American-owned enterprises. Her contracting patterns emphasize long-term vendor partnerships grounded in technical competency, past performance, and reliability in delivering mission-critical infrastructure under tight operational timelines. Her procurement strategy reflects a balanced commitment to socioeconomic programs, with HUBZone set-asides accounting for nearly 29% of her awards and total small business set-asides representing 14.3%, while the majority of contracts remain open to full and open competition. This approach demonstrates a structured effort to expand opportunities for small and disadvantaged businesses without compromising project delivery or mission requirements. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction), encompassing new construction, renovations, and facility upgrades for naval bases and support structures, with a secondary emphasis on roofing systems under NAICS 238160. Her technical expertise centers on integrated facility solutions that align with DoD energy resilience goals, green building standards, and long-term lifecycle management of military infrastructure.