Janette L Bair

Janette Bair serves as a key procurement professional within the Public Buildings Service’s San Francisco Support Section, overseeing the acquisition of facility infrastructure services critical to maintaining and modernizing federal buildings across the Western United States. Her work directly supports the agency’s mission to ensure safe, compliant, and energy-efficient federal workspaces through strategic contracting for construction, electrical systems, and environmental upgrades. She manages a diverse portfolio of contracts under the Federal Acquisition Regulation, primarily focused on design-build, renovation, and maintenance projects that require strict adherence to federal building codes and sustainability standards. Bair cultivates strong partnerships with small business contractors, particularly those certified under socioeconomic programs, fostering long-term vendor relationships grounded in performance, compliance, and responsiveness. While specific contractor names are not disclosed, her contracting patterns reflect a preference for agile, locally-based firms capable of delivering complex facility upgrades under tight operational constraints. She emphasizes collaborative pre-solicitation engagement and post-award oversight to ensure quality delivery and regulatory alignment. Her procurement strategy is heavily skewed toward small business set-asides, with 87.5% of her acquisitions reserved for total small businesses under FAR 19.5, alongside targeted allocations for women-owned and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses. This reflects a deliberate, agency-aligned commitment to expanding economic opportunity while ensuring a robust, competitive vendor base capable of meeting mission-critical infrastructure needs. Bair’s primary technical focus lies in commercial and institutional building construction (NAICS 236220), with significant activity in electrical systems (238210) and security services (561621). She routinely procures services related to structural renovations, wiring installations, access control systems, and integrated facility maintenance, demonstrating deep expertise in federal construction standards, ADA compliance, and energy efficiency retrofitting. Her domain knowledge ensures that all acquisitions align with GSA’s broader goals of resilient, future-ready federal infrastructure.