Laura J Sheldon

Laura J. Sheldon serves as a Contract Specialist within the W2SN Endist Alaska office under the Department of the Army, where she manages the acquisition of critical civil engineering and infrastructure support services essential to sustaining military operations in Alaska’s extreme and remote environments. Her portfolio centers on the planning, construction, and remediation of defense installations, ensuring compliance with environmental regulations and long-term facility resilience. She executes a wide range of contract actions under FAR and DFARS, including competitive sealed bids, negotiated procurements, and task order management, primarily for construction, environmental remediation, and engineering services that support the Army’s mission of operational readiness in austere conditions. Sheldon maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of contractors specializing in military infrastructure, including Environmental Compliance Consultants, Inc., R&M Consultants, Inc., WSP USA Solutions Inc., and McKenzie Construction & Site Development LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for firms with proven expertise in cold-weather construction, hazardous material remediation, and military-grade civil engineering. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based contracting, technical compliance, and contractor accountability in high-risk, logistically complex environments. While the majority of her acquisitions—78.6%—are conducted without set-asides, she actively supports small business participation through Total Small Business Set-Asides (11.9%) and targeted HUBZone and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business awards (each at 4.8%). This balanced approach ensures competitive rigor while fulfilling statutory obligations to promote socioeconomic diversity in the defense supply chain. Her procurement focus is dominated by NAICS 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction) and 236210 (Industrial Building Construction), reflecting heavy investment in barracks, hangars, and utility structures. She also regularly procures water and sewer infrastructure (237110), engineering services (541330), and environmental remediation (562910), demonstrating deep technical expertise in defense facility sustainment and climate-resilient construction practices.