Shawn Drake

Shawn Drake serves as a key procurement professional within Navfacsyscom Mid-Atlantic, supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to deliver and sustain mission-critical infrastructure across Navy and Marine Corps installations in the Mid-Atlantic region. Responsible for managing complex construction and facility support contracts, Drake oversees acquisitions aligned with operational readiness goals, including new construction, base modernization, and utility system upgrades. His portfolio emphasizes mission-critical facilities requiring compliance with DoD standards for resilience, environmental sustainability, and long-term maintainability, ensuring that contracted services directly enable naval and marine operational capabilities. Drake maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of established contractors, including RYAN CONSTRUCTION CO INC, WEEKS-CASHMAN JV, APPLEDORE MARINE - CH2M JV, W. M. JORDAN COMPANY, INCORPORATED, and MCKENZIE CONSTRUCTION & SITE DEVELOPMENT LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for experienced firms with proven track records in heavy civil construction, marine infrastructure, and integrated facility services. His contracting approach prioritizes performance-based outcomes, often leveraging joint ventures and multi-disciplinary teams to deliver complex, multi-trade projects under tight operational timelines. Drake demonstrates a balanced commitment to socioeconomic contracting, with nearly half of his acquisitions conducted as open competitions, while actively promoting small business participation through Total Small Business Set-Asides, 8(a) competed awards, and HUBZone set-asides. His pattern reflects a deliberate effort to broaden vendor diversity while maintaining technical rigor, ensuring that small and disadvantaged businesses have meaningful access to high-value infrastructure opportunities. His primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction), with significant activity in specialty trades including plumbing, HVAC, and janitorial services. He routinely manages integrated facility projects requiring coordination across multiple trade contractors, demonstrating deep expertise in construction management, facility sustainment, and compliance with federal construction codes and naval engineering standards.