Christina McMurtry

Christina McMurtry serves as a key procurement professional within the 693JJ3 Acquisition and Grants Management unit of the Federal Highway Administration, supporting the agency’s mission to enhance the safety, resilience, and innovation of the nation’s transportation infrastructure. She manages a diverse portfolio of contracts for engineering services, transportation research, and operational consulting, ensuring that acquisitions align with data-driven decision-making and technical excellence. Her work directly enables the procurement of critical solutions that inform highway design, safety improvements, and infrastructure modernization efforts. McMurtry maintains established relationships with leading contractors including K & M Transportation Services LLC and the University of California, Los Angeles, reflecting a balanced approach between private-sector engineering firms and academic research institutions. Her contracting patterns emphasize long-term, performance-based partnerships that deliver technical expertise and applied research, often involving complex service contracts requiring specialized domain knowledge in transportation systems and infrastructure analysis. Her procurement strategy prioritizes open competition, with 75% of awards issued without set-asides, while maintaining a consistent 25% commitment to total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate effort to foster competition and innovation through small business participation without compromising technical requirements. She actively supports socioeconomic contracting goals, regularly engaging qualified small businesses across multiple categories. Her primary procurement focus centers on NAICS 541620 (Environmental Consulting Services), with significant activity in professional, scientific, and technical services (541990), as well as training and organizational development (611430). She procures specialized services including environmental impact assessments, transportation modeling, safety analytics, and workforce development programs, demonstrating deep expertise in the technical domains supporting federal highway infrastructure policy and implementation.