Jessica Owens

Jessica Owens serves as the primary procurement lead for the National Park Service under the Department of the Interior, overseeing acquisitions critical to preserving and maintaining the nation’s most iconic natural and cultural resources. She manages a diverse portfolio of construction and maintenance contracts focused on sustaining park infrastructure, including water and wastewater systems, transportation facilities, and visitor service buildings. Her work ensures that federal assets remain safe, functional, and environmentally compliant, directly supporting the agency’s mission of resource protection and public access. Owens handles competitive solicitations under FAR Part 15 and frequently employs performance-based contracting methods to align vendor deliverables with operational outcomes. Her contractor relationships are predominantly with small businesses, reflecting a deliberate strategy to foster local economic development and specialized expertise within park-adjacent communities. While no single vendor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages with niche contractors experienced in historic preservation, low-impact construction, and environmentally sensitive site work. Her procurement approach emphasizes collaboration with firms possessing proven experience in constrained, ecologically sensitive environments, ensuring technical competence alongside regulatory compliance. Owens demonstrates a strong commitment to socioeconomic contracting, with 74.1% of her acquisitions set aside for small businesses under FAR 19.5. She also regularly utilizes 8(a) and HUBZone set-asides, reflecting a strategic emphasis on empowering underserved and geographically disadvantaged firms. Her contracting patterns prioritize inclusive competition, ensuring that small, locally rooted businesses have meaningful access to federal opportunities tied to national park operations. Her industry focus centers on water and sewer line construction (NAICS 237110), boat building (336612), and commercial/institutional building construction (236220), with significant activity in plumbing, heating, and air-conditioning systems (238220) and landscaping services (561730). This specialization underscores her technical expertise in mission-critical infrastructure that supports both visitor services and ecological integrity within park boundaries.