Jennifer Handy

Jennifer Handy serves as a key procurement professional within the Upper Colorado Regional Office of the Bureau of Reclamation, where she manages acquisitions supporting critical water infrastructure, environmental restoration, and civil engineering operations across the Upper Colorado River Basin. Her responsibilities include planning, soliciting, and awarding contracts for technical services and specialized construction support aligned with the agency’s mission of sustainable water management and hydraulic structure modernization. She routinely handles complex, mission-critical procurements under FAR Part 36 for engineering services, environmental monitoring, and infrastructure maintenance, ensuring compliance with federal water resource priorities and environmental regulations. Her primary contractor relationships include AMES FEDERAL CONTRACTING GROUP LLC, SOUTHWEST WATER DESIGN, L.L.C., and RIVERRESTORATION.ORG, LLC, with additional partnerships with PACIFIC OVERHEAD CRANE SERVICES INC. and ROBINS CONSTRUCTION, LLLP. These firms are consistently engaged for specialized water system design, ecological restoration, and heavy mechanical installation services. Handy fosters long-term vendor collaborations grounded in technical expertise, performance reliability, and adherence to federal environmental and safety standards, often leveraging repeat business with contractors demonstrating proven capability in complex hydrologic environments. Her contracting patterns reflect a strong preference for open competition, with 88.6% of awards issued without set-aside restrictions. While small business participation remains a secondary focus at 11.4%, it is primarily channeled through Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, indicating a deliberate but not dominant emphasis on socioeconomic programs. She does not routinely utilize 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB set-asides, prioritizing technical qualifications and operational readiness over socioeconomic classifications. Her primary NAICS focus includes 332992 and 541380, reflecting procurement of specialized testing services and electrical component manufacturing for water infrastructure systems. She also frequently acquires services under 221310 for water supply and irrigation systems, demonstrating deep expertise in hydraulic engineering, water quality monitoring, and infrastructure resilience technologies. Her portfolio underscores a technical specialization in water resource engineering and environmental compliance contracting.