Samantha Kelly

Samantha Kelly serves as a key procurement professional within the W074 Endist Savannah office under the Department of the Army, supporting the agency’s mission to sustain and modernize critical military infrastructure and environmental compliance systems. She manages the acquisition lifecycle for civil engineering, facility renovation, and environmental remediation projects essential to operational readiness across Army installations. Her work centers on complex construction and infrastructure contracts requiring strict adherence to federal building codes, environmental regulations, and military standards, ensuring that aging facilities are upgraded to meet current mission demands while maintaining regulatory compliance. Kelly maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of experienced contractors, including SHERLOCK, SMITH & ADAMS INC., BLAIR REMY MERRICK MP JOINT VENTURE, LLC, GURRI MATUTE CROMWELL JV LLC, GMHILL BAKER JV, LLC, and ZAPATA GROUP, INC. These partnerships reflect a preference for established joint ventures and firms with proven expertise in military construction, utility system upgrades, and hazardous material abatement. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, rigorous technical evaluations, and long-term contractor reliability over short-term cost savings. Her procurement patterns show a strong preference for full and open competition, with 100% of awards issued without set-asides, indicating a focus on selecting the most qualified proposers regardless of socioeconomic status. While small business participation is not formally prioritized through set-asides, her awards often involve firms with demonstrated capacity to execute large-scale, technically complex projects. Kelly’s expertise lies in procuring services under NAICS categories related to building construction, environmental remediation, and civil engineering support. She routinely manages contracts for facility modernization, utility infrastructure upgrades, asbestos and lead abatement, and sustainable building retrofits, requiring deep technical knowledge of DoD construction standards and environmental compliance frameworks.