Michele Gazzara

Michele Gazzara serves as a Contract Specialist for W2SN Endist Alaska under the Department of the Army, where she manages the acquisition of critical civil engineering and environmental infrastructure services essential to sustaining military operations in Alaska’s remote and extreme environments. Her portfolio centers on the planning, execution, and oversight of contracts for facility construction, environmental remediation, and base modernization projects. She ensures compliance with federal procurement regulations while aligning acquisitions with the agency’s strategic priorities of resilience, environmental stewardship, and long-term sustainment of defense installations in austere conditions. Gazzara maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of specialized contractors, including Environmental Compliance Consultants, Inc., Shannon & Wilson Inc., R & M Consultants, Inc., Unit Company, and McKenzie Construction & Site Development LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for firms with proven expertise in hazardous material remediation, geotechnical engineering, and heavy civil construction in cold-region environments. Her procurement approach emphasizes technical proficiency, regulatory compliance, and performance reliability, fostering long-term vendor collaborations grounded in mission-critical deliverables. Her contracting patterns show a strong orientation toward open competition, with 73.3% of awards issued without set-asides, reflecting the specialized nature of required services and the limited pool of qualified contractors capable of operating in Alaska’s unique conditions. Nevertheless, she actively supports small business participation, with 26.7% of awards structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a balanced commitment to both mission necessity and socioeconomic goals. Gazzara’s primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 562910 (Remediation Services), followed by 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction), with significant activity in commercial building construction, landscaping, and equipment leasing. Her technical expertise spans environmental site assessment, soil and groundwater remediation, infrastructure rehabilitation, and cold-weather construction practices, positioning her as a key liaison between engineering requirements and contract execution in one of the nation’s most challenging operational theaters.