Shawna West

Shawna West serves as a key procurement professional within the W071 Endist Seattle office of the Department of the Army, overseeing the acquisition of civil infrastructure and construction services critical to military installation resilience across the Pacific Northwest. She manages a diverse portfolio of contracts aligned with the agency’s mission to modernize and sustain military facilities through heavy civil engineering, facility construction, and environmental remediation. Her work directly supports operational readiness by ensuring timely delivery of mission-critical infrastructure projects, including hydraulic systems, coastal defenses, and institutional building upgrades. She routinely handles complex, multi-year procurements under FAR Part 36, often coordinating with engineers and environmental specialists to align contracting strategy with technical requirements. West maintains strong, ongoing relationships with a core group of contractors including RDC JPA Architecture, FinCantieri Marine Repair, Walsh Federal, Absher Construction, and Big River Construction. These partnerships span architectural design, marine repair, heavy construction, and site development, reflecting a preference for experienced, performance-based vendors capable of executing large-scale, technically demanding projects. Her contracting patterns emphasize collaboration with firms that demonstrate proven capacity in federal construction environments, with a focus on reliability, compliance, and safety standards. Her procurement strategy prioritizes small business participation, with 35% of awards designated as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5 and 15% allocated to 8(a) competed contracts. An additional 5% are reserved for women-owned small businesses, underscoring a deliberate commitment to socioeconomic diversity in contracting. While 45% of awards remain open to all competitors, her approach consistently integrates small business goals into the acquisition lifecycle without compromising mission outcomes. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction) and 541330 (Engineering Services), reflecting deep expertise in facility modernization and technical design support. She also procures soil preparation and environmental services under NAICS 115112, demonstrating integrated oversight of construction and ecological restoration projects. Her domain expertise centers on delivering resilient, compliant, and sustainably engineered infrastructure for Army installations.