Deborah L. Hejko

Deborah L. Hejko serves as a key procurement professional within the Public Buildings Service’s PBS R9 Leasing Division, operating under the General Services Administration. She is responsible for managing real estate leasing acquisitions to secure and maintain federal office and commercial space across Region 9. Her work directly supports the agency’s mission to optimize federal real property portfolios through strategic space consolidation and cost-effective leasing solutions. Hejko primarily handles full-service lease agreements for nonresidential properties, including long-term space procurement, tenant improvement allowances, and facility management contracts, ensuring compliance with federal realty standards and GSA leasing policies. She maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of commercial real estate entities, including EYP REALTY, LLC, THE HUNT TRUST BYPASS TRUST, SAN DIEGO COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY, and DLR HOLDINGS 4, LLC. These partnerships reflect a focus on institutional landlords and property trusts with established portfolios of Class A and mission-critical federal tenant spaces. Her contracting approach emphasizes stability, long-term tenancy, and portfolio-scale negotiations rather than transactional, short-term leases, fostering enduring vendor relationships grounded in performance and compliance. Hejko’s procurement activity shows no use of socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic preference for maximizing market-wide competition among qualified commercial real estate providers rather than targeting specific small business categories such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB firms. Her contracting patterns prioritize property suitability, location alignment, and operational efficiency over socioeconomic preferences. Her expertise is narrowly focused on NAICS 531120—Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings (except Miniwarehouses)—indicating deep specialization in commercial real estate leasing for federal occupancy. She procures turnkey leased spaces, including built-to-suit facilities, adaptive reuse properties, and multi-tenant office complexes, demonstrating advanced technical knowledge in real property law, lease structuring, and federal facility requirements.