Lorraine Warehime

Lorraine Warehime serves as a Contract Specialist within the W071 Endist Seattle office of the Department of the Army, where she plays a pivotal role in executing civil infrastructure and construction acquisitions critical to military installation resilience across the Pacific Northwest. She manages the full lifecycle of complex procurement actions, from solicitation development through contract award and administration, with a primary focus on heavy civil engineering, facility construction, and environmental remediation projects. Her work directly supports the Army’s mission to sustain and modernize critical infrastructure, ensuring operational readiness through timely and compliant contracting solutions. Warehime maintains longstanding relationships with a core group of prime contractors, including RDC JPA Architecture, FinCantieri Marine Repair LLC, Walsh Federal LLC, Absher Construction Co., and Big River Construction Inc., all of whom have demonstrated consistent performance on large-scale construction and marine infrastructure projects. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, risk mitigation, and strict adherence to federal construction standards, fostering collaborative partnerships with vendors who possess proven expertise in commercial and institutional building construction, marine repair, and site development. Her procurement portfolio reflects a strict preference for full and open competition, with no set-asides applied to her acquisitions. This reflects a strategic alignment with mission-critical timelines and the specialized technical capabilities required for Army infrastructure projects, which often demand large-scale, high-complexity execution beyond the capacity of small business pools. Her primary NAICS focus is 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction), encompassing new construction, renovation, and structural upgrades to military facilities, supplemented by 561730 (Landscaping Services) for site enhancement and environmental compliance. She specializes in procuring turnkey construction services, site grading, stormwater management systems, and related civil works, demonstrating deep technical familiarity with Army Corps of Engineers standards and Federal Construction Code requirements.