Shellie Murphy

Shellie Murphy serves as the primary contracting lead for the DSC Contracting Services Division within the National Park Service, overseeing the acquisition of critical infrastructure and engineering services essential to preserving America’s national parks. Responsible for managing the full lifecycle of procurement actions, Murphy ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations while advancing the agency’s mission to rehabilitate historic structures, modernize utility systems, and enhance visitor facilities across ecologically sensitive and remote landscapes. Her portfolio primarily encompasses design-build, professional services, and construction contracts requiring technical expertise in environmental resilience and cultural resource preservation. Murphy maintains long-standing partnerships with leading engineering and construction firms, including AECOM Technical Services, Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, HDR Engineering, and McKenzie Construction & Site Development. These relationships are characterized by consistent recompetition and performance-based contract awards, reflecting a preference for vendors with demonstrated experience in federal environmental projects, historic preservation, and civil infrastructure in protected areas. Her contracting approach emphasizes technical capability, past performance, and adherence to sustainability standards. Her procurement patterns reflect minimal use of socioeconomic set-asides, with 98.1% of awards issued under full and open competition. Small business participation is limited, with only 0.9% of contracts awarded under total small business set-asides and another 0.9% under HUBZone preferences, indicating a primary focus on technical qualifications over socioeconomic targeting. Murphy’s procurement focus is heavily concentrated in engineering services (NAICS 541330) and environmental consulting (NAICS 541620), with significant activity in highway and bridge construction (237310) and architectural services (541310). She routinely procures civil engineering designs, environmental impact assessments, erosion control systems, and institutional building construction services tailored to the unique constraints of federally protected lands. Her expertise lies in managing complex, multi-disciplinary contracts that integrate engineering, ecology, and historic preservation.