Laura Lathrop

Laura Lathrop serves as a Contracting Officer for Navfacsyscom Mid-Atlantic, where she plays a pivotal role in executing the Department of the Navy’s infrastructure modernization mission. She manages the full lifecycle of construction and facility sustainment contracts, ensuring timely delivery of mission-critical infrastructure across Navy and Marine Corps installations in the Mid-Atlantic region. Her portfolio emphasizes industrial and commercial building construction, with a focus on resilient, combat-ready facilities that support operational readiness and environmental compliance. Lathrop oversees complex acquisitions under firm-fixed-price and cost-reimbursement contract types, coordinating with engineers, project managers, and environmental specialists to align procurement outcomes with strategic naval infrastructure goals. Lathrop maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of experienced construction contractors, including RYAN CONSTRUCTION CO INC, WEEKS-CASHMAN JV, APPLEDORE MARINE - CH2M JV, W. M. JORDAN COMPANY, INCORPORATED, and MCKENZIE CONSTRUCTION & SITE DEVELOPMENT LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for established, high-performing firms with proven expertise in military construction, heavy civil works, and facility modernization. Her contracting approach prioritizes performance history, technical capability, and past performance evaluations, fostering long-term vendor collaboration while maintaining strict adherence to federal acquisition regulations. Lathrop’s procurement portfolio reflects a 100% no set-aside preference, indicating a focus on full and open competition without socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs. While small business participation is not formally targeted in her award strategy, she ensures all solicitations comply with FAR requirements for fair and transparent competition, allowing qualified firms of all sizes to compete on technical merit and past performance. Her primary NAICS focus is on industrial building construction (236210) and commercial and institutional building construction (236220), reflecting deep expertise in procuring barracks, maintenance facilities, command centers, and utility infrastructure. She specializes in acquisitions involving structural steel, mechanical systems, and site development for high-security, mission-critical environments, demonstrating strong technical fluency in military construction standards and facility sustainment requirements.