Jennifer Johnson

Jennifer Johnson serves as a Contract Specialist within the 693JJ3 Acquisition and Grants Management unit of the Federal Highway Administration, where she manages the full lifecycle of procurement actions supporting critical transportation infrastructure initiatives. Her work centers on acquiring engineering services, transportation research, and operational consulting solutions that inform data-driven decisions in highway design, safety enhancement, and system resilience. She ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations while aligning procurements with the agency’s mission to advance innovation and technical excellence in national transportation systems. Johnson maintains consistent working relationships with key contractors including K & M Transportation Services LLC and the University of California, Los Angeles, reflecting a blend of private-sector engineering expertise and academic research collaboration. Her procurement patterns emphasize performance-based contracting and task-order mechanisms for flexible, long-term support, often leveraging indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) vehicles to meet evolving operational needs. She fosters collaborative vendor partnerships grounded in technical rigor and measurable outcomes. Her set-aside preferences show a strong orientation toward open competition, with 91.7% of awards issued without set-asides, consistent with the agency’s focus on technical merit and scalability. Small business participation is intentionally cultivated, with 6.3% of awards designated as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5 and 2.1% awarded through 8(a) competed contracts, demonstrating a measured but deliberate commitment to socioeconomic goals without compromising mission-critical requirements. Johnson’s procurement focus is concentrated in NAICS categories including 541712 (research and development in engineering sciences), 541990 (professional and technical services), and 488999 (transportation support activities). She routinely acquires services related to traffic modeling, infrastructure analytics, data processing for transportation systems, and operational consulting—domain areas requiring deep technical expertise and compliance with federal transportation standards.