Pamela Shirley

Pamela J. Shirley serves as a Contracting Officer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ W074 Endist Jacksonville office under the Department of Defense, where she manages the acquisition of critical civil infrastructure and environmental restoration projects across Florida’s waterways. Her portfolio centers on hydraulic engineering, dredging, shoreline protection, and flood control systems essential to military readiness and national infrastructure resilience. She oversees the full lifecycle of complex construction and engineering contracts, ensuring compliance with federal procurement regulations while aligning acquisitions with the agency’s mission to sustain navigable waterways and ecological health. Shirley maintains longstanding relationships with key contractors specializing in heavy civil works, including FINCANTIERI MARINE REPAIR LLC, GREAT LAKES DREDGE & DOCK CO, LLC, WEEKS MARINE, INC., MANSON CONSTRUCTION CO, and MCKENZIE CONSTRUCTION & SITE DEVELOPMENT LLC. These partnerships reflect a focus on firms with proven expertise in marine construction, dredging operations, and large-scale earthmoving. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based contracting, technical qualification, and past performance evaluation to ensure mission-critical outcomes in challenging coastal environments. She demonstrates a strong commitment to socioeconomic contracting, with nearly two-thirds of her awards directed toward small business set-asides. Her portfolio consistently includes Women-Owned Small Businesses, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Asides, and 8(a) competed contracts, reflecting a balanced and intentional strategy to foster equitable opportunity while maintaining competitive rigor. Her contracting patterns align with federal mandates to maximize small business participation in federal civil works programs. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 238220 (Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors) and 541370 (Surveying and Mapping Services), with significant activity in engineering services (541330) and other heavy civil construction (237990). This reflects her technical expertise in integrating civil, environmental, and geospatial disciplines to deliver complex infrastructure solutions that support both military operations and public environmental stewardship.