Shayla McLaurin

Shayla McLaurin serves as a Contract Specialist within the W2SN Endist Japan office under the Department of the Army, where she manages the acquisition lifecycle for critical infrastructure projects supporting U.S. military installations across the Indo-Pacific region. Her responsibilities include soliciting, evaluating, and awarding contracts for facility construction, renovation, and maintenance services essential to force readiness and quality-of-life support for service members and their families. She specializes in complex, multi-year procurements involving commercial and industrial facility systems, with a focus on ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations and mission-aligned delivery timelines. McLaurin maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of established contractors, including L1 Enterprises Incorporated, Gilbane Federal, and major Japanese construction firms such as Toyo Construction Co., Ltd. and the Maeda-Samsung-KGC-Onaka Joint Venture. These partnerships reflect a preference for experienced, vertically integrated vendors capable of delivering turnkey solutions for heavy civil infrastructure, including hangars, maintenance shops, and institutional buildings. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, rigorous technical evaluation, and long-term vendor reliability over short-term cost savings. Her procurement portfolio reflects a 100% no set-aside orientation, indicating a strategic focus on full and open competition to ensure access to the highest-capability contractors available in the region. This approach prioritizes mission-critical delivery over socioeconomic set-asides, with no current reliance on 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs. While small business participation is not formally targeted, all procurements adhere to fair and transparent competition standards under FAR Part 6. McLaurin’s primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 811310 (commercial and industrial machinery and equipment repair and maintenance) and NAICS 541330 (engineering services), reflecting her specialization in facility systems maintenance, mechanical and electrical infrastructure upgrades, and technical engineering support for military installations. Her expertise centers on complex facility sustainment, preventive maintenance contracts, and integrated engineering solutions that ensure operational continuity and compliance with DoD installation standards.