Daniel L. Smith

Daniel L. Smith serves as a Contract Specialist within the 693C73 Eastern Federal Lands Division of the Federal Highway Administration, where he manages the full lifecycle of procurement actions for critical transportation infrastructure projects on federally managed lands. His responsibilities include soliciting, evaluating, and awarding contracts for highway, bridge, and roadway systems that support public access while ensuring environmental compliance and resilience. Smith specializes in complex construction and site development acquisitions aligned with the Division’s mission to maintain safe and sustainable transportation corridors within national forests and public rights-of-way. He 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., TERRA SITE CONSTRUCTORS LLC, and ASPEN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. These partnerships reflect a preference for firms with proven expertise in federal land construction, erosion control, and right-of-way development. Smith fosters collaborative, performance-based contracting relationships, emphasizing compliance with federal standards, environmental mitigation requirements, and timely project delivery. Smith demonstrates an unwavering commitment to small business participation, with 100% of his acquisitions structured as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate strategy to maximize economic opportunity for small businesses capable of delivering specialized infrastructure services on sensitive federal lands. His contracting patterns consistently prioritize small business eligibility, ensuring equitable access to federal procurement opportunities within the Eastern Federal Lands portfolio. Despite the apparent misalignment, his primary NAICS code focus is 334516—Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing—which suggests a potential data anomaly in classification. In practice, his acquisitions involve construction, earthwork, and site development services, not laboratory instrumentation. This discrepancy may reflect system-level misclassification rather than actual procurement intent, and his operational focus remains firmly rooted in civil infrastructure contracting on federally managed lands.