Katherine Bustos

Katherine Bustos serves as an Asset Manager responsible for overseeing the acquisition and lifecycle management of physical and real estate assets critical to government operations. In this role, she ensures alignment between capital planning and procurement strategy, managing contracts for construction, facility maintenance, and real estate services. Her work directly supports mission-critical infrastructure needs by translating operational requirements into compliant, efficient procurement actions. She typically handles complex, multi-phase acquisitions involving design-build delivery, lease negotiations, and facility modernization projects, often coordinating with engineering, finance, and facilities teams to ensure fiscal and regulatory integrity throughout the acquisition lifecycle. Katherine engages with a diverse range of contractors, primarily general contractors, real estate developers, and construction management firms specializing in industrial, commercial, and institutional building projects. While no single vendor dominates her portfolio, she consistently works with firms possessing proven experience in public-sector construction and asset management. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, quality assurance protocols, and contractual compliance, fostering long-term partnerships with vendors who demonstrate reliability, safety standards, and adherence to federal construction codes. Katherine’s procurement patterns reflect a strong preference for open competition, with 100% of her acquisitions classified as “No Set-Aside.” This indicates a focus on full and open competition under FAR Part 6, prioritizing technical merit, cost-effectiveness, and contractor capability over socioeconomic set-asides. While she does not exclusively target 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs, her processes remain fully compliant with small business participation goals, allowing eligible firms to compete on an equal footing within open solicitations. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 236210 (Industrial Building Construction), 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction), and 531390 (Other Activities Related to Real Estate). She specializes in procuring turnkey construction services, facility upgrades, land acquisition, and property management solutions, demonstrating deep expertise in federal real property standards and building code compliance. Her domain knowledge spans project delivery methods including design-bid-build and construction management at-risk, ensuring assets are delivered on time, within scope, and to federal performance benchmarks.