Samantha Colt

Samantha Colt serves as the primary contracting lead for the Upper Colorado Regional Office of the Bureau of Reclamation, overseeing the acquisition of critical water infrastructure and civil engineering services across the Upper Colorado River Basin. She manages a diverse portfolio of contracts centered on hydraulic structure maintenance, environmental restoration, and operational modernization, ensuring alignment with the agency’s mission of sustainable water resource management and ecological resilience. Her procurement activities focus on complex, mission-critical projects requiring specialized technical expertise in water conveyance systems, dam safety, and watershed rehabilitation, often involving long-term service delivery and performance-based contracting approaches. Colt maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of contractors including AMES FEDERAL CONTRACTING GROUP LLC, SOUTHWEST WATER DESIGN, L.L.C., RIVERRESTORATION.ORG, LLC, PACIFIC OVERHEAD CRANE SERVICES INC., and ROBINS CONSTRUCTION, LLLP. These partnerships reflect a preference for firms with demonstrated experience in hydraulic engineering, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and heavy civil construction. Her procurement approach emphasizes technical capability, past performance, and operational reliability, fostering collaborative, long-term vendor engagements that support multi-year infrastructure initiatives. Colt’s acquisition strategy reflects a strong preference for open competition, with 100% of her awards issued under no set-aside categories. While she does not routinely utilize socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs, her contracting decisions prioritize technical merit and mission alignment, ensuring that the most qualified firms—regardless of size or certification—are selected to deliver high-stakes water infrastructure services. Her primary procurement focus is on NAICS 485111 (Mixed Mode Transit Systems), a classification that, in this context, supports the design, construction, and maintenance of integrated water conveyance and delivery systems—including aqueducts, pumping stations, and canal infrastructure. She specializes in procuring engineered solutions for water storage, flow control, and environmental compliance, demonstrating deep domain expertise in civil works and water resource management systems.