Monica Divelbess

Monica Divelbess serves as a Contract Specialist within the DSC Contracting Services Division of the National Park Service, where she manages the acquisition of critical infrastructure projects essential to preserving and modernizing America’s national parks. Her responsibilities include developing, soliciting, and administering contracts for construction, engineering, and architectural services across ecologically sensitive and remote sites. She ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations while aligning procurements with the agency’s mission to rehabilitate historic structures, upgrade utility systems, and enhance visitor facilities. Her portfolio predominantly includes complex, multi-year construction and design-build acquisitions requiring rigorous environmental and cultural resource considerations. Monica maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of experienced contractors, including HDR Engineering Inc., Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, Inc., McKenzie Construction & Site Development LLC, BookCliff Partners, LLC, and Aleut Construction LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for firms with proven expertise in federal infrastructure projects, particularly those experienced in working within protected lands and under stringent preservation standards. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based contracting, technical evaluation, and contractor past performance to ensure mission-critical outcomes. Her contracting patterns show a strong preference for open competition, with 71.4% of awards issued without set-aside restrictions, while 28.6% are structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. Though not heavily reliant on 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs, she actively supports small business participation through targeted total small business set-asides, demonstrating a balanced commitment to both competition and socioeconomic goals. Monica’s primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 237310 (Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction), followed by 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction) and 541310 (Architectural Services). She specializes in acquiring civil infrastructure, structural rehabilitation, and design services tailored to historic preservation and resilient infrastructure needs in national park environments, requiring deep technical understanding of federal construction standards and environmental compliance.