Leanne Gerehart

Leanne Gerehart serves as a key procurement professional within Navfacsyscom Mid-Atlantic, supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to deliver resilient, mission-critical infrastructure across Navy and Marine Corps installations in the Mid-Atlantic region. She manages a portfolio of construction and civil works acquisitions, focusing on the planning, design, and execution of facility modernization and utility system upgrades. Her work directly enables operational readiness by ensuring bases maintain compliant, sustainable, and combat-ready infrastructure. Gerehart typically handles complex, multi-year contracts under the Federal Acquisition Regulation, with a strong emphasis on design-build and construction management delivery methods. She maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of experienced 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 firms with proven expertise in commercial and institutional construction, marine infrastructure, and site development. Gerehart’s contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, rigorous quality control, and long-term contractor reliability, fostering collaborative relationships grounded in compliance and mission alignment. Gerehart demonstrates a pronounced commitment to socioeconomic contracting, with 80% of her awards structured as 8(a) competed set-asides, reflecting a strategic focus on empowering small disadvantaged businesses. An additional 20% of her portfolio supports broader small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, reinforcing her dedication to expanding opportunities for small and emerging contractors. Her procurement patterns consistently prioritize firms certified under the SBA’s 8(a) Business Development Program, aligning with Department of Defense mandates to enhance small business participation in defense infrastructure. Her primary technical focus lies in NAICS 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction), where she oversees the construction of barracks, administrative facilities, and training centers. She also manages NAICS 237110 (Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction), ensuring critical utility systems meet military standards for resilience and environmental compliance. Gerehart’s expertise spans facility modernization, base sustainment, and infrastructure renewal projects critical to naval readiness.