Lesa Costa

Lesa Costa serves as a Purchasing Agent at the Denver Federal Center under the Bureau of Reclamation, where she plays a pivotal role in advancing the agency’s mission to modernize critical water infrastructure and support hydrologic operations across the western United States. She manages the full lifecycle of procurement actions for specialized engineering and technical services, with a primary focus on precision instrumentation, environmental monitoring systems, and hydraulic structure maintenance. Her acquisitions directly support field operations involving water flow measurement, sediment tracking, and ecosystem restoration, ensuring compliance with federal standards and operational readiness for mission-critical infrastructure. Costa maintains consistent working relationships with a select group of specialized vendors, including AECOM Technical Services, Inc. for environmental and civil engineering support, Frontier Precision Inc. for geospatial and hydrologic instrumentation, BenchLab LLC for laboratory analysis services, and Royal Media Network, Inc. for technical communications and public outreach. Her contracting approach emphasizes long-term vendor collaboration, with a preference for firms possessing domain-specific expertise in water resource technologies and federal compliance frameworks. She frequently engages contractors with proven experience in deploying and maintaining sensors, telemetry systems, and data acquisition platforms essential to Reclamation’s operational surveillance. A staunch advocate for small business participation, Costa directs 100% of her procurement actions under the Total Small Business Set-Aside provision (FAR 19.5), ensuring equitable access for small businesses regardless of socioeconomic designation. Her contracting patterns reflect a deliberate strategy to cultivate a robust pipeline of capable small vendors with technical competencies in environmental science, precision manufacturing, and infrastructure support services. Her primary procurement focus is centered on NAICS 333921 — Elevator and Moving Stairway Manufacturing — which, in this context, reflects specialized procurement for custom-engineered access systems, maintenance platforms, and structural hoisting equipment critical to the inspection, repair, and safety of dam and canal infrastructure. This niche specialization underscores her technical acumen in procuring highly engineered, safety-critical components for federal water facilities.