Tedra Thompson

Ms. Tedra N. Thompson serves as a Contracting Officer within the W2SN Endist Japan office under the Department of the Army, responsible for managing complex construction and infrastructure acquisition programs across the Indo-Pacific region. She oversees the full lifecycle of procurement activities for military facilities, including new construction, renovation, and maintenance of housing, hangars, maintenance shops, and institutional buildings critical to U.S. Army and Air Force operational readiness. Her portfolio emphasizes compliance with federal acquisition regulations and mission-driven delivery of durable, high-performance infrastructure to support service members and their families stationed in Japan. Ms. Thompson maintains longstanding relationships with a select group of prime contractors, including L1 Enterprises Incorporated, Gilbane Federal, Toyo Construction Co., Ltd., Maeda-Samsung-KGC-Onaka Joint Venture, and Ichiken Co., Ltd. These partnerships reflect a preference for established, technically capable firms with proven experience in military construction and heavy civil engineering. Her contracting approach prioritizes performance history, quality assurance, and schedule reliability, often utilizing firm-fixed-price and cost-reimbursement contract types suited for large-scale, mission-critical projects. Ms. Thompson’s procurement activity is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic emphasis on maximizing technical capability and contractor capacity over socioeconomic set-asides, aligning with the high-complexity and time-sensitive nature of overseas infrastructure projects. While small business participation is not formally prioritized in her portfolio, all procurements adhere strictly to FAR requirements for fair and transparent competition. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction), followed by 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction) and 237120 (Oil and Gas Pipeline and Related Structures Construction). She specializes in acquiring integrated facility systems, structural upgrades, and utility infrastructure, demonstrating deep expertise in military construction standards, seismic retrofitting, and expeditionary facility sustainment.