Kellee J. Haye

Kellee J. Haye serves as a Contract Specialist for the W2SD Endist Philadelphia under the Department of the Army, where she manages complex procurement actions supporting critical civil infrastructure and maritime engineering missions. Her responsibilities include planning, soliciting, awarding, and administering contracts for large-scale construction, dredging, and engineering services essential to military readiness and national defense. She specializes in high-stakes acquisitions under the Federal Acquisition Regulation, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements while delivering mission-critical infrastructure projects such as coastal resilience systems, navigation channel maintenance, and military installation upgrades. Her work directly enables the Army’s strategic objectives in safeguarding ports, shorelines, and waterway access. Haye maintains consistent contracting relationships with leading firms in heavy civil engineering and maritime construction, including Boh Environmental, L.L.C., CONRAD SHIPYARD, L.L.C., HDR ARCHITECTURE, INC., BUCHART HORN INC, and NORFOLK DREDGING COMPANY. These partnerships reflect a focus on experienced, technically capable contractors capable of executing complex, multi-year projects involving dredging, structural design, and environmental remediation. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based contracting, risk mitigation, and rigorous contractor oversight to ensure delivery of mission-essential outcomes under demanding operational conditions. Her contracting patterns show a strong preference for open competition, with 94.4% of awards issued without set-aside restrictions, reflecting the scale and technical specificity of the work. Only 5.6% of awards are designated as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, indicating a targeted but limited use of socioeconomic programs, typically reserved for niche services where qualified small businesses can meet stringent technical requirements. Haye’s portfolio is dominated by NAICS 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction), accounting for nearly 78% of her acquisitions, with additional focus on commercial and institutional building construction (236220) and power/communication line construction (237130). She procures services involving coastal engineering, bulkhead construction, dredging operations, and infrastructure modernization, demonstrating deep expertise in federally funded civil works projects aligned with Army Corps of Engineers directives.