Lubna Y. Khilfeh

Lubna Y. Khilfeh serves as a key procurement professional within the W075 Endist Los Angeles office of the U.S. Army, supporting the Department of Defense’s mission to sustain military readiness through infrastructure development and facility support. She manages complex acquisitions for heavy civil engineering and commercial/institutional construction projects essential to Army installation operations, ensuring compliance with federal contracting regulations and strategic readiness goals. Her work directly enables the construction, renovation, and maintenance of mission-critical facilities, including utilities, roads, airfields, and institutional buildings, requiring rigorous oversight of design-build, performance-based, and fixed-price contract vehicles. Khilfeh maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of established contractors, including FINCANTIERI MARINE REPAIR LLC, KORTE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, BFBC LLC, MANSON CONSTRUCTION CO, and WU & ASSOCIATES INC. These partnerships reflect a preference for experienced, high-performance firms capable of delivering large-scale, technically complex infrastructure projects under tight operational timelines. Her contracting approach emphasizes accountability, schedule adherence, and quality control, fostering long-term vendor collaboration grounded in past performance and technical capability evaluations. Her procurement strategy prioritizes open competition, with 80% of awards issued without set-asides, reflecting a focus on maximizing competition among qualified large and mid-sized contractors. However, she actively supports small business participation, allocating 20% of acquisitions to Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a balanced commitment to both operational efficiency and socioeconomic goals without favoring specific categories like 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB. Her technical expertise centers on NAICS 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction), which accounts for 70% of her portfolio, encompassing earthwork, drainage, and transportation infrastructure, alongside NAICS 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction) for barracks, administrative facilities, and support structures. She specializes in procuring integrated construction services that meet Army environmental, safety, and sustainability standards, ensuring mission-critical infrastructure remains operational and resilient.