Laura Hedrick

Laura L. Hedrick serves as a key procurement professional responsible for managing complex engineering and environmental infrastructure acquisitions. She plays a central role in executing the agency’s mission to deliver critical civil works and environmental remediation services through strategically structured contracts. Her portfolio primarily encompasses heavy civil construction, land management, and environmental services, with a focus on delivering technically rigorous solutions under federal acquisition regulations. Hedrick routinely oversees competitive solicitations requiring specialized engineering expertise, environmental compliance, and site-specific remediation capabilities. She maintains longstanding relationships with leading contractors in the environmental and civil engineering sectors, including Hydrogeologic, Inc., Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company, Inc., and Cape Environmental Management Inc. These partnerships reflect a preference for firms with proven technical capabilities in groundwater remediation, hazardous waste management, and large-scale earthworks. Hedrick consistently engages joint ventures and prime contractors with demonstrated experience in federally regulated environments, fostering collaborative, performance-based contracting models that emphasize quality control and regulatory adherence. Hedrick exhibits a strong commitment to small business participation, with over 70% of her awards structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. Her contracting patterns reflect a deliberate emphasis on enabling small businesses to compete for high-value, technically demanding projects, while maintaining a lean presence of 8(a) competed awards. This approach underscores a strategic balance between broad small business inclusion and ensuring contractor capacity to meet complex project requirements. Her procurement focus centers on NAICS 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction), with significant activity in crushed stone mining (212319), landscaping services (561730), and construction equipment leasing (532412). She specializes in acquiring services related to site preparation, erosion control, environmental restoration, and infrastructure maintenance, demonstrating deep domain expertise in federally funded civil works and land-based environmental projects.