Latissia Cobbs

Latissia Cobbs serves as a Contract Specialist within the 693JJ3 Acquisition and Grants Management unit of the Federal Highway Administration, where she plays a pivotal role in executing procurement strategies that support the nation’s transportation infrastructure modernization. She manages the full lifecycle of complex acquisitions for engineering services, transportation research, and operational consulting, ensuring compliance with federal regulations while aligning procurements with the agency’s mission of data-driven infrastructure innovation. Her work directly enables the procurement of technical solutions that inform highway design, safety enhancements, and system resilience initiatives. Cobbs maintains consistent contracting relationships with key partners including K & M Transportation Services LLC and the University of California, Los Angeles, reflecting a blend of industry expertise and academic research collaboration. She routinely engages with both small, specialized service providers and large research institutions to secure high-quality, technically rigorous deliverables. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based contracting, statement of work clarity, and outcome-oriented evaluation criteria to ensure alignment with federal transportation objectives. Her contracting portfolio reflects a strong preference for open competition, with 100% of her awards issued under no set-aside classifications. This underscores her focus on selecting the most qualified offerors based on technical merit and past performance, rather than socioeconomic categorizations, while still maintaining full compliance with small business outreach requirements. Cobbs specializes in NAICS 541712 (Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences) and NAICS 541690 (Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services), consistently procuring advanced engineering analyses, transportation modeling, safety evaluation studies, and data-driven operational consulting. Her domain expertise centers on mobility systems, infrastructure resilience, and evidence-based policy support, making her a key conduit between technical research and actionable federal procurement outcomes.