Susan Salaj

Susan Salaj serves as a Contract Specialist within the W2SN Endist Alaska office under the Department of the Army, where she manages the acquisition lifecycle for critical civil engineering and environmental remediation projects across Alaska’s remote and high-risk operational environments. Her work directly supports the agency’s mission to sustain and modernize military infrastructure under extreme climatic conditions, ensuring long-term facility readiness and environmental compliance. She routinely handles complex, high-stakes procurements under FAR Part 36, focusing on construction, remediation, and infrastructure modernization contracts requiring specialized technical expertise and stringent regulatory adherence. Salaj maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of experienced contractors, including Environmental Compliance Consultants, Inc., Shannon & Wilson Inc., R&M Consultants, Inc., Unit Company, and McKenzie Construction & Site Development LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for firms with proven capabilities in geotechnical engineering, hazardous material remediation, and heavy civil construction in austere environments. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, technical rigor, and contractor accountability, fostering long-term vendor collaboration grounded in compliance and mission alignment. Her procurement patterns reflect a balanced approach to socioeconomic goals, with 75% of awards issued as unrestricted competitions and 25% allocated to small business set-asides—equally split between Total Small Business and 8(a) competed contracts. While not heavily reliant on HUBZone or SDVOSB preferences, she actively promotes meaningful small business participation through competitive 8(a) pathways and clear evaluation criteria that reward technical capability and past performance. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 562910 (Remediation Services) and 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction), with significant activity in oil and gas pipeline construction (237120) and power/communication line infrastructure (237130). She specializes in acquiring services that integrate environmental remediation with structural resilience, requiring deep domain knowledge in Alaska-specific geotechnical challenges, permafrost engineering, and federal environmental regulations under NEPA and CERCLA.