Lishelle Wesley

Lishelle Wesley supports the 693JJ3 Acquisition and Grants Management unit within the Federal Highway Administration, playing a pivotal role in procuring high-impact technical services that advance the safety, resilience, and innovation of the nation’s highway infrastructure. She manages the acquisition lifecycle for engineering, research, and operational consulting contracts, ensuring alignment with data-driven decision-making goals for transportation systems. Her work directly enables the agency’s mission by securing expert analytical support, performance modeling, and infrastructure optimization services critical to federal highway planning and execution. Wesley maintains consistent partnerships with key contractors including K & M Transportation Services LLC and the University of California, Los Angeles, reflecting a blend of private-sector consulting expertise and academic research capabilities. Her procurement patterns emphasize long-term, performance-based engagements with vendors capable of delivering complex, evidence-based solutions in transportation systems analysis. These relationships are characterized by sustained collaboration, technical rigor, and a focus on outcomes that inform national infrastructure policy and design standards. Her contracting activity shows no use of socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic emphasis on selecting the most qualified entities based on technical merit and domain expertise, rather than socioeconomic criteria. While small business participation is not formally prioritized through set-asides, her portfolio remains open to qualified small firms that demonstrate exceptional capability in specialized transportation consulting. Wesley’s primary procurement focus is centered on NAICS 541618 — Other Management Consulting Services — encompassing transportation systems analysis, operational efficiency studies, safety performance evaluations, and infrastructure resilience planning. She consistently procures advanced analytical services, data modeling, and policy advisory support that directly inform highway design, traffic management, and multimodal integration strategies, positioning her at the intersection of transportation engineering and public-sector strategic consulting.