Debra L. Trowbridge

Debra Trowbridge serves as a Realty Specialist at the FSA-IA State Office, where she manages the acquisition and leasing of real property to support the Farm Service Agency’s mission of delivering consistent, localized farm program services to rural communities. Her role is central to ensuring the agency maintains secure, accessible, and functionally adequate office facilities across Iowa’s county service centers. She oversees the full lifecycle of real estate procurements, including site selection, lease negotiations, environmental compliance, and facility maintenance agreements, ensuring alignment with federal real property standards and USDA operational requirements. Her acquisitions are primarily focused on securing long-term, mission-critical space to sustain field-level administrative capacity for farmers and landowners. Debra collaborates with commercial real estate brokers, property management firms, and private landowners to secure nonresidential and other real estate properties under lease. While no specific contractors are identified in current award data, her work consistently engages firms experienced in federal real property leasing, including those familiar with GSA schedules and USDA-specific realty protocols. Her procurement approach emphasizes efficiency, compliance, and long-term value, often requiring coordination with legal, environmental, and facilities teams to ensure all leases meet federal standards. Debra’s contracting activity reflects a strong preference for unrestricted, non-set-aside procurements, with 100% of her acquisitions conducted under open competition. This indicates a focus on market-wide competition rather than socioeconomic set-asides, prioritizing facility suitability, cost-effectiveness, and geographic accessibility over socioeconomic criteria in lease decisions. Her procurement activity is overwhelmingly concentrated in NAICS 531190 (Lessors of Other Real Estate Property) and NAICS 531120 (Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings), reflecting her specialization in leasing office space, agricultural service centers, and related nonresidential properties. She possesses deep expertise in federal real estate acquisition policy, lease structuring, and property use compliance, ensuring that leased facilities meet the operational needs of rural agricultural service delivery.