Linda Nowak

Linda Nowak serves as a Contract Specialist within the Public Buildings Service’s R11 Construction Services Division Center 2 (47PM02), where she plays a pivotal role in executing mission-critical acquisitions for federal infrastructure modernization across the National Capital Region. She manages the full lifecycle of complex construction and professional services contracts, with a strong emphasis on integrated design-build delivery, facilities maintenance, and placemaking initiatives. Her work directly supports the agency’s mandate to deliver high-visibility, mission-critical facilities through compliant, efficient, and transparent procurement practices aligned with GSA’s strategic objectives. Linda collaborates with a diverse ecosystem of professional service providers, including engineering firms, architectural practices, and real estate advisory firms, to ensure technical excellence and regulatory compliance. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she cultivates long-term partnerships with firms possessing deep expertise in federal construction standards, sustainable design, and facility operations. Her procurement approach prioritizes performance-based outcomes, rigorous source selection, and contractor accountability to deliver resilient infrastructure solutions. Linda’s contracting activity reflects a strong preference for full and open competition, with 100% of her acquisitions issued without set-asides. This underscores her alignment with agency priorities that emphasize scale, technical complexity, and mission urgency over socioeconomic set-asides, though she remains attentive to small business participation where it enhances capability and competition. Her approach balances regulatory compliance with operational pragmatism, ensuring broad market access while maintaining high performance benchmarks. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541330 (Engineering Services), 541990 (Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services), and 531390 (Other Activities Related to Real Estate). She routinely procures design engineering, construction management, facility condition assessments, and real estate advisory services essential to modernizing federal campuses. Linda brings specialized expertise in integrating design-build methodologies, sustainability standards, and lifecycle cost analysis into acquisition strategies for complex federal facilities.