Korinna Garbis

Korinna Garbis serves as a key procurement professional within the Farm Production and Conservation Business Center’s Business Management Services Division under the U.S. Department of Agriculture, where she manages real estate infrastructure acquisitions critical to supporting field-level agricultural operations and conservation initiatives. Her responsibilities center on securing and maintaining nonresidential facilities—such as offices, service centers, and rural outreach sites—that enable USDA personnel to deliver farm assistance, disaster response, and conservation programs across underserved regions. She specializes in lease acquisitions and long-term facility management contracts under FAR Part 17, ensuring scalable, mission-aligned physical infrastructure that meets federal real property standards. Garbis maintains consistent working relationships with a select group of experienced real estate and construction partners, including Greenwood Properties, L.L.P., and McKenzie Construction & Site Development LLC. These vendors provide turnkey solutions for property leasing, site development, and facility upgrades tailored to federal operational needs. Her procurement approach emphasizes reliability, compliance, and long-term operational continuity, favoring established contractors with proven experience in federal real property transactions and rural infrastructure adaptation. Her contracting portfolio reflects a strong preference for unrestricted competition, with approximately 90% of awards issued without set-asides, while maintaining a deliberate 10% allocation to Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. This pattern signals a balanced commitment to efficiency and small business participation, prioritizing capability over socioeconomic classification while still ensuring opportunities for qualified small firms. Garbis’s procurement focus is exclusively concentrated on NAICS 531120—Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings (except Miniwarehouses)—reflecting deep expertise in commercial lease negotiations, property management contracts, and facility acquisition for federal use. She specializes in procuring turnkey real estate solutions that support mission-critical field operations, ensuring USDA’s physical footprint aligns with rural accessibility and operational resilience goals.