Deborah A Putney

Deborah A. Putney serves as a Real Property Contracting Officer within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), where she manages the acquisition of real estate and facility-related services critical to supporting NOAA’s scientific missions. Her responsibilities include negotiating and administering contracts for the lease, management, and maintenance of nonresidential properties used for research stations, data centers, and coastal observation facilities. She ensures compliance with federal property management regulations while aligning acquisitions with NOAA’s strategic goals in environmental monitoring, climate resilience, and maritime infrastructure integrity. Her portfolio is primarily focused on real property leasing and related support services, requiring deep familiarity with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 17 and GSA schedules. Putney maintains consistent working relationships with a select group of real estate and facility management contractors, including Wisconsin Educational Communications Board, Tronconi Segarra & Associates LLP, JNB Services LLC, Pure Enviro-Management, LLC, and The Regents of the University of Colorado. These partnerships reflect a preference for experienced vendors with expertise in federal property management, environmental compliance, and long-term facility operations. Her contracting patterns indicate a reliance on established contractors with proven capacity to deliver mission-critical real property services under complex federal requirements. Her set-aside preferences show a strong emphasis on open competition, with 85.7% of awards issued without socioeconomic set-asides. However, she consistently supports small business participation through 8(a) competed contracts, accounting for 14.3% of her awards, demonstrating a balanced approach that prioritizes mission efficiency while fulfilling federal small business goals. Putney’s procurement focus is concentrated in NAICS 531120 (Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings) and 531190 (Lessors of Other Real Estate Property), reflecting her specialization in leasing office, laboratory, and operational facilities essential to NOAA’s field science and data collection activities. She procures services tied to property management, environmental remediation, and infrastructure maintenance, requiring technical understanding of federal real property standards and sustainability requirements.