Angela A Jones

Angela A. Jones serves as a Contracting Officer within the 693JJ3 Acquisition and Grants Management unit of the Federal Highway Administration, where she manages the procurement of technical services critical to advancing national transportation infrastructure. Her portfolio centers on engineering services, transportation research, and operational consulting contracts that support data-informed decision-making for highway design, safety enhancements, and system resilience. She exercises full contracting authority under the FAR, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations while aligning procurements with the agency’s mission to modernize infrastructure through innovation and evidence-based solutions. Jones maintains enduring relationships with key contractors including K & M Transportation Services LLC and the University of California, Los Angeles, reflecting a balanced mix of private-sector engineering firms and academic research institutions. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, often utilizing Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) vehicles and task order solicitations to secure specialized technical expertise. She prioritizes long-term vendor partnerships that demonstrate technical excellence, past performance, and capacity to deliver complex, research-driven deliverables under tight federal timelines. Her set-aside preferences are overwhelmingly non-set-aside, with 98.5% of awards issued under full and open competition, indicating a strong focus on technical merit and value over socioeconomic preferences. Only 1.5% of her awards are designated as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, suggesting a deliberate, mission-driven approach that prioritizes capability over socioeconomic categorization, while still maintaining compliance with small business goals. Jones’s procurement focus is concentrated in NAICS 541330 (Engineering Services), 611310 (Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools), and 541990 (Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services), reflecting her expertise in acquiring advanced transportation research, data analytics, and systems engineering support. She routinely procures services related to traffic modeling, pavement analysis, intelligent transportation systems, and infrastructure resilience studies, demonstrating deep domain knowledge in transportation engineering and public-sector R&D procurement.