Norine E. Horikawa

Norine E. Horikawa serves as a Contracting Officer for NAVFACSYSCOM Hawaii, where she manages the acquisition of mission-critical infrastructure and facility services essential to sustaining naval operations across the Hawaiian Islands. Responsible for executing full lifecycle procurement actions under the Department of the Navy, she oversees contracts for construction, engineering, and facility support services that enhance operational readiness and infrastructure resilience. Her portfolio primarily includes complex, multi-year projects requiring rigorous compliance with FAR and DOD acquisition regulations, with a focus on delivering high-reliability facilities aligned with naval strategic priorities. Horikawa maintains established working relationships with key contractors including GMB INC and KAPULE LLC, both of which consistently deliver construction and facility support services under competitive and non-competitive mechanisms. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for long-term vendor partnerships grounded in performance history and technical capability, fostering reliable execution of mission-critical infrastructure initiatives. She actively engages with contractors through pre-solicitation outreach, source selection panels, and post-award performance evaluations to ensure accountability and mission alignment. While the majority of her acquisitions are conducted as unrestricted competitions (75.5%), Horikawa demonstrates a strong commitment to small business participation, regularly structuring procurements as Total Small Business Set-Asides (18.4%) and occasionally utilizing HUBZone, 8(a), and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business set-asides (each at 2.0%). Her socioeconomic contracting strategy balances broad competition with targeted opportunities to strengthen regional small business capacity and promote equitable access to federal contracts. Her procurement focus centers on NAICS 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction), which dominates her portfolio, followed by New Multifamily Housing Construction (236116) and Engineering Services (541330). She routinely procures integrated construction, electrical systems, and facility modernization services, demonstrating deep expertise in public works contracting within a geographically isolated, high-demand military environment.