Christina N. Harris

Christina N. Harris serves as a key procurement lead within the Department of Energy’s Western-Rocky Mountain Region, overseeing the acquisition of critical energy infrastructure components and support services essential to grid modernization and transmission resilience. Her role centers on managing complex contracts for electrical systems, power transmission equipment, and facility maintenance services that ensure the reliability and security of the western U.S. power grid. She specializes in soliciting and awarding contracts for high-voltage transmission upgrades, electrical installation, and specialized hardware, aligning acquisitions with federal energy security priorities and infrastructure modernization mandates. Harris maintains consistent working relationships with a select group of contractors including B & H INTERNATIONAL LLC, BARNARD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INCORPORATED, SHORT POWERLINE SERVICE, LLC, KOIS BROTHERS EQUIPMENT CO., INC., and British Telecommunications Public Limited Company. These partnerships reflect a focus on firms with proven expertise in electrical construction, powerline maintenance, transmission equipment supply, and telecommunications integration for energy systems. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based contracting and long-term vendor reliability, often leveraging pre-qualified contractor pools to expedite mission-critical deployments. A defining feature of Harris’s contracting portfolio is its strong emphasis on small business participation, with 80% of awards structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate strategy to cultivate a robust regional supply base, prioritizing small, locally rooted vendors capable of delivering specialized electrical and transmission services. Her pattern of socioeconomic contracting supports sustained economic development in western states while enhancing contractor diversity and responsiveness. Her technical focus spans NAICS categories including 238210 (electrical contracting), 332510 (hardware manufacturing), 335999 (miscellaneous electrical components), 333613 (mechanical power transmission equipment), and 326150 (foam product manufacturing), indicating a multidisciplinary procurement scope that bridges civil infrastructure, industrial component supply, and energy-specific materials. Harris’s expertise lies in integrating these domains to support the operational integrity of high-voltage transmission networks and ancillary power delivery systems.