Elizabeth Manza

Elizabeth Manza serves as a key procurement lead within the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s MP-Regional Office, overseeing the acquisition of specialized surveying and mapping services critical to federal water infrastructure projects. Her role centers on ensuring technical compliance with environmental and hydraulic engineering standards through precise geospatial data collection and analysis. She manages the full lifecycle of contract actions—from market research and solicitation development to award and performance monitoring—aligning all acquisitions with the agency’s mission to sustain water supply reliability and protect aquatic ecosystems through science-driven decision-making. Manza maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of contractors, including TEPA EC, LLC, MCKENZIE CONSTRUCTION & SITE DEVELOPMENT LLC, and CDM FEDERAL PROGRAMS CORPORATION, all of which provide high-precision geospatial, environmental, and infrastructure support services. Her procurement patterns reflect a preference for long-term, performance-based partnerships with firms demonstrating proven expertise in topographic surveying, hydrographic mapping, and GIS-enabled environmental assessments. These collaborations are typically structured as task-order contracts under indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) vehicles to ensure responsive, scalable technical support. Her procurement strategy is uniformly focused on small business participation, with 100% of her acquisitions set aside under FAR 19.5 for total small business set-asides. This reflects a deliberate and sustained commitment to fostering economic opportunity among qualified small firms, particularly those with specialized capabilities in surveying and mapping. She actively prioritizes vendors with demonstrated capacity in niche technical domains, ensuring compliance with socioeconomic goals while maintaining high standards of technical rigor. Manza’s portfolio is exclusively concentrated under NAICS 541370, encompassing surveying and mapping services excluding geophysical work. She procures high-resolution topographic surveys, LiDAR data collection, aerial photogrammetry, and hydrologic boundary delineation services—all essential for monitoring dam integrity, reservoir sedimentation, and habitat restoration efforts across federal water projects. Her domain expertise lies in integrating geospatial datasets into water resource management frameworks to support regulatory compliance and ecosystem resilience.