Kathryn Rice

Kathryn Rice serves as a Contracting Officer for Navfacsyscom Southeast, where she manages the acquisition of mission-critical infrastructure support services essential to naval readiness across the Southeastern U.S. and overseas operational theaters. Her portfolio centers on commercial and institutional facility operations, utilities, and base support functions, with a primary focus on temporary help services to sustain day-to-day installations. She plays a pivotal role in executing full and open competitions under FAR Part 15, ensuring compliance with federal procurement regulations while aligning acquisitions with the Navy’s strategic infrastructure modernization goals. Rice maintains consistent, long-term contracting relationships with established federal contractors including BL Harbert International LLC, Walsh Federal LLC, Sauer Construction, LLC, McKenzie Construction & Site Development LLC, and Kira Aviation Services LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for experienced, full-service vendors capable of delivering integrated facility support, logistics, and workforce mobilization solutions across diverse operational environments. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, robust contract administration, and accountability through clear statement of work requirements. Rice’s acquisition portfolio reflects a 100% preference for full and open competition, with no set-asides designated for 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or other socioeconomic programs. This indicates a strategic focus on leveraging broad market capabilities to meet urgent operational demands, rather than prioritizing socioeconomic contracting vehicles. Her approach prioritizes mission necessity and contractor capacity over socioeconomic targeting, consistent with the scale and urgency of base operations support requirements. Her primary NAICS code focus is 561320 (Temporary Help Services), underscoring her specialization in procuring skilled labor for facility maintenance, custodial services, security support, and administrative staffing. She routinely manages task orders for workforce augmentation across military installations, ensuring compliance with labor standards and readiness requirements. Her expertise lies in sustaining operational continuity through agile, responsive staffing solutions critical to Navy infrastructure resilience.