Kathy J Gillespie

Kathy J. Gillespie serves as a Contract Specialist within NAVFACSYSCOM Atlantic, where she plays a pivotal role in executing mission-critical acquisition strategies to sustain and modernize naval infrastructure across the Atlantic region and overseas installations. Her responsibilities include managing the full lifecycle of engineering and construction-related contracts, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations, and aligning procurement actions with the agency’s strategic priorities in power resiliency, munitions infrastructure, and expeditionary facility support. She specializes in design-build and professional services contracts under the FAR, with a focus on delivering technically complex, mission-essential outcomes through disciplined contract administration and risk mitigation. Kathy maintains consistent working relationships with a select group of prime contractors, including MEB General Contractors Inc., AMD International Technologies LLC, Stantec-AECOM SIOP JV, M&N-BMCD LANT SIOP JV, and Cape-Aptim JV1, LLC. These partnerships are characterized by long-term collaboration on integrated design, construction, and facility modernization projects, often structured as single-award IDIQs or multiple-award task order contracts under the SIOP program. Her approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, technical compliance, and contractor accountability in high-stakes defense environments. A steadfast advocate for small business participation, Kathy consistently applies a 100% Total Small Business Set-Aside under FAR 19.5 across all her procurements, ensuring equitable access for small business concerns without regard to specific socioeconomic categories. Her contracting patterns reflect a deep institutional commitment to fostering competition and capability development among small business vendors in the defense infrastructure sector. Her procurement portfolio is exclusively focused on NAICS 541330 (Engineering Services), encompassing architectural, civil, structural, and environmental engineering support for naval bases, shipyards, and expeditionary facilities. She specializes in procuring technical services related to infrastructure resilience, energy systems, hazardous material handling, and facility upgrades, demonstrating specialized expertise in defense-specific engineering standards and DoD construction codes.