Christopher Smaw

Christopher Smaw serves as a key procurement lead within the Farm Production and Conservation Business Center’s Management Services Division, overseeing real estate infrastructure acquisitions to support USDA’s field-level agricultural and conservation operations. Responsible for securing and managing nonresidential leasehold and facility services across rural and underserved regions, Smaw ensures the agency maintains a scalable, mission-critical physical footprint for farm assistance, disaster response, and conservation program delivery. His acquisitions primarily involve long-term leasing arrangements for office, storage, and operational facilities, aligned with the agency’s mandate to enable accessible, on-the-ground service delivery to agricultural stakeholders. Smaw maintains consistent working relationships with a select group of experienced real estate and construction partners, including Greenwood Properties, L.L.P., and McKenzie Construction & Site Development LLC. These contractors provide end-to-end real estate solutions—from property acquisition and lease negotiation to site development and facility management—supporting the division’s need for turnkey, mission-ready infrastructure. His procurement approach emphasizes reliability, compliance, and long-term operational continuity, fostering stable vendor partnerships grounded in performance history and regulatory adherence. Smaw’s contracting activity reflects a strict preference for non-set-aside procurements, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This indicates a focus on selecting the most qualified providers based on technical capability and facility suitability rather than socioeconomic designations, though it does not preclude small business participation where they are the optimal solution. His approach prioritizes mission efficacy over socioeconomic targeting, aligning with the agency’s need for rapid, scalable infrastructure deployment. The division’s procurement activity is exclusively focused on NAICS 531120—Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings (except Miniwarehouses)—reflecting a specialized domain expertise in commercial real estate leasing and facility management. Smaw’s work centers on acquiring leased space for administrative offices, field service centers, and conservation program hubs, ensuring alignment with USDA’s operational requirements for secure, accessible, and geographically distributed infrastructure.