Jerry Danso

Jerry Danso serves as a key procurement professional within the 693JJ3 Acquisition and Grants Management unit of the Federal Highway Administration, supporting the agency’s mission to enhance the safety, resilience, and innovation of the nation’s transportation infrastructure. He manages a diverse portfolio of contracts for engineering services, transportation research, and operational consulting, ensuring acquisitions align with data-driven decision-making goals. His work directly enables the procurement of technical solutions that inform highway design, traffic modeling, and infrastructure performance analytics, often leveraging performance-based contracting methods to drive outcomes. Danso maintains strategic relationships with a select group of high-capacity contractors, including K & M Transportation Services LLC and the University of California, Los Angeles, reflecting a balanced approach between private-sector engineering firms and academic research institutions. His contracting patterns emphasize long-term, performance-oriented partnerships that deliver specialized technical expertise, particularly in transportation systems analysis and infrastructure resilience studies. These relationships are typically established through competitive solicitation processes, including Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) and Other Transaction Authority (OTA) mechanisms where applicable. His procurement approach prioritizes open competition, with 83.3% of acquisitions conducted without set-asides, while maintaining a consistent 16.7% allocation to Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate balance between leveraging large-scale technical capacity and fostering opportunities for small businesses, without favoring specific socioeconomic categories such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs. Danso’s primary focus lies in NAICS 813920 (Professional Organizations) and 541690 (Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services), with a secondary emphasis on 541330 (Engineering Services). He procures advanced analytical tools, transportation modeling software, safety evaluation studies, and operational consulting services that support the FHWA’s research and deployment priorities in intelligent transportation systems and infrastructure lifecycle management.