Nora Burrows

Nora Burrows serves as a key procurement professional within the W2SD Endist Baltimore office of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, supporting the Department of the Army’s mission to deliver critical infrastructure and facility support across military and federal installations. She manages a diverse portfolio of construction and civil engineering acquisitions, overseeing the full lifecycle of contracts from solicitation to award and administration. Her work ensures operational readiness by securing high-quality construction services for commercial and institutional buildings, water and sewer systems, and specialized trade projects essential to military readiness and environmental compliance. Burrows maintains strong, ongoing relationships with a core group of experienced contractors including GRUNLEY CONSTRUCTION CO., INC., GREAT LAKES DREDGE & DOCK CO, LLC, MATTHEWS GROUP INC, CURTIN MARITIME CORP, and CHEROENHAKA NOTTOWAY ENTERPRISES, LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for firms with proven expertise in complex military construction, maritime infrastructure, and environmental remediation. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance reliability, regulatory compliance, and long-term contractor collaboration to meet mission-critical timelines and quality standards. Her procurement strategy prioritizes socioeconomic objectives, with 8(a) competed set-asides accounting for half of her awards, demonstrating a robust commitment to small business development. She consistently leverages FAR 19.5 small business set-asides and maintains a balanced approach with non-set-aside procurements to ensure competition and capability. This pattern underscores a deliberate effort to expand opportunities for disadvantaged and historically underutilized businesses while maintaining mission effectiveness. Her primary technical focus lies in NAICS 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction), which drives two-thirds of her acquisitions, complemented by significant activity in water and sewer infrastructure (237110) and specialty trade contracting (238990). She specializes in procuring turnkey construction services, site development, and utility system upgrades tailored to military and federal facility requirements, demonstrating deep expertise in federal construction procurement standards and environmental compliance frameworks.