Alenoush Babakanian

Alenoush Babakanian serves as a strategic procurement lead within Los Angeles County Public Works, supporting the agency’s mission to enhance infrastructure resilience and workforce capacity through targeted acquisitions. In their role, they manage the planning, solicitation, and award of contracts aligned with workforce development and technical training initiatives, ensuring alignment with county-wide goals for public safety and civil engineering excellence. Their procurement activities primarily center on professional development services, technical education, and management consulting, enabling the agency to build internal capacity and sustain a skilled, safety-conscious workforce. Babakanian collaborates with a diverse array of vendors specializing in workforce training, including technical schools, computer training providers, and management consulting firms. While no single contractor dominates their portfolio, they consistently engage with service providers that offer scalable, outcome-driven training solutions and curriculum design services tailored to public sector needs. Their contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, vendor accountability, and alignment with industry-recognized certification standards. Babakanian’s procurement patterns reflect a strong preference for open competition, with 100% of acquisitions issued without set-aside designations. This indicates a focus on broad market access and value-driven selection rather than socioeconomic preferences, though they remain compliant with all federal and state small business participation requirements. Their approach prioritizes capability and delivery over certification status, ensuring the most qualified providers are selected based on technical merit and past performance. Their primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 611430, 611519, and 611420, reflecting deep expertise in professional development, technical and trade education, and computer-based training programs. They also regularly procure human resources and management consulting services under NAICS 541612 and 541618 to support organizational efficiency. Babakanian’s domain expertise centers on designing and delivering workforce readiness solutions that directly enhance the technical competencies of county engineering and operations staff.