Melissa Hunt

Melissa Hunt serves as a key procurement lead within the W31R Endis Middle East office under the Department of the Army, overseeing the acquisition of mission-critical infrastructure and logistics support services across the Middle East theater. Her role centers on facilitating force projection and sustainment through the strategic contracting of facility construction, leasing arrangements, and operational support assets. She manages a full lifecycle procurement portfolio that includes design-build, lease-purchase, and service contracts aligned with Army infrastructure modernization priorities, ensuring compliance with DoD standards for security, durability, and operational readiness. Hunt maintains consistent working relationships with primary contractors including CDM Constructors Inc., Arkell International, L.L.C., and Exyte U.S., Inc.—all of whom deliver specialized construction, logistics, and facility support services tailored to austere environments. Her contracting approach emphasizes long-term vendor partnerships grounded in performance-based outcomes, rigorous compliance, and adaptive project execution under dynamic operational conditions. These relationships reflect a preference for contractors with proven experience in military-grade infrastructure and rapid-deployment logistics. Her procurement strategy is uniformly focused on small business participation, with 100% of her acquisitions structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate and sustained commitment to expanding economic opportunity for small businesses, ensuring equitable access to defense contracts and fostering a resilient, diversified supplier base capable of meeting expeditionary requirements. Hunt’s technical domain is exclusively centered on NAICS 532420—Office Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing—where she procures specialized military-grade vehicle fleets, portable power systems, climate-controlled storage units, and modular equipment rentals essential to forward-operating bases. Her expertise lies in securing scalable, mission-tailored leasing solutions that reduce capital expenditure while maintaining high operational availability and logistical flexibility in theater.