Alison Fisher

Alison Fisher serves as a procurement specialist within the Vallecitos Water District, playing a pivotal role in advancing the agency’s mission to ensure reliable water infrastructure through strategic acquisition of civil construction services. Her responsibilities center on managing site preparation contracts essential to the construction, repair, and modernization of pipelines, pump stations, reservoirs, and associated civil works. She ensures compliance with state and federal procurement regulations while aligning acquisitions with the district’s long-term infrastructure resilience goals. Fisher handles competitive sealed bidding and negotiated procurements under the Federal Acquisition Regulation framework, focusing on timely delivery of critical public works projects that support public health and environmental sustainability. Fisher maintains a broad network of qualified site preparation contractors, primarily engaged through open competition under standard procurement procedures. She works closely with general contractors and specialized earthwork firms experienced in grading, excavation, trenching, and utility relocation for water infrastructure. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages vendors with proven track records in California’s challenging terrain and regulatory environment, prioritizing technical competency, safety compliance, and schedule adherence over sole-source relationships. Fisher’s procurement strategy reflects a strong preference for open competition, with 100% of her acquisitions designated as non-set-aside. She does not routinely utilize 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB set-asides, instead emphasizing full and open competition to ensure the highest quality outcomes for public infrastructure. This approach aligns with the district’s operational priorities, where technical capability and proven performance outweigh socioeconomic preferences in the site preparation domain. Her primary procurement focus is exclusively on NAICS 238910 — Site Preparation Contractors — encompassing earthmoving, clearing, grubbing, drainage preparation, and temporary erosion control measures. Fisher’s expertise lies in evaluating contractor capabilities for complex civil works in constrained environments, ensuring compliance with environmental permits and water district engineering standards. Her technical domain centers on the foundational phases of water infrastructure projects, where precise site preparation directly impacts system longevity and operational integrity.