Samantha A Reizes

Samantha A. Reizes serves as a key procurement specialist within the 693JJ3 Acquisition and Grants Management unit of the Federal Highway Administration, where she manages complex acquisitions supporting transportation infrastructure innovation and safety. Her responsibilities center on securing expert technical services that inform highway design, operational efficiency, and research-driven policy development. She routinely handles competitive procurements for engineering, scientific consulting, and legal advisory services, ensuring alignment with federal transportation priorities and compliance with FAR and agency-specific acquisition guidelines. Her work directly enables data-informed decision-making across federal highway programs. Reizes maintains strategic relationships with a select group of high-capacity contractors, including K & M Transportation Services LLC and the University of California, Los Angeles, reflecting a preference for established entities with proven expertise in transportation systems analysis and applied research. Her contracting patterns emphasize long-term, performance-based engagements with vendors capable of delivering specialized technical support, policy analysis, and engineering solutions. These partnerships are typically awarded through full and open competition, underscoring a focus on technical merit and institutional capability over socioeconomic set-asides. Reizes does not utilize socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs; all of her acquisitions are conducted under full and open competition, indicating a procurement philosophy prioritizing technical qualifications and mission alignment over socioeconomic preferences. This approach ensures access to the highest-caliber service providers capable of addressing the complex, multidisciplinary needs of national highway infrastructure programs. Her procurement portfolio is dominated by NAICS 541110 (Legal Services) and 541690 (Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services), reflecting a heavy reliance on legal compliance advisory, transportation policy analysis, and engineering consulting. She frequently procures services related to regulatory compliance, environmental impact assessments, infrastructure safety studies, and operational consulting, demonstrating deep expertise in the intersection of transportation law, public policy, and civil engineering.