Audrey Rivas

Audrey Rivas serves as a key procurement professional within the Farm Production and Conservation Business Center’s Management Services Division, overseeing real estate infrastructure acquisitions critical to sustaining USDA’s field-level operations. Her role centers on securing long-term physical assets—including office spaces, field offices, and operational facilities—to support farm assistance, conservation programs, and disaster response initiatives across rural and underserved regions. She manages the full lifecycle of nonresidential leasing and facility management contracts, ensuring compliance with federal property standards and alignment with agency mission priorities. Her acquisitions are strategically designed to enable scalable, accessible, and sustainable infrastructure for USDA personnel operating in geographically dispersed areas. Rivas maintains consistent contracting relationships with a select group of specialized vendors, primarily Greenwood Properties, L.L.P., and McKenzie Construction & Site Development LLC, which provide property management, site development, and facility adaptation services. Her working pattern emphasizes long-term, performance-based partnerships with firms experienced in federal real estate compliance, environmental remediation, and adaptive reuse of existing structures. These contractors are selected for their demonstrated capacity to deliver turnkey solutions that meet USDA’s stringent operational and accessibility requirements. Rivas’s procurement portfolio reflects a strong preference for full and open competition, with 100% of awards issued under no set-aside categories. This indicates a deliberate focus on merit-based selection rather than socioeconomic set-asides, prioritizing technical capability and facility readiness over certification-based preferences. While small business participation is not formally incentivized in her portfolio, her approach ensures competitive rigor and value-driven outcomes aligned with federal real estate efficiency mandates. Her primary procurement focus is exclusively on NAICS 531120—Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings (except Miniwarehouses)—reflecting deep expertise in commercial lease negotiations, property condition assessments, and facility transition management. She specializes in acquiring and managing leased spaces for administrative and field operations, ensuring alignment with federal building codes, security protocols, and rural accessibility standards. Her domain expertise lies in the strategic alignment of real estate assets with mission-critical agricultural service delivery.