Alice Austin-Barnard

Alice Austin-Barnard serves as a Realty Technician responsible for managing real property acquisition, leasing, and disposition activities within her organization. In this role, she supports the agency’s mission by ensuring efficient and compliant use of real estate assets through strategic contracting practices. Her responsibilities include preparing solicitation documents, evaluating lease proposals, negotiating terms with property owners, and ensuring adherence to federal real property regulations. She primarily handles non-construction real estate leasing actions, focusing on long-term occupancy needs for administrative, operational, and support facilities. While no specific contractor relationships are currently identifiable due to limited award data, Austin-Barnard routinely engages with commercial real estate firms, property management companies, and landowners who provide leased space and related services. Her procurement approach emphasizes transparency, competitive bidding, and compliance with federal real property standards, fostering professional vendor relationships grounded in regulatory adherence and performance accountability. Austin-Barnard’s contracting activity reflects a strong preference for open competition, with 100% of her acquisitions classified as “No Set-Aside.” This indicates a focus on full and open competition rather than socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs. Her approach prioritizes market-driven outcomes and value-based selection criteria, aligning with agency-wide directives to maximize efficiency in real property management without reliance on targeted socioeconomic contracting mechanisms. Her primary procurement focus is centered on NAICS code 531190—Lessors of Other Real Estate Property—indicating deep specialization in leasing non-residential, non-industrial real estate assets. She routinely procures office space, storage facilities, satellite offices, and other non-construction real property interests, demonstrating expertise in lease administration, space planning, and federal real property compliance. Her technical domain expertise lies in the intersection of real estate law, federal acquisition regulation (FAR) Part 17, and property management best practices.