Stephanie Pethtel

Stephanie Pethtel serves as a key procurement professional within the W072 Endist Pittsburgh office of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, supporting the Department of the Army’s mission to maintain and modernize critical civil infrastructure. She manages the acquisition of specialized services related to dam, levee, lock, and water system maintenance, ensuring compliance with federal engineering standards and environmental regulations. Her work directly enables the agency’s strategic priorities in flood control, navigation, and water resource resilience, focusing on long-term infrastructure sustainability through contract execution and vendor oversight. Pethtel maintains consistent working relationships with a limited set of experienced contractors, most notably MCKENZIE CONSTRUCTION & SITE DEVELOPMENT LLC and C. J. MAHAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, LLC, both of which possess proven expertise in civil works construction and site remediation. These partnerships reflect a preference for established, mission-aligned vendors with demonstrated capability in complex federal infrastructure projects. Her contracting patterns emphasize reliability, technical proficiency, and performance history over broad competition, fostering stable, high-trust vendor relationships critical to mission-critical infrastructure lifecycle management. Her procurement activity shows no use of socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic emphasis on selecting the most qualified contractors based on technical merit and past performance, rather than socioeconomic criteria. While small business participation is not formally prioritized through set-aside mechanisms, her contracting approach remains compliant with all federal acquisition regulations and encourages competition among all eligible firms. Her primary focus lies within NAICS 813910 (Business Associations), indicating a strong alignment with procurement of professional, administrative, and technical services supporting infrastructure operations—particularly those involving engineering oversight, project management, and regulatory compliance coordination. Her domain expertise centers on civil works support services, not construction itself, making her a critical link between field operations and federal acquisition policy.