Naomi Bassel

Naomi Bassel serves as a key procurement professional within the W072 Endist Pittsburgh office of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, supporting the Department of the Army’s mission to sustain and modernize critical civil infrastructure. She manages acquisitions for the construction, maintenance, and repair of dams, levees, locks, and water control systems essential to flood risk management, navigation, and environmental restoration. Her work ensures compliance with federal engineering standards and aligns contracting actions with long-term resilience goals for public infrastructure. Bassel typically handles complex construction and civil works contracts requiring technical expertise in hydraulic structures, geotechnical engineering, and environmental mitigation. Her primary contractor relationships are centered on MCKENZIE CONSTRUCTION & SITE DEVELOPMENT LLC and C. J. MAHAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, LLC, both experienced in large-scale civil works and site development for federal water resources projects. These partnerships reflect a preference for established, non-small business contractors with proven capabilities in heavy civil construction, dredging, and infrastructure rehabilitation. Bassel’s contracting patterns emphasize performance-based outcomes and rigorous technical compliance over socioeconomic preferences. Bassel’s procurement portfolio reflects a 100% no set-aside orientation, indicating a strategic focus on full and open competition. There is no documented use of 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or other socioeconomic set-asides, suggesting her acquisitions prioritize technical capability, past performance, and capacity to deliver complex infrastructure projects over socioeconomic targeting. Her acquisitions are exclusively classified under NAICS 813410 (Civic and Social Organizations), which, despite its broad definition, is applied in this context to procure services related to infrastructure stewardship, community-based water resource management, and public safety initiatives tied to federal water projects. This classification reflects the unique administrative framing of civil works contracting within the Corps’ mission, emphasizing community resilience and environmental compliance over traditional construction categories.