Perry Harris

Perry Harris serves as a key procurement lead within the Lower Colorado Regional Office of the Bureau of Reclamation, overseeing acquisitions critical to maintaining and modernizing the region’s water infrastructure. Responsible for managing contracts that ensure operational resilience and environmental compliance, Harris specializes in civil construction and environmental services tied to water conveyance systems, wastewater management, and facility sustainment. His procurement activities directly support the agency’s mission to safeguard water supply reliability and ecosystem health across arid southwestern watersheds, with a focus on high-impact, mission-critical infrastructure projects. Harris maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of contractors, including KWR Construction Inc. and McKenzie Construction & Site Development LLC, both of which regularly deliver complex water and sewer line construction services. He also engages with specialized vendors such as Laz Parking Ltd., LLC, and Flint Farms, LLC, for ancillary site operations and land management services. These partnerships reflect a pattern of long-term, performance-based contracting with firms possessing proven expertise in desert-region civil works and environmental stewardship, often under firm-fixed-price or cost-reimbursement structures. Harris’s contracting portfolio shows no use of socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic preference for technical capability and proven performance over socioeconomic targeting, aligning with the agency’s emphasis on mission-critical delivery and infrastructure integrity over mandated small business quotas. His primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 237110 (Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction) and 562119 (Other Waste Collection), indicating deep expertise in hydraulic infrastructure repair, canal lining, pipeline rehabilitation, and non-hazardous waste management services. Harris routinely procures engineered solutions for sediment control, water recycling systems, and environmentally compliant site operations, demonstrating specialized knowledge in federal water resource construction standards and NEPA compliance frameworks.