Keitha Avant

Keitha Avant serves as a key procurement professional within the Public Buildings Service’s PBS R00 Center for Broker Services, where she manages the acquisition of commercial real estate assets to support federal agency workspace needs across the United States. Her role centers on securing long-term leases for nonresidential office space through competitive contracting processes, ensuring alignment with GSA’s mission to optimize federal footprints and deliver cost-effective, secure environments for government operations. Avant routinely handles complex real property leasing actions under FAR Part 17 and GSA’s Real Property Acquisition directives, coordinating with stakeholders to evaluate site suitability, lease terms, and facility compliance. She maintains consistent contracting relationships with a select group of commercial real estate owners and developers, including TWO CON LLC, ONNI TIMES SQUARE LP, CVD MAIN LLC, BELTSVILLE GSA FDA LLC, and CC OWNER LLC. These partnerships reflect a pattern of engagement with institutional landlords holding large-scale, Class A office portfolios in high-demand urban and suburban markets. Avant’s procurement approach emphasizes performance-based lease structures, rent escalations, and build-out allowances, requiring deep familiarity with real estate financial modeling and property law. Avant’s portfolio shows no use of socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic focus on market-wide competition for high-value, mission-critical space rather than targeted small business programs, aligning with the agency’s priority of securing optimal space solutions regardless of vendor size. Her primary procurement activity is concentrated in NAICS 531120—Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings—where she specializes in procuring leased office space with built-out configurations, flexible term lengths, and infrastructure readiness for federal operations. Her expertise lies in negotiating lease agreements that meet GSA’s sustainability, security, and accessibility standards while ensuring long-term fiscal responsibility.