Jay T. Burris

Jay T. Burris serves as a key procurement professional within the Public Buildings Service’s PBS R2 Upstate NY Service Center, supporting the General Services Administration’s mission to modernize and sustain federal facilities across Upstate New York. Responsible for managing facility support acquisitions, Burris oversees the full lifecycle of contracts for building operations, maintenance, and capital improvement services. His work directly enables the agency’s strategic priorities, including space relocations, HVAC and electrical system upgrades, and compliance-driven renovations, ensuring federal workspaces remain safe, efficient, and mission-ready. He routinely handles service-based contracts under the Other Services to Buildings and Dwellings category, coordinating with technical staff to align procurement strategy with facility performance requirements. Burris maintains a broad network of qualified vendors specializing in facility services, including janitorial, groundskeeping, pest control, and building system maintenance providers. While no single contractor dominates his award portfolio, he consistently engages both large service integrators and regional specialty firms capable of delivering responsive, performance-based support across diverse federal sites. His contracting approach emphasizes reliability, compliance with federal facility standards, and timely execution of task orders under indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) vehicles. Burris’s procurement activity reflects a strong preference for open competition, with 100% of awards issued without set-aside designations. This indicates a focus on selecting the most qualified service providers based on technical capability and past performance rather than socioeconomic categorization. While small business participation is not formally prioritized in his current portfolio, his contracting patterns remain aligned with GSA’s broader goals of efficiency and value-driven outcomes. His primary technical domain is NAICS 561790—Other Services to Buildings and Dwellings—encompassing a wide array of facility support services such as custodial, security, waste removal, and preventive maintenance. Burris demonstrates deep expertise in procuring performance-based services that ensure continuous, code-compliant operations across aging federal infrastructure, making him a critical link between facility needs and operational readiness.