Alex Urda

Alex Urda serves as the Engineer for the Town of Chenango, overseeing the planning, evaluation, and procurement of professional environmental consulting services critical to the municipality’s mission of environmental integrity and lawful land-use governance. In this role, Urda is the primary point of contact for acquiring technical expertise to support comprehensive plan updates, wetland delineations, waterway protection initiatives, and judicial documentation related to environmental compliance. His acquisitions are strategically aligned with state regulatory frameworks, ensuring that all contracted services meet rigorous scientific and legal standards for municipal decision-making. He manages sole-source and competitive procurements under the Federal Acquisition Regulation, prioritizing technical competence and regulatory alignment over cost alone. Urda’s contractor relationships are centered on environmental consulting firms with demonstrated expertise in New York State environmental law, hydrological modeling, and ecological impact assessment. He works closely with a network of specialized vendors who provide technical reports, GIS mapping, and permitting support, often selecting firms with prior experience in Chenango’s watershed systems. His procurement pattern reflects a preference for repeat contractors with proven track records in municipal environmental compliance, fostering long-term partnerships built on reliability and domain-specific knowledge. Urda’s contracting activity is exclusively non-set-aside, with 100% of procurements open to all eligible vendors regardless of socioeconomic designation. While he does not prioritize 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB set-asides, his process remains fully compliant with federal and state procurement equity requirements, ensuring open competition while emphasizing technical merit and regulatory alignment above socioeconomic criteria. His procurement focus is entirely concentrated on NAICS 541620, Environmental Consulting Services, encompassing environmental impact studies, stormwater management planning, wetland mitigation design, and land-use compliance documentation. Urda’s technical expertise lies in interpreting state environmental regulations and translating them into actionable, legally defensible procurement specifications, ensuring that all contracted work directly supports Chenango’s long-term conservation and land-use planning goals.