Kathy Wooldridge

Kathy Wooldridge serves as a Contract Specialist for W2SN Endist Alaska under the Department of the Army, where she manages the acquisition of critical civil engineering and infrastructure services to sustain and modernize defense installations in Alaska’s remote, high-latency environments. Her work directly supports the agency’s mission to ensure operational readiness through resilient base construction, environmental remediation, and long-term facility sustainment. She routinely handles complex, mission-critical procurements under FAR Part 36, focusing on construction, engineering services, and environmental compliance contracts that demand strict adherence to federal environmental standards and extreme-climate engineering specifications. Wooldridge maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of contractors specializing in military infrastructure, including Environmental Compliance Consultants, Inc., WSP USA Solutions Inc., and McKenzie Construction & Site Development LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for firms with proven experience in Arctic and sub-Arctic construction, hazardous material remediation, and military facility upgrades. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, technical compliance, and contractor reliability in austere conditions, fostering long-term vendor engagement built on track records of quality and regulatory adherence. Her procurement patterns reflect a strong emphasis on open competition, with 78.1% of awards issued without set-asides. Nevertheless, she actively supports small business participation, with approximately 12.5% of contracts awarded under Total Small Business Set-Asides and smaller allocations to 8(a), EDWOSB, and SDVOSB programs, demonstrating balanced compliance with socioeconomic goals without compromising mission needs. Wooldridge’s primary NAICS focus is on Commercial and Institutional Building Construction (236220), followed by Engineering Services (541330) and Remediation Services (562910). She procures turnkey construction, site preparation, and environmental restoration services tailored to DoD installation standards, with deep expertise in managing contracts requiring geotechnical analysis, cold-weather concrete specifications, and hazardous waste abatement in sensitive ecosystems.