E. Shawn Hayes

E. Shawn Hayes serves as a key procurement lead within the Farm Production and Conservation Business Center’s Management Services Division, responsible for acquiring real estate infrastructure to support USDA’s field-level agricultural and conservation operations. His role centers on securing and managing nonresidential leasing and property development contracts that enable physical access to rural and underserved communities, ensuring the effective delivery of farm assistance, disaster response, and conservation programs. Hayes manages a portfolio of acquisitions under NAICS 531120, focusing on long-term leasing of commercial and agricultural support facilities, including office spaces, storage units, and operational outposts essential to USDA’s rural presence. Hayes maintains consistent contracting relationships with a select group of specialized real estate and construction partners, including Greenwood Properties, L.L.P., and McKenzie Construction & Site Development LLC. These vendors are regularly engaged for property acquisition, site development, and facility management services tailored to federal agricultural needs. His procurement pattern reflects a preference for established, experienced contractors with demonstrated capacity in federal real estate compliance, land use coordination, and infrastructure adaptation for government use, indicating a reliance on proven performance over competitive bidding for routine requirements. Hayes’s contracting activity shows no use of socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic focus on operational continuity and facility standardization rather than socioeconomic targeting, prioritizing technical capability and facility readiness over small business participation metrics. His approach aligns with the agency’s mission-critical need for rapid, reliable infrastructure deployment across geographically dispersed regions. The division’s procurement is exclusively concentrated in NAICS 531120—Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings—indicating deep expertise in real property leasing, tenant improvement coordination, and facility lifecycle management. Hayes specializes in procuring leased spaces for field offices, conservation program hubs, and operational storage facilities, requiring precise compliance with federal real property standards and land-use regulations. His domain expertise lies in translating agricultural program needs into secure, scalable, and compliant real estate solutions.