Seth Balsters

Seth Balsters serves as a key procurement lead within the W071 Endist Kansas City office under the Department of the Army, responsible for managing facility sustainment and infrastructure support contracts critical to operational readiness. He oversees a high-volume portfolio of service-based acquisitions focused on civil engineering, environmental maintenance, and installation operations, ensuring Army installations remain functional, compliant, and mission-ready. His work directly supports the agency’s mission to modernize and sustain military infrastructure through strategic contracting that prioritizes reliability, environmental stewardship, and timely delivery of essential services. Balsters maintains consistent partnerships with a core group of experienced contractors including HYDROGEOLOGIC, INC., BURNS & MCDONNELL ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC., HGL-APTIM TECHNOLOGIES JV LLC, CAPE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT INC, and ZAPATA BLACK & VEATCH JV, LLC. These relationships reflect a preference for firms with proven expertise in environmental remediation, civil works, and facility operations. His contracting approach emphasizes long-term performance-based agreements, often utilizing Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) vehicles to ensure responsive, scalable support across multiple installations. A defining feature of Balsters’ procurement strategy is an overwhelming commitment to small business participation, with 99.1% of his acquisitions set aside for small businesses under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate and sustained focus on socioeconomic contracting, prioritizing small business eligibility across all categories, including Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs), HUBZone firms, and 8(a) participants, to foster local economic development and enhance contractor diversity. His primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 561720 (Janitorial Services) and 561730 (Landscaping Services), which together account for nearly 68% of his portfolio, supplemented by significant activity in RV park and campground operations (721211). He also manages niche contracts under 237990 for heavy civil construction and 212319 for aggregate sourcing, demonstrating technical proficiency in facility operations, environmental compliance, and infrastructure lifecycle management.