Gibran Mills

Gibran Mills serves as a Contracting Officer within the 693JJ3 Acquisition and Grants Management unit of the Federal Highway Administration, where he leads the procurement of technical services critical to advancing the nation’s transportation infrastructure. His portfolio centers on securing engineering, research, and operational consulting services that inform highway design, safety systems, and data-driven infrastructure planning. Mills ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations while aligning procurements with the agency’s mission to promote resilience, innovation, and evidence-based decision-making in transportation systems. His primary contractor relationships include K & M Transportation Services LLC and the University of California, Los Angeles, reflecting a consistent reliance on specialized firms and academic institutions capable of delivering high-level transportation research and engineering analysis. Mills cultivates long-term partnerships with vendors possessing deep domain expertise in traffic modeling, infrastructure performance evaluation, and systems integration, often engaging them through competitive sealed bidding and sole-source justifications under the Federal Acquisition Regulation’s scientific and technical services exceptions. Mills’s procurement patterns show a 100% preference for non-set-aside contracts, indicating a focus on technical capability and mission-critical expertise over socioeconomic classifications. While small business participation is not a primary driver of his award strategy, his solicitations remain fully compliant with all applicable regulations, and he actively evaluates vendor qualifications based on technical merit and past performance. His work is exclusively focused on NAICS 541715—Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences—where he procures advanced analytical services, field data collection systems, simulation modeling, and infrastructure lifecycle assessments. Mills is recognized for his technical acumen in evaluating complex research proposals and ensuring contract deliverables meet rigorous federal standards for transportation innovation and safety enhancement.