Nicole Jensen

Nicole Jensen serves as a Contract Specialist within the DSC Contracting Services Division of the National Park Service, where she manages the full lifecycle of procurement actions critical to preserving and modernizing the nation’s park infrastructure. Her responsibilities include developing solicitation documents, conducting market research, evaluating proposals, and administering contracts for construction and site preparation services across ecologically sensitive and remote locations. She plays a pivotal role in ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations while advancing the agency’s mission to rehabilitate historic structures and upgrade essential utility systems. Her portfolio primarily consists of complex, multi-year construction contracts requiring technical oversight and coordination with engineering and environmental specialists. Nicole 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 demonstrated expertise in historic preservation, remote-site construction, and utility system upgrades. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, rigorous technical evaluations, and long-term vendor reliability over short-term cost savings, fostering stable, mission-aligned collaborations. Nicole’s procurement activity reflects a 100% no set-aside strategy, indicating a focus on full and open competition rather than socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs. While small business participation is not formally prioritized through set-asides, her evaluations consider technical capability, past performance, and capacity to deliver complex infrastructure projects under challenging conditions, which sometimes aligns with small business capabilities on a case-by-case basis. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction) and 238910 (Site Preparation Contractors), reflecting deep expertise in rehabilitating visitor centers, ranger stations, and historic buildings, as well as grading, excavation, and erosion control for sensitive terrain. She specializes in procurements requiring compliance with NPS Historic Preservation standards and environmental mitigation protocols, ensuring that construction activities preserve cultural resources while enhancing public access and infrastructure resilience.