C. Shawn Long

Christopher Shawn Long serves as a key procurement professional within the Federal Highway Administration’s 693C73 Eastern Federal Lands Division, overseeing the acquisition of critical transportation infrastructure projects across federally managed lands. His responsibilities include managing the full lifecycle of highway, bridge, and roadway construction contracts, ensuring compliance with federal regulations while advancing the agency’s mission of safe, resilient, and environmentally responsible public access. He specializes in competitively awarded, performance-based contracts for civil works projects, coordinating closely with engineering and environmental teams to align procurement strategy with technical and ecological requirements. Long maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of experienced contractors including ESTES BROS. CONST. INC., BLUEGRASS CONTRACTING CORP, BRYANT'S LAND AND DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIES, INC., ECLIPSE COMPANIES, LLC, and ASPEN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. These partnerships reflect a preference for vendors with proven expertise in heavy highway construction, earthwork, drainage systems, and erosion control within sensitive federal land environments. His contracting approach emphasizes reliability, safety compliance, and adherence to project specifications, fostering long-term vendor engagement based on performance history and technical capability. All of Long’s acquisitions are conducted under full and open competition, with no set-asides designated for 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or other socioeconomic programs—reflecting a 100% non-set-aside procurement pattern. This approach prioritizes technical merit and operational readiness over socioeconomic criteria, aligning with the division’s need for specialized, large-scale infrastructure execution on complex federal land sites. His procurement focus is exclusively concentrated on NAICS 237310—Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction—encompassing earthmoving, pavement installation, structural bridge work, and right-of-way development. He specializes in procuring turnkey construction services that meet rigorous federal engineering standards and environmental mitigation requirements, demonstrating deep expertise in civil infrastructure contracting within national forest and public rights-of-way contexts.