Abby ALAM

Abby Alam serves as a procurement lead within the Maryland Transportation Authority, supporting the acquisition of critical engineering services essential to the state’s transportation infrastructure lifecycle. In this role, she manages the planning, solicitation, and award of contracts aligned with the Authority’s mission to ensure the safety, resilience, and efficiency of highways, bridges, and tunnels. Her responsibilities include overseeing the full contract lifecycle for technical projects involving structural assessments, traffic control modernization, and civil systems engineering, ensuring compliance with state and federal procurement regulations. She works closely with technical staff and project managers to translate engineering requirements into precise statement of work documents and performance-based acquisition strategies. Abby Alam maintains professional relationships with a broad spectrum of engineering firms specializing in civil, structural, and transportation engineering disciplines. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages firms with proven expertise in infrastructure asset management, geotechnical analysis, and bridge inspection technologies. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for qualified, technically capable vendors with demonstrated experience in state-funded transportation projects, fostering long-term partnerships based on performance, compliance, and innovation in design and delivery. Abby Alam’s procurement approach is non-set-aside focused, with 100% of her acquisitions conducted under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic emphasis on technical merit and capability over socioeconomic classifications, aligning with the Maryland Transportation Authority’s priority for mission-critical infrastructure outcomes. While small business participation is not formally incentivized in her portfolio, vendors of all sizes are evaluated solely on technical qualifications, past performance, and ability to meet stringent engineering standards. Her primary procurement focus is on NAICS 541330—Engineering Services—with a specialization in transportation infrastructure engineering. She procures services including structural integrity evaluations, traffic modeling, pavement analysis, and design-build engineering support. Her technical domain expertise lies in civil engineering systems, asset lifecycle management, and federally compliant infrastructure rehabilitation, ensuring all acquisitions support the Authority’s long-term capital improvement goals.