Megan M. Mavis

Megan M. Mavis 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 procurements that support the nation’s transportation infrastructure modernization. Her responsibilities include managing the full lifecycle of contracts for engineering services, transportation research, and operational consulting, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations and aligning acquisitions with the agency’s mission of data-driven infrastructure innovation. She routinely handles complex service-based contracts requiring technical evaluation and performance-based acquisition strategies, with a focus on enabling safe, resilient, and efficient highway systems through expert third-party support. Mavis maintains consistent working relationships with key contractors including K & M Transportation Services LLC and the University of California, Los Angeles, reflecting a balanced portfolio of small business vendors and leading academic research institutions. Her procurement patterns emphasize long-term partnerships grounded in technical excellence and performance accountability, particularly in domains requiring specialized transportation engineering and data analytics capabilities. She fosters collaborative vendor engagement to ensure deliverables meet rigorous federal standards for safety and innovation. Her set-aside preferences reveal a primary emphasis on open competition, with 71.4% of awards issued without set-asides, while 27.1% are structured as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. A modest 1.4% reflect Local Area Set-Asides per FAR 26.2, indicating targeted regional economic development efforts. Mavis demonstrates a measurable commitment to small business participation, consistently leveraging small business programs to expand vendor diversity without compromising technical rigor. Her procurement activity centers on NAICS codes related to professional and management consulting services (541611), training and development (611430), legal services (541110), and information services (511210), with an unusual but notable presence in hospitality (721110), likely tied to conference and training facility support. Her technical expertise lies in procuring advisory, analytical, and capacity-building services that directly inform federal highway policy, design, and operational improvements.