Rachel Honecker

Rachel Honecker serves as a key procurement professional within Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Mid-Atlantic (NAVFACSYSCOM Mid-Atlantic), supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to deliver resilient, mission-critical infrastructure across Navy and Marine Corps installations. She manages a diverse portfolio of construction and engineering acquisitions, overseeing the full lifecycle of contracts from solicitation to award and administration. Her work ensures operational readiness by facilitating the design, construction, and modernization of facilities, utilities, and civil works projects essential to national defense. She routinely handles complex, multi-disciplinary procurements under FAR Part 36, with a focus on delivering high-performance infrastructure that meets stringent DoD standards. Honecker maintains consistent contracting relationships with established prime contractors including Ryan Construction Co. Inc., Weeks-Cashman JV, Appledore Marine - CH2M JV, W.M. Jordan Company, Inc., and McKenzie Construction & Site Development LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for experienced firms capable of executing large-scale commercial, institutional, and heavy civil construction projects. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, requiring contractors to demonstrate technical proficiency, safety compliance, and past performance in similar environments. Her contracting patterns show balanced support for small business participation, with nearly half of her awards set aside for small businesses—equally divided between Total Small Business Set-Asides and 8(a) competed contracts. This reflects a deliberate strategy to foster economic opportunity while maintaining competitive rigor. She does not rely heavily on HUBZone or SDVOSB set-asides, instead prioritizing 8(a) and general small business eligibility to broaden vendor diversity. Her primary technical focus lies in NAICS 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction) and 541330 (Engineering Services), with significant activity in plumbing, heating, and air-conditioning systems (238220), water and sewer infrastructure (237110), and other heavy civil works (237990). She specializes in procurements requiring integrated design-build delivery, facility sustainment, and environmental compliance, demonstrating deep expertise in defense infrastructure modernization.