Rheka Yamamoto Rampey

Rheka Yamamoto Rampey serves as a secondary procurement professional within Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Marianas, supporting the agency’s mission to deliver resilient infrastructure and environmental services across Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia. She contributes to the planning, solicitation, and administration of acquisitions critical to military operational readiness, with a focus on construction, waste management, and telecommunications infrastructure. Her role involves coordinating with senior contracting officers to ensure compliance with federal procurement regulations and alignment with NAVFAC’s strategic infrastructure priorities, particularly in austere and environmentally sensitive locations. She maintains consistent working relationships with key contractors including SEL Engineering Services, Inc., Schneider Electric Buildings Critical Systems, Inc., CDM Constructors Inc., and AMD International Technologies LLC. These partnerships reflect a blend of technical engineering expertise, critical systems integration, and full-service construction capabilities. Her procurement activities emphasize collaboration with vendors possessing specialized experience in military-grade facility development and mission-critical utilities, ensuring that contracted services meet stringent DoD standards for durability, safety, and environmental compliance. Rheka supports a 100% total small business set-aside contracting strategy, consistently prioritizing small business participation under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate commitment to fostering economic opportunity within the Indo-Pacific region by directing acquisitions toward small businesses, including those certified as HUBZone, 8(a), or woman-owned. Her contracting patterns demonstrate a strong alignment with DoD socioeconomic goals, promoting local workforce development and regional supplier capacity building. Her primary procurement focus centers on NAICS 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction), 562111 (Solid Waste Collection), and 517112 (Wireless Telecommunications Carriers). She manages acquisitions for facility upgrades, hazardous and non-hazardous waste disposal services, and secure wireless communications infrastructure, demonstrating expertise in integrating environmental stewardship with mission-critical infrastructure modernization.