Katria Olbes

Katria Olbes serves as a key procurement professional within the Public Buildings Service’s PBS R9 Leasing Division, operating under the General Services Administration. In this capacity, she manages the acquisition and lifecycle management of nonresidential real estate leases to support federal agency operations across Region 9. Her responsibilities include executing competitive solicitation processes, negotiating lease terms, and ensuring compliance with federal property management standards. She specializes in long-term space acquisition contracts that secure functional, secure, and cost-efficient office environments for federal tenants, aligning with GSA’s strategic goals of portfolio optimization and footprint consolidation. Olbes maintains consistent working relationships with a select group of institutional real estate owners and developers, including EYP REALTY, LLC, THE HUNT TRUST BYPASS TRUST, SAN DIEGO COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY, and DLR HOLDINGS 4, LLC. These partnerships reflect a focus on established commercial property holders with proven experience in federal leasing compliance and building standards. Her contracting approach emphasizes stability and reliability, favoring vendors with demonstrated capacity to deliver mission-critical space under complex federal requirements. Her procurement activity shows no use of socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic emphasis on market-wide competition to achieve optimal value, rather than targeted small business participation programs such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB. Her expertise is concentrated exclusively in NAICS 531120—Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings (except Miniwarehouses). She procures leased office and commercial space tailored to federal operational needs, with a deep understanding of building code compliance, security requirements, and facility management standards critical to federal tenancy. Her domain expertise lies in real estate leasing procurement, not construction or tenant improvement contracts.