Neal Burner

Neal Burner serves as a key procurement lead within the W072 Endist Detroit office under the Department of the Army, overseeing the acquisition of civil engineering and infrastructure support services critical to military logistics and environmental resilience. He manages a portfolio of complex contracts focused on the design, construction, and maintenance of waterways, harbors, breakwaters, and dredging systems, ensuring operational readiness of the Army’s inland navigation and coastal infrastructure. His acquisitions span full lifecycle civil works projects, requiring technical expertise in hydraulic engineering, structural integrity, and environmental compliance under federal construction standards. Burner maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of specialized contractors including KOONTZ ELECTRIC COMPANY, INCORPORATED, STRATUS SECURITY MANAGEMENT INC, MORRISH-WALLACE CONSTRUCTION, INC., GREAT LAKES DOCK AND MATERIALS, L.L.C., and TOGIAK MANAGEMENT SERVICES LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for firms with proven experience in heavy civil construction, marine infrastructure, and security-integrated site operations. His contracting patterns emphasize long-term vendor reliability, technical capability in niche domains, and performance-based delivery models under firm-fixed-price and cost-reimbursement structures. His procurement strategy prioritizes open competition, with 66.7% of awards issued without set-asides, while maintaining a strong commitment to small business participation through 33.3% total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. Although no specific socioeconomic categories dominate his portfolio, his consistent use of small business set-asides signals a deliberate effort to broaden contractor diversity and enhance competition within the civil works sector. Burner’s primary focus lies in NAICS 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction), followed by landscaping services (561730) and structural steel construction (238120). He procures specialized services including dredging, marine structure fabrication, shoreline stabilization, and integrated site development, demonstrating deep domain expertise in federal civil works execution and environmental infrastructure modernization.