Michelle Ross

Michelle Ross serves as a procurement professional within Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Southeast (NAVFACSE), supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to deliver resilient infrastructure across the Southeastern U.S. and overseas operational areas. She manages the acquisition of critical construction and base operations support services, ensuring compliance with federal procurement regulations and alignment with strategic facility modernization goals. Her portfolio primarily encompasses commercial and institutional building construction, utilities infrastructure, and site development projects essential to naval readiness. Ross operates within a high-stakes operational environment where timely delivery of mission-critical facilities directly impacts fleet and force readiness. She maintains consistent working relationships with established federal contractors including BL Harbert International LLC, Walsh Federal LLC, Sauer Construction, LLC, McKenzie Construction & Site Development LLC, and Kira Aviation Services LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for experienced, full-service contractors capable of executing complex, multi-disciplinary construction and facility support contracts under tight operational timelines. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, rigorous contract administration, and long-term vendor reliability over transactional engagements. Ross’s procurement activity shows no use of socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic focus on maximizing contractor capacity and technical capability rather than socioeconomic preferences, aligning with the agency’s priority for mission-critical delivery speed and scale. While small business participation is not formally incentivized in her portfolio, all acquisitions remain compliant with FAR requirements for fair and open competition. Her primary NAICS classification is 111998—All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming—which appears to be a misclassification or system anomaly, as her actual procurement focus is on civil construction, utilities, and base operations support. This discrepancy suggests a need for NAICS code correction; however, her substantive expertise lies in facility construction, infrastructure modernization, and installation support services critical to naval operations.