Margot Gunter

Margot Gunter serves as a key procurement lead within the W2SD Endist Norfolk office of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, supporting the Department of the Army’s mission to sustain and modernize critical military infrastructure across the Eastern United States. She manages a portfolio of real property leasing and facility support acquisitions, ensuring that operational readiness is maintained through the acquisition of secure, resilient, and mission-aligned real estate assets. Her work directly enables force protection and base modernization initiatives by securing long-term leases for administrative, housing, and logistics facilities. Gunter specializes in non-construction real property transactions, applying FAR and AR 36-10 standards to procure turnkey solutions that meet stringent military standards for security, accessibility, and durability. Her primary contractor relationships are with established real estate and facility services firms including Clark Construction Group LLC, Sawyer Services Inc., Vanar Eastern JV1, LLC, and Ritz Construction Inc. These partnerships reflect a preference for experienced, full-service providers capable of delivering integrated leasing, property management, and facility adaptation services. Gunter’s contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, with a focus on vendors who demonstrate proven capacity in managing military-grade real estate portfolios under complex regulatory frameworks. Gunter’s procurement activity is overwhelmingly non-set-aside, with 96.5% of awards issued under unrestricted competition, reflecting the scale and specialized nature of the real property requirements. Only 3.5% of awards are structured as Local Area Set-Asides under FAR 26.2, indicating targeted efforts to engage regional vendors when geographic proximity and local expertise are mission-critical. While small business participation is not a primary driver, the agency maintains compliance with socioeconomic reporting requirements through occasional inclusion of qualified small entities. Her primary NAICS code focus is 531190—Lessors of Other Real Estate Property—underscoring a deep specialization in long-term real estate leasing for federal use. Gunter procures turnkey facility solutions including office space, barracks, maintenance facilities, and support infrastructure, prioritizing properties that require minimal modification and meet DoD standards for energy efficiency, security, and sustainability. Her technical domain expertise lies in real property acquisition, lease negotiation, and facility compliance under military environmental and operational constraints.