Scott T. Freas

Scott T. Freas serves as a key procurement professional within the W074 Endist Savannah, operating under the Department of the Army’s W912HN contracting office. He is responsible for managing the acquisition lifecycle of civil engineering and facility modernization projects critical to Army operational readiness. His portfolio primarily encompasses commercial and institutional building construction, heavy civil engineering, and infrastructure remediation efforts, ensuring compliance with environmental standards and military facility sustainment requirements. Freas plays a central role in executing strategic infrastructure upgrades across Army installations, aligning acquisitions with the Army’s long-term resilience and modernization goals. Freas maintains consistent contracting relationships with a core group of experienced joint ventures and specialty contractors, including SHERLOCK, SMITH & ADAMS INC., BLAIR REMY MERRICK MP JOINT VENTURE, LLC, and GMHILL BAKER JV, LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for firms with demonstrated expertise in complex facility renovation, utility system upgrades, and environmental remediation. His contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes and collaborative vendor engagement, often leveraging joint ventures to deliver integrated solutions across multiple technical domains. A strong advocate for socioeconomic opportunity, Freas prioritizes small business participation, with approximately half of his awards structured as 8(a) competed contracts. He regularly utilizes Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5 and maintains a balanced approach with non-set-aside procurements to ensure competition and capability. His contracting patterns reflect a deliberate strategy to expand the pool of qualified small and disadvantaged businesses in the defense infrastructure sector. His technical focus centers on NAICS 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction), with significant activity in 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction) and 237310 (Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction). He procures services related to building rehabilitation, site development, stormwater management, and utility infrastructure—domains requiring specialized knowledge in military construction standards, environmental regulations, and lifecycle asset management.