Michelle Cuellar

Michelle Cuellar serves as a key procurement professional within Navfacsyscom Mid-Atlantic, supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to deliver resilient, mission-critical infrastructure across Navy and Marine Corps installations in the Mid-Atlantic region. She manages the acquisition lifecycle for commercial and institutional building construction projects, ensuring alignment with federal contracting regulations and operational readiness goals. Her work centers on planning, designing, and constructing facilities that sustain combat-ready bases, with a focus on modernizing aging infrastructure and integrating sustainable building practices. Cuellar handles full-spectrum contract actions, including competitive sealed bidding and negotiated procurements under FAR Part 36, ensuring compliance with environmental and safety standards for federal construction projects. She maintains strong, ongoing relationships with established construction contractors including RYAN CONSTRUCTION CO INC, WEEKS-CASHMAN JV, APPLEDORE MARINE - CH2M JV, W. M. JORDAN COMPANY, INCORPORATED, and MCKENZIE CONSTRUCTION & SITE DEVELOPMENT LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for experienced, vertically integrated firms capable of delivering complex, multi-disciplinary construction services—from site development to building systems integration. Her contracting patterns emphasize performance-based outcomes, design-build delivery methods, and rigorous contractor performance evaluations to ensure quality and schedule adherence. Cuellar’s procurement strategy prioritizes small business participation, with approximately one-third of her awards structured as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. While the majority of her contracts remain open to all competitors, her consistent use of small business set-asides demonstrates a deliberate commitment to fostering economic opportunity within the construction sector, particularly for firms certified under the Small Business Administration’s programs. Her technical expertise is concentrated in NAICS 236220—Commercial and Institutional Building Construction—where she procures a wide range of facility construction services, including new builds, renovations, HVAC and electrical system upgrades, and accessibility retrofits. She specializes in projects requiring coordination with military installation standards, energy efficiency mandates, and federal environmental compliance, ensuring all deliverables meet the Department of the Navy’s stringent operational and sustainability requirements.