Patricia S. Mahurin

Patricia S. Mahurin serves as a Simplified Acquisition Contracting Officer for the Western Federal Lands Division of the Federal Highway Administration, where she manages low-dollar, high-frequency procurements essential to maintaining transportation infrastructure across federal lands in the western U.S. Her role centers on executing streamlined acquisitions under FAR Part 13 to rapidly respond to maintenance, repair, and emergency response needs on national forests, parks, and other federally managed corridors. She handles a diverse portfolio of contracts for construction, site preparation, specialized drilling, and structural metal fabrication, ensuring timely delivery of mission-critical civil works while adhering to federal compliance standards and fiscal accountability. Mahurin maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of experienced contractors, including STRIDER CONSTRUCTION CO INC, MCKENZIE CONSTRUCTION & SITE DEVELOPMENT LLC, M.A. DEATLEY CONSTRUCTION, INC., OFTEDAL CONSTRUCTION, INC., and HAZ-TECH DRILLING INC. These partnerships reflect a preference for contractors with proven expertise in remote-site construction, hazardous material handling, and infrastructure rehabilitation under challenging environmental conditions. Her procurement approach emphasizes reliability, regional capability, and performance history, fostering long-term vendor engagement grounded in compliance and operational readiness. A strong advocate for small business participation, Mahurin consistently prioritizes Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, with over half of her awards designated for small businesses. Her socioeconomic contracting patterns reflect a deliberate alignment with federal goals to expand opportunities for small, disadvantaged, and locally based firms, particularly those with specialized capabilities in federal land infrastructure support. She actively structures solicitations to maximize small business eligibility while maintaining competitive integrity. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 213111 (drilling services for access and utility installations), 238910 (site preparation), and 332312 (fabricated structural metal), underscoring her technical expertise in civil infrastructure support. She regularly procures specialized services including erosion control, roadbed preparation, and prefabricated metal components critical to sustaining transportation networks in remote federal territories.