Alena Pioche

Alena Pioche serves as a key procurement lead within the Farmington agency under the New Mexico Department of Public Works, overseeing acquisitions critical to sustaining public infrastructure across rural and urban communities. Her role centers on managing the lifecycle of contracts for civil engineering, water and sewer systems, and public storage facilities, ensuring alignment with the agency’s mission of resilient civic operations. She handles complex construction and manufacturing procurements, often coordinating with engineering, environmental, and logistics teams to define technical requirements, evaluate bids, and ensure compliance with state and federal procurement standards. Her work directly supports the modernization of aging infrastructure and the expansion of essential public service logistics. Pioche maintains a broad network of contractors specializing in heavy civil construction and infrastructure manufacturing, engaging both large-scale firms and regional suppliers with proven expertise in public works projects. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently partners with vendors capable of delivering turnkey solutions for water line installation, asphalt paving, and specialty transformer integration. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based contracting, with a preference for vendors who demonstrate technical capability, safety compliance, and experience in New Mexico’s unique environmental and geographic conditions. Pioche’s contracting patterns reflect a strong preference for open competition, with 100% of her acquisitions issued as no set-aside procurements. This indicates a focus on selecting the most qualified offerors regardless of socioeconomic status, prioritizing technical merit and delivery capability over targeted set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs. While small business participation is not formally incentivized in her portfolio, she remains compliant with all federal small business goals and may include subcontracting opportunities within larger contracts. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction), with significant activity in water and sewer line construction (237110), commercial building (236220), asphalt paving (324121), and power transformer manufacturing (335311). She specializes in procuring engineered solutions for municipal water systems, wastewater infrastructure, and public storage facilities, demonstrating deep technical familiarity with civil construction standards, material specifications, and utility integration requirements.