Joshua PriceSLED
Chief Landscape ArchitectJoshua Price serves as a procurement professional within the City of New Haven, supporting the agency’s mission to maintain and modernize critical public infrastructure. In his role, he manages the acquisition lifecycle for civil engineering construction projects, ensuring compliance with municipal, state, and federal procurement regulations. His responsibilities include soliciting, evaluating, and awarding contracts for highway, street, and bridge construction, with a focus on delivering safe, durable, and code-compliant infrastructure. He works closely with engineering and public works departments to align procurement strategy with capital improvement plans and long-term asset management goals.
While no specific contractor relationships are currently documented, Price engages with a broad spectrum of qualified prime contractors specializing in heavy civil construction, including firms with expertise in earthwork, pavement systems, drainage infrastructure, and structural concrete. His procurement process emphasizes competitive sealed bidding, performance-based specifications, and rigorous pre-qualification of bidders to ensure technical competence and financial responsibility.
Price’s procurement patterns reflect a strict preference for open competition, with 100% of acquisitions conducted without set-asides, indicating a focus on capability-driven selection rather than socioeconomic categorization. This approach prioritizes technical merit, past performance, and capacity to deliver complex infrastructure projects over targeted small business preferences, though small businesses are not excluded and may compete on equal footing.
His primary technical domain is NAICS 237310—Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction—where he oversees procurements for road resurfacing, bridge rehabilitation, intersection modernization, and stormwater management systems. He possesses deep familiarity with DOT standards, AASHTO specifications, and environmental mitigation requirements, ensuring all contracts align with regional transportation and sustainability goals.
