Raymond Delpesche

Raymond Delpesche serves as a key procurement lead within the Federal Highway Administration’s Eastern Federal Lands Division, overseeing the acquisition of engineering services critical to the maintenance and enhancement of transportation infrastructure on federally managed lands. His responsibilities include planning, soliciting, and awarding contracts for highway, bridge, and roadway projects within national forests and public rights-of-way, ensuring compliance with federal regulations while advancing environmental stewardship and public safety. He manages a specialized portfolio focused exclusively on professional engineering services, aligning acquisitions with the Division’s strategic priorities of resilience, sustainability, and efficient public access. Delpesche maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of contractors including ESTES BROS. CONST. INC., BLUEGRASS CONTRACTING CORP, BRYANT'S LAND AND DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIES, INC., ECLIPSE COMPANIES, LLC, and ASPEN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. These partnerships are characterized by long-term engagement on complex civil engineering and infrastructure projects, often involving site-specific design, environmental mitigation, and right-of-way management. His procurement approach emphasizes reliability, technical competence, and performance history, fostering collaborative vendor relationships grounded in regulatory compliance and mission alignment. He exhibits a strict and consistent commitment to small business participation, directing 100% of his acquisitions toward total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate strategy to prioritize small, locally based firms with demonstrated expertise in federal lands engineering, promoting economic opportunity and regional workforce development. His contracting patterns show no use of other socioeconomic categories, indicating a focused dedication to the broad small business base rather than targeted set-asides. Delpesche’s procurement activity is entirely concentrated under NAICS 541330 (Engineering Services), encompassing civil, structural, and transportation engineering for federal lands. He procures services including geotechnical analysis, hydraulic modeling, pavement design, bridge inspection, and environmental impact assessments—all essential to sustaining infrastructure in ecologically sensitive and remote areas. His technical domain expertise lies in the intersection of transportation engineering and federal land management, ensuring all acquisitions meet both operational and regulatory standards.