Michelle Kessinger

Michelle Kessinger serves as a Contract Specialist within the W075 Endist Albuquerque office under the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army, where she manages the full lifecycle of procurement actions supporting infrastructure resilience, facility modernization, and environmental remediation. Her responsibilities include soliciting, evaluating, awarding, and administering contracts for construction, engineering, and specialty trade services critical to sustaining military installations and civil works projects. She ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations while aligning procurements with the agency’s strategic priorities in operational readiness and environmental stewardship, primarily handling complex, high-stakes acquisitions under FAR Part 36 and related construction authorities. Kessinger maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of established contractors including GSIA-PARSONS JV LLC, GRACEN ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION INC, ALPHA DEVELOPMENT INC., FINCANTIERI MARINE REPAIR LLC, and L & R COMM & CONSTRUCTION INC. These partnerships reflect a preference for experienced firms with proven track records in military construction, heavy civil engineering, and marine repair. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, rigorous technical evaluation, and long-term vendor reliability, fostering stable, mission-critical collaborations across diverse project scopes. Her procurement patterns show a strong preference for open competition, with 84.4% of awards issued without set-asides, reflecting the scale and complexity of required services. However, she actively supports small business participation, with 12.5% of awards designated as total small business set-asides and 3.1% awarded through 8(a) competed contracts, demonstrating a balanced commitment to socioeconomic goals without compromising mission requirements. Kessinger’s portfolio is heavily concentrated in NAICS 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction) and 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction), with additional focus on engineering services (541330) and specialty trade contracting (238990). She routinely procures services related to facility upgrades, site remediation, structural rehabilitation, and infrastructure maintenance, requiring deep technical expertise in construction standards, environmental compliance, and military engineering specifications.