Jonathan Dunn

Jonathan Dunn serves as an Environmental Engineer with the Public Utilities Agency of the Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County, GA, where he plays a central role in overseeing the procurement and technical oversight of water and wastewater infrastructure projects. His responsibilities include evaluating engineering specifications, ensuring compliance with environmental regulations, and managing the acquisition of construction services for sanitary sewer lines, interceptor systems, and treatment facility upgrades. As a primary procurement contact, Dunn bridges technical engineering requirements with contract execution, ensuring that all acquisitions align with the agency’s mission of public health protection and infrastructure resilience. He typically handles complex, performance-based construction contracts requiring rigorous design validation and environmental impact assessments. Dunn works closely with a network of qualified civil construction contractors specializing in underground utility installation, pipeline rehabilitation, and hydraulic system modernization. While no single contractor dominates his portfolio, he maintains collaborative relationships with firms experienced in trenchless technologies, pipe bursting, and CCTV inspection services. His procurement approach emphasizes contractor technical competence, past performance on similar public works, and adherence to state and federal environmental standards, fostering long-term vendor partnerships built on reliability and regulatory compliance. Dunn’s contracting patterns reflect a strong preference for open competition, with 100% of procurements designated as non-set-aside. He does not prioritize socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs, instead focusing on technical capability and compliance as the primary selection criteria. This approach ensures that project outcomes meet stringent engineering benchmarks while maintaining a level playing field for all qualified bidders. His primary procurement focus is exclusively on NAICS 237110 — Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction — encompassing the design-build and construction-manager-at-risk delivery methods for sanitary sewer infrastructure. He specializes in procuring services involving gravity and pressure sewer systems, manhole rehabilitation, pump station upgrades, and stormwater conveyance integration, requiring deep expertise in hydraulic modeling, soil stabilization, and EPA compliance frameworks.