Stacy D. Thurman

Stacy D. Thurman serves as Supervisory Contract Specialist at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ W07V Endist Vicksburg office, overseeing the acquisition of civil infrastructure and engineering services critical to national water resource management and flood control. In this leadership role, she directs the planning, solicitation, and award of complex contracts for dredging, levee construction, navigation channel maintenance, and environmental remediation projects across the Mississippi River basin. Her expertise spans full lifecycle procurement under FAR and DFARS, ensuring compliance with federal mandates while advancing mission-critical engineering objectives for the Department of the Army. Thurman maintains longstanding relationships with a core group of prime contractors including MCKENZIE CONSTRUCTION & SITE DEVELOPMENT LLC, BAIRD-STANTEC JOINT VENTURE, ARCADIS U.S., INC., SOL-MERRICK JOINT VENTURE II, LLC, and LINFIELD, HUNTER & JUNIUS, INC. These partnerships reflect a preference for established joint ventures and experienced engineering firms capable of delivering large-scale, multi-disciplinary civil works projects. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based requirements, technical evaluation rigor, and collaborative vendor engagement to ensure project integrity and timely delivery. While the majority of her acquisitions are conducted under open competition—approximately 80.6% with no set-aside—Thurman actively supports small business participation, with nearly 19.4% of awards designated as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. Her socioeconomic strategy prioritizes broad small business access without favoring specific categories like 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB, aligning with agency-wide goals for competitive, inclusive contracting. Her procurement focus centers on NAICS codes related to commercial and industrial equipment leasing, court reporting services, and specialized instrument manufacturing—reflecting the diverse support needs of field operations, including surveying equipment, hydrologic monitoring systems, and documentation services essential to engineering oversight and regulatory compliance.